In 1979, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, whose mission is to promote safety in the U.S.
For further information on this legislation, contact the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S.
Permissible workplace exposures to benzene would be cut by 90 percent and allowable exposure to formaldehyde reduced by half to two-thirds, if a new proposal by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is adopted.
The
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the American Foundry Society (AFS) have renewed their alliance to further enhance safety and health for employees in the metalcasting industry.
An ongoing working alliance between the National Association of Home Builders and the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration was cemented with a formal re-signing ceremony attended by leaders of both organizations last week.
Formaldehyde from both natural and man-made sources is generally present at about 0.03 parts per million (ppm) in both indoor and outdoor ambient air, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission document "An Update on Formaldehyde: 1997 Revision." This is much lower than the worker exposure limits of 0.75 ppm over an 8-hour period and 2.0 ppm over a 15-minute period set by the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
The general consensus is that ergonomics policy makes sense and provides value, but there has been much controversy in trying to formulate an acceptable standard to be administered by the DOL's
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
The
Occupational Safety and Health Administration's proposed ergonomics rule might be illegal and would interfere with state workers' compensation laws and administration, U.S.
North Carolina Congressman Cass Ballenger has been leading a crusade against what he calls "the Gestapo" over at the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Most notably, the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration passed in December 1991 new regulations concerning occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens.
The guidelines presented in this document incorporate the
Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations and the most recent CDC-recommended NIOSH standards and guidelines, including those for protecting health-care workers from occupational transmission of hepatitis B virus, human immunodeficiency virus, and other bloodborne pathogens.
Department of Labor's
Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced the beginning of a statewide local emphasis program in Kansas aimed at reducing the frequency of work-related silicosis (SiO2).