Online seminar is the place to voice concerns
- OSHA officials are asking companies to share their safety concerns as part of an upcoming meeting.
- The U.S. Department of Labor’s National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will hold an online meeting from 2-4 p.m. on Jan. 10 that is open to the public.
- Officials will provide updates about the committee’s membership and recent OSHA developments, a report from the Heat Work Group, and will have a follow-up discussion on the agency’s Whistleblower Protection Program.
- Employers can also independently participate by registering on the NACOSH webpage.
Troubles with oil and gas extraction workers
- Oil and gas extraction workers were more likely to die on the job over the span of a decade, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
- Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of work-related death in the industry, but experts cannot specifically figure out why this is happening.
- OSHA studied risky driving among oil and gas extraction workers based in Colorado, North Dakota, and Texas.
- Between October 2017 and February 2019, 498 of these workers responded to a survey about work schedules, workplace policies, and risky driving events, which could have led to crashes.
OSHA investigating shipyard death
- OSHA is investigating an incident at C & L Contracting in Wisconsin after a worker died at Fraser Shipyards.
- Randall Charles Mulvaney, a 64-year-old man from Watertown, Wisconsin, was found dead at Fraser Shipyards after reportedly falling off a ship in dry dock.
- Mulvaney was working to secure a tarp to a railing going around the deck and fell off the deck of the ship through a section where there was no railing.
- He was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Glass manufacturing and fabrication workers often deal with hot work environments, and the facilities typically are not air-conditioned.
- Adding to the tough environments, workers perform heat-related tasks dealing with sand, floating glass on a hotbed of liquid tin, and tempering.
- Some warehouses use fans and open doors to alleviate the heat.
- Cooling gear including cooling towels, face coverings, and skullcap, is also available and steps need to be take to ensure worker safety.