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OSHA publishes employer-specific occupational fatalities on Web site. In support of the Obama Administration’s Open Government Directive launched Dec. 9, OSHA is systematically publishing employer-specific infor- mation about occupational fatalities on its Web site. Employers and workers can use this informa- tion to help assure worker safety and health in their own workplaces by taking steps to identify dangerous conditions and prevent future accidents. https://www.osha.gov/dep/fatcat/dep_fatcat.html
Dr. David Michaels confirmed to assume post as head of OSHA. He was unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate and was sworn in on Dec. 9 as Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Before coming to OSHA, he was a professor and interim chair at the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services’ Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. He is the author of Doubt is Their Product: How Industry’s Assault on Science Threatens Your Health (Oxford University Press, 2008) and articles in Science, the Journal of the American Medical Association, Scientific American, and other scientific publica- tions. From 1998-2001, Dr. Michaels served as assistant secretary of Energy for Environment, Safety and Health in the Department of Energy where he was responsible for protecting the health of workers, communities and the environment around the nation’s nuclear weapons facilities.
“The PDC continues to get better each time I attend. I encourage my colleagues to attend and continue to grow as safety professionals. I look forward to seeing you at SAFETY 2010.” — Frank J. Cruice, MS, CSP, CRSP, CHCM Corporate Safety Director, Perdue Farms Inc.
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OSHA announces informal public hearings on hazard communication rule. OSHA will hold three informal public hearings to accept comments and testimony on the proposed rule to align the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS).
The first hearing will begin March 2 at 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20210. Additional hearings are scheduled for March 31 in Pittsburgh and April 13 in Los Angeles. A number of countries, including the United States, and international organizations par- ticipated in developing the GHS to address incon- sistencies in hazard classification and communica- tions. The system provides a single, harmonized system to classify chemicals, labels and safety data sheets with the primary benefit of increasing the quality and consistency of information provid- ed to workers, employers and chemical users.
Notices may be submitted through the Federal eRulemaking Portal at http://www.regulations.gov Notices can also be submitted by regular mail to the OSHA Docket Office, Docket No. OSHA- H022K-2006-0062, U.S. Department of Labor, Room N-2625, 200 Constitution Ave., Washington, D.C. 20210. Submissions not exceed- ing 10 pages can be faxed to the OSHA Docket Office at 202-693-1648.
DOL/OSHA schedules conference on Latino worker safety and health. Following a Labor Day announcement from Secretary Hilda Solis, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will convene a National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety, April 14-15 at the Hilton Americas Hotel
