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Data suggests numbers keep dropping; President Joe Biden reintroduces potential solutions. By Shereen Hashem Apr 29, 2021 From pleas of desperate vaccine searches to an aggressive government outreach for people to get the vaccine, Americans are on the decline of scheduling their appointments. According to an article, more than one half of U.S. adults have at least one vaccine shot. However, according to data on daily vaccinations from the CDC, the seven-day average count of people receiving the...

Wagner Construction Inc. signs a settlement agreement with OSHA. By Shereen Hashem Apr 27, 2021 A Minnesota-based excavation company will now begin to train employees on excavation hazards, trenching and developing detailed site-specific safety plans. Wagner Construction Inc. employed a full-time safety manager to protect workers from deadly excavation hazards. Following three North Dakota job site inspections in both 2019 and 2020 that found employees exposed to excavation hazards, Wagner con...

Annual seminars are held by NIOSH to inform employers and workers about fall prevention. By Shereen Hashem Apr 27, 2021 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), its partners, employees and workers across the country on April 26, 2021 and the week of May 3-7 are holding its second annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents and the eighth week-long National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction.* According to a press release, there were more than 1,1...

OSHA Cites Company in Paris, IL after Employee is Left with Facial Burns North American Lighting faces $85,826 in penalties due to a lack of safety precautions in the facility. By Shereen Hashem Apr 23, 2021 On November 14, 2020, pressurized material in a plastic molding machine exploded leaving a maintenance technician for a central Illinois lighting manufacturer with severe facial burns. OSHA conducted an investigation and determined that North American Lighting lacked energy control procedur...

FDA Continues to Monitor Safety of Current COVID-19 Vaccines Available to the Public The FDA ensures it is doing its best to make sure each vaccine is completely safe to get. By Shereen Hashem Apr 22, 2021 The public trusts the FDA that all medical products, including the COVID-19 vaccines, are safe and effective. As a part of the standard process for inspecting all manufacturing facilities, the FDA recently completed an inspection of Emergent Biosolutions. This is a proposed manufacturing faci...

EPA Settlement with Trucking Company will Improve Facility Safety Different stakeholders are involved in the settlement to make sure N&D Transportation Company Inc. in Rhode Island is held accountable. By Shereen Hashem Apr 22, 2021 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and N&D Transportation Company Inc. reached a settlement and corrected alleged violations of chemical safety regulations, according to a press release. They will pay a penalty of $314, 658. EPA claims the company viola...

Safety Speak: The Future of OSHA—Biden Chooses a New Leader In this episode, Editor Sydny Shepard discusses NIOSHs new tool to measure worker well-being, worker hesitation to returning to the office without COVID-19 vaccines and Bidens nomination for OSHA Head. Who is he and does this nomination mean for the agency? By Sydny Shepard, Shereen Hashem Apr 19, 2021 On this Safety Speak episode of the podcast, we will discuss a survey distributed by the National Institute for Occupational Healt...

Oregon OSHA fines a roofing and painting company for $104,000. By Shereen Hashem Apr 16, 2021 West Coast Roofing and Painting Inc. was fined for $104,000 by Oregon OSHA. The fine comes from six job safety violations, including repeatedly failing to follow minimum requirements to protect workers from fall hazards that could potentially kill them. According to an article, the division cited the company following an inspection which included an examination of work activity at a residential constr...

By Shereen Hashem Apr 16, 2021 OSHA has extended its comment period for the proposed rule to update the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) to May 19, 2021, according to a press release. OSHA published a Federal Register Notice to extend the submission of public comments by 30 days to allow stakeholders interested in the proposition the time needed to collect information and data necessary for comment. OSHA expects the HCS update will increase worker safety and protection, reduce ch...

U.S. Department of Labor Cites Tax Preparation Service for COVID-19 Unsafe Work Environment A Boston company owner faces high charges for not allowing employees or customers to wear masks or social distance. By Shereen Hashem Apr 15, 2021  A tax preparation service owner in Lynn, MA was fined $136,000 for prohibiting her employees as well as customers from wearing masks on the job and social distancing. Ariana Murrell-Rosario also refused to implement other precautions in protection against CO...