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What's New - December 2006

  • December 29 - Trade Release - Direct Final Rule to Update Fire Protection Standards for Shipyards Becomes Effective in January
  • December 27 - Region 1 - West Hartford, Conn., Manufacturer Fined Nearly $250,000 by U.S. Labor Department's OSHA following Latest Safety and Health Inspection
  • December 27 - Region 3 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Cites Sinking Spring, Pa. Company for Workplace Safety and Health Violations
  • December 22 - Region 5 - St. Marys Foundry Cited for Workplace Safety and Health Violations
  • December 21 - Region 1 - Plainville, Conn. Masonry Contractor Fined $220,000 by U.S. Labor Department's OSHA for Scaffold and Fall Hazards at Enfield Worksite
  • December 21 - Federal Register 71:76623-76630 - Standards Improvement Project, Phase III
  • December 21 - Federal Register 71:76689-76690 - Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
  • December 21 - Federal Register 71:76690 - Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
  • December 20 - Trade Release - OSHA Seeking Comments on Third Phase of Standards Improvement Process
  • December 20 - Federal Register 71:76365-76375 - Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratories; Proposed Revised Fee Schedule
  • December 20 - Federal Register 71:76363-76365 - Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
  • December 18 - Region 1 - Plainville, Mass., Framing Contractor Faces $164,000 in Fines for Fall Hazards at Worksites in Newton and Danvers
  • December 18 - Region 1 - Fall Hazards at Newport, R.I., Jobsite Lead to $40,000 in Fines from U.S. Labor Department's OSHA for Fall River, Mass., Contractor
  • December 18 - Region 6 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Cites Sarepta, La., Manufacturer Following Investigation of Worksite Fatality in June
  • December 18 - Region 5 - Kautza Excavating LLC Cited for Violations of Federal Trenching Regulations, Placing Workers in Danger
  • December 15 - Trade Release - OSHA Signs New Alliance with Nurses Association
  • December 14 - Region 5 - Universal Form Clamp, Bellwood, Ill., Cited for Workplace Safety Violations following Federal Investigation into June Explosion
  • December 14 - Trade Release - OSHA Unveils New Hurricane Recovery and Response Work eMatrix
  • December 14 - Region 5 - Nick Walters Takes Helm at Peoria, Ill., Office of U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA
  • December 13 - Federal Register 71:73540-73573 - Semiannual Regulatory Agenda
  • December 13 - Region 10 - U.S. Department of Labor’s OSHA Again Cites Wheeler Logging Co. of White Swan, Wash., for Safety Violations
  • December 12 - Region 7 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Joins the Centro Latino de Apoyo, Recursos y Oportunidades (CLARO) to Raise Safety and Health Awareness for Hispanic Employees
  • December 12 - Region 1 - Alliance with U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA to Improve Safety and Health for Mass. Workers Who Make Concrete Landscaping Products
  • December 12 - Region 6 - Entergy Operations Terrebonne Service Center Recognized for Safety and Health Management by U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA
  • December 12 - Region 6 - MeadWestvaco Earns Star Status from U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA for Excellence in Safety and Health Management
  • December 12 - Region 2 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Fines Orchard Park, N.Y., Masonry Contractor for Silica and Acid Hazards at Medaille College Jobsite
  • December 11 - Region 4 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Cites Hueytown, Ala., Steel Erection Company Following Worker Fatality
  • December 11 - Region 4 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA, Georgia Tech and CDI Construction to Sign Safety Partnership at New Mall Site, in Augusta, Ga.
  • December 11 - Region 5 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Renews Safety and Health Partnership with Underground Contractors Assn. of Illinois
  • December 11 - Region 5 - OSHA, Illinois Health Care Association to Extend Safety and Health Alliance
  • December 6 - OSHA Speech - Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors National Association (SMACNA)
  • December 6 - Region 10 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA to Offer Free Safety Training in English and Spanish
  • December 6 - Region 1 - BBA Fiberweb's Griswoldville Plant Again Earns Prestigious "Star" for Safety and Health from U.S. Labor Department's OSHA
  • December 6 - Region 1 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Fines North Reading, Mass., Contractor Following Electrical Accident at Kingston Jobsite
  • December 5 - News Brief - OSHA, Association for Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Renew Alliance
  • December 5 - Region 5 - U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA Welcomes Mentor, Ohio, Worksite into VPP Star Family for Outstanding Job Safety and Health Efforts
  • December 5 - Region 1 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Fines Dighton, Mass., Contractor $66,400 for Cave-In Hazard at Cape Cod Jobsite
  • December 4 - Region 5 - Safety Partnership to Help Protect Construction Workers on Health Alliance Hospital Expansion Project in West Chester, Ohio
  • December 4 - Region 5 - Safety Partnership to Help Protect Construction Workers on Argosy Casino Expansion Project in Lawrenceburg, Ind.
  • December 4 - Federal Register 71:70433-70434 - TUV Rheinland of North America, Inc.; Expansion of Recognition
  • December 4 - Federal Register 71:70431-70433 - NSF International; Expansion of Recognition
  • December 1 - Region 1 - U.S. Labor Department's OSHA Fines Fall River, Mass., Contractor for Cave-In Hazards at Milton Jobsite
  • December 1 - QuickTakes Volume 5, Issue 23 - A bi-weekly e-news memo with information, updates and results from OSHA about safety and health in America's workplaces...
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