Oklahoma firm had 36 violations
- Accurate Manufacturing Inc. in Tulsa exposed employees to struck-by hazards and identified 36 violations, including 25 serious safety violations, OSHA found.
- The agency opened comprehensive safety and health investigations under an existing Regional Emphasis Program focused on safety and health hazards commonly faced by workers in the fabricated metal products industry.
- OSHA determined the company violated the general duty clause for not keeping its employees safe.
- The agency has proposed a combined total of $275,890 in penalties for the three inspections.
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Congresswoman wants more safety transparency in White House
- Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx, a North Carolina Republican, sent a letter to President Biden and Acting Secretary of Labor Julie Su raising serious concerns that the White House is not following the law and providing a safe working environment for employees.
- There have been 12 bite incidents involving Biden’s dog raises questions about workplace safety at the White House.
- The German shepherd was moved out of the White House after reports of roughly a dozen biting incidents.
- Foxx’s letter raises “concerns that the White House is not following the law and providing a safe working environment.”
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Federal review of OSHA warning label
- A proposal by OSHA to update requirements for what warning information chemical and other hazardous material manufacturers and distributors must include on the packaging is being reviewed by the White House.
- This final rule would bring OSHA requirements in line with recent international hazard communication guidance from the United Nations.
- OSHA last updated its rule in 2012 and there have been several UN guideline changes in the past 11 years.
- The White House’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs received the final rule changes and hasn’t set a date for completing its review.
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OSHA extends date for walkaround rule comments
- OSHA has pushed the deadline for comment on its proposal to allow workers to designate someone who doesn’t work for their employer to represent them during OSHA “walkaround” inspections to Nov. 13.
- The agency invites feedback on all aspects of the proposed rule, initially published Aug. 30, but specifically asks:
- Under OSHA 1903.8, a walkaround representative “shall be an employee(s) of the employer.”
- However, the regulation also allows an OSHA inspector, or CSHO, to make a judgment call on whether a third party can participate in the walkaround.
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