Rule Summary: Enhanced Tank Car Standards and Operational Controls for High-Hazard Flammable Trains
The long awaited final rule for Crude-by-Rail transportation was released today by DOT/PHMSA. The major new requirements includes the...
Pretty Cool... A Sound Wave "Fire Extinguisher"
Very innovative. An emerging technology designed to extinguish fires with sound waves. If this technology gets perfected / on its feet,...
Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chair Steps Down Amid Scandal
The embattled Chair of the Chemical Safety Board, Rafael Maure-Eraso, resigns after asked to step down by the White House. The CSB is a...
McDonald's Employees Across 19 Cities File OSHA Complaints on the Same Day
The labor union SEIU is targeting McDonalds as workers file OSHA complaints in 19 cities citing kitchen hazards associated with hot oil,...
PHMSA General Counsel (Vanessa Sutherland) is Nominated to Become Chair of CSB
The White House has named Vanessa Sutherland its nominee to succeed the embattled Chair of the Chemical Safety Board after his term...
For the 4th Time in a Year, OSHA Cites Burrows Paper Food Box Manufacturer Repeatedly Exposes Worker
Here's a situation you hardly see anymore with regards to OSHA cases. A company cited four different times in a one year period. No...
Department of Labor Shuts Down its Cafeteria... Because of Rats
Dept of Labor shuts down its cafeteria (temporarily?) over food safety. Glad I haven't eaten there in a number of years. Interesting they...
OSHA Sends Letter to COPS (TV Show) Producers Following A Crewman Fatality
OSHA sends producers of the reality TV show "COPS" a list of recommendations following a fatal shooting during taping last summer. No...
Cal-OSHA Implements (New) Significant Measures Related to Enforcement / Abatement
Employers in California, you should know that effective Jan 1, 2015, Cal-OSHA has some rather significant changes regarding the abatement...
Kansas -- Federal OSHA or OSHA State Plan in its Future?
For those of you in Kansas, it looks like the state's efforts to "reclaim" OSHA responsibility as a State Plan State hasn't changed much....
