What's New - June 2010

  • June 30 - National Release - US Labor Department provides $27 million to help workers displaced by oil spill in Gulf of Mexico
  • June 28 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $430,000 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Scarborough, Maine, mail processing facility
  • June 25 - Region 6 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites manufacturing company for 9 serious safety violations following fatality at El Paso, Texas, worksite
  • June 23 - Region 6 - US Labor Department's OSHA and Association of Energy Service Cos. renew alliance to promote safety and health in the oil and gas well industry
  • June 23 - OSHA Testimony - Worker Health and Safety from the Oil Rig to the Shoreline
  • June 23 - Trade Release - Shipyard, longshoring worker hazards among topics to be discussed during maritime advisory committee meeting
  • June 22 - National Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA to hold additional stakeholder meetings on worker injury and illness prevention rule
  • June 22 - Federal Register 75:35360-35362 - Injury and Illness Prevention Program
  • June 22 - Region 6 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Sneed Shipbuilding in Channelview, Texas, for alleged safety and health hazards
  • June 22 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Ford Motor Co. for not repairing damaged overhead cranes at Buffalo Stamping Plant in western New York
  • June 22 - Region 10 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $77,500 in fines against US Postal Service for electrical hazards at Portland, Ore., mail processing facility
  • June 21 - Federal Register 75:35090-35091 - Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) Announcement of meeting
  • June 18 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $357,000 in fines against UCB Manufacturing for health hazards at Rochester, NY, pharmaceutical plant
  • June 18 - Region 7 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Creekstone Farms Premium Beef of Arkansas City, Kan., for violations of OSH Act
  • June 18 - Trade Release - OSHA's severe violator enforcement directive effective June 18
  • June 17 - OSHA Speech - American Society of Safety Engineers Professional Development Conference & Expo
  • June 16 - Region 7 - US Department of Labor's OSHA cites Loup Valley Alfalfa of Burwell, Neb., for violations of OSH Act
  • June 16 - Region 7 - Iowa-based railroad ordered by US Department of Labor to make amends to employee censured for reporting work-related injury
  • June 15 - OSHA Quick Takes -- June 15, 2010 -- Volume 9, Issue 12
  • June 14 - Region 3 - US Department of Labor's OSHA recognizes Lancaster Safety Consulting Inc. for workplace safety and health success
  • June 11 - Trade Release - New OSHA training emphasizes workers' rights
  • June 10 - National Release - US Department of Labor's OSHA, federal on scene coordinator sign memorandum to protect worker health, safety during oil spill cleanup
  • June 10 - Region 4 - St. Petersburg, Fla., Scuba Clean Inc. cited by US Department of Labor's OSHA for willful and serious violations carrying nearly $201,000 in penalties
  • June 10 - MOU - OSHA and Coast Guard sign Memorandum of Understanding to ensure oil spill workers are protected
  • June 10 - Testimony - Worker Safety in our Nation's Energy Production Industries
  • June 9 - Media Advisory - Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis to visit oil spill site in Louisiana for 2-day up close look at US Department of Labor activities at work
  • June 8 - Region 3 - US Labor Department's OSHA fines US Postal Service nearly $500,000 for exposing workers to electrical hazards at 2 Philadelphia facilities
  • June 8 - Federal Register 75:32507-32508 - Submission for OMB Review: Comment Request
  • June 7 - Trade Release - OSHA virtual stakeholder meeting seeks input on combustible dust worker hazards
  • June 7 - Region 10 - US Bank in Seattle ordered to pay back wages, reinstate former manager terminated in violation of Sarbanes-Oxley Act whistleblower provisions
  • June 7 - Federal Register 75:32142-32143 - Combustible Dust
  • June 6 - Oil Spill Environmental and Exposure Sampling Data
  • June 3 - Directive - FY 2011 Instructions for 23(g) State Plan Grants
  • June 3 - Region 2 - US Labor Department files suit against First Student Inc. on behalf of Syracuse, NY, school bus driver allegedly fired for raising safety issues
  • June 1 - Trade Release - Enhancing federal worker safety and health is focus of OSHA training event
  • June 1 - Region 1 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes $214,500 in fines against Portsmouth, NH, fish and seafood plant for process safety hazards
  • June 1 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA cites Linden, NJ, manufacturer for exposing employees to chemical hazards
  • June 1 - Region 2 - US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $125,000 in fines against Brooklyn, NY, contractor after partial building collapse
  • June 1 - OSHA Quick Takes -- June 1, 2010 -- Volume 9, Issue 11

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