Category Archives: Legislative News

    • Legislative News, Legislative News, Legislative News, Safety, Safety, Safety

    OSHA sets focus on silica enforcement

    Posted on by csuo
    OSHA sets focus on silica enforcement
    13
    Feb

    Agency revises National Emphasis Program to further target high-risk industries. Stefanie Valentic Feb 07, 2020 With OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica (RCS) standards now in full effect for the general, maritime and construction industries, the agency has announced a revision to its National Emphasis Program (NEP). The adjustments to the directive were enacted in an effort to […]

    Continue reading →
    Legislative News, Legislative News, Legislative News, Safety, Safety

    EPA looks at 3D printing emissions

    Posted on by csuo
    EPA looks at 3D printing emissions
    13
    Feb

    Source: EHS Today David Sparkman Jan 16, 2020 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is increasing its scrutiny of 3D printing emissions just as recent predictions say the technology is just beginning to revolutionize manufacturing and the supply chain. Working in cooperation with the Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), EPA is studying possible harmful emissions that […]

    Continue reading →
    Legislative News, Legislative News, Legislative News, Safety, Safety, Safety

    OSHA increases 2020 citation penalty amounts

    Posted on by csuo
    OSHA increases 2020 citation penalty amounts
    11
    Feb

    Source: EHS Today Stefanie Valentic Jan 17, 2020 Effective Jan. 15, 2020, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has increased the maximum allowable penalty amounts for OSHA violations in federally-mandated states. The new numbers are based on the Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act Improvements Act of 2015, which former President Barack Obama signed in […]

    Continue reading →
    Legislative News, Legislative News, Legislative News

    U.S. Department of Labor revises National Emphasis Program to reduce or eliminate worker exposure to silica

    Posted on by csuo
    U.S. Department of Labor Revises National Emphasis Program to Reduce or Eliminate Worker Exposure to Silica
    06
    Feb

    WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has established a revised National Emphasis Program (NEP) to identify and reduce or eliminate worker exposures to respirable crystalline silica (RCS) in general industry, maritime, and construction. The NEP targets specific industries expected to have the highest numbers of workers exposed […]

    Continue reading →
    Legislative News, Legislative News, Legislative News

    Healthcare workplace violence bill passes House and moves to Senate: What employers can expect

    Posted on by csuo
    Healthcare workplace violence bill passes House and moves to Senate: What employers can expect
    04
    Feb

    Felix Digilov Fisher & Phillips LLP On November 21, 2019, the House of Representatives passed The Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Services Workers Act (H.R. 1309) by a 251-159 vote. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), seeks an enforceable federal standard that will require employers to establish comprehensive workplace violence […]

    Continue reading →

    Login

    Lost your password?