QuickTakes 02/18/2015
- Federal OSHA rejects inadequate fall prevention measures in Arizona’s state-run occupational safety and health program
- OSHA gears up for annual Fall Safety Stand-Down in Construction
- Preventing cold stress, slips on snow and ice
- New reporting requirements: Employers required to report fatalities and severe injuries and illnesses
- OSHA reminds employers to post OSHA 300A injury/illness summary February through April
- Formed Fiber Technologies fined $108,800 for exposing workers to lacerations, amputation, other hazards
- Illinois contractor faces more than $287,000 in fines for exposing workers to lead paint
- Alabama auto parts manufacturer and temporary agency face more than $158,000 for exposing workers to electrocution, falls, amputation hazards
- Dallas plating shop faces more than $110,000 for willfully exposing workers to cancer risk
- OSHA and NIOSH issue hazard alert to protect workers from silica exposure during countertop manufacture and installation
- Safety and Health Information Bulletin warns of hazards from exposure to grain fumigants
- OSHA launches redesigned Whistleblower Protection Web page
- Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health meeting scheduled for February
- OSHA’s Safety Pays Program helps show impact of injuries and illnesses on bottom line
- Staffing association launches new Web page dedicated to temporary worker safety
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