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Following a fatal worker fall from Epping, NH, water tower, OSHA has cited North Carolina and Georgia contractors for the incident. The two contractors were responsible for the rehabilitation and painting of the municipal water tower. Following the death of a worker in 7th Aug, 2009, who fell 90ft from the water tower, these two contractors have come under the scanner of OSHA for alleged violations of safety standard. When OSHA conducted the inspection, it was found that the deceased man’s employer, Bullins Painting Inc, failed to provide any fall protection. Both the company and the project’s general contractor, Utility Services Inc. of Perry, Ga., failed to protect vertical lifelines against cuts and abrasions, to inspect fall protection equipment before each use, and provide a ladder cage or comparable safeguard for tower access ladders. It was cleared that the worker’s life would have been spared if protective measures had been provided and used by him. There were additional safet...

OSHA recently has given notice of three informal public hearings to accept testimony and comments on the proposed rule to align the agency’s HCS (Hazard Communication Standard with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). The first hearing will be start on March 2 at 9:30 a.m. in the auditorium of the U.S. Department of Labor. Other additional hearings are scheduled for March31 in Pittsburgh and April 13 in Los Angeles. OSHA will be providing the location for Los Angeles and Pittsburg hearings in future notice. Including United States, a number of countries and international organizations participated in developing the GHS to address inconsistencies in hazard classification and communications. The system offers a single, harmonized system to classify labels, chemicals and safety data sheets with the major benefit of increasing the quality and information consistency provided to employers, workers and chemical users. Those who are...

With the World becoming global and so is the communication which is also becoming easier at a rapid pace. With the help of internet it has now become easy to educate oneself without having the need to move around. You can access to all kind of facilities just at the click of a mouse. It is very much possible now to make your workplace safer, where you spend your maximum time of the day by just a click of a button. To make your work site safer for yourself or the others working on the site is to enroll yourself in OSHA 30 hour course online But for the starters you need to make sure that you select on OSHA approved OSHA safety program to gain the correct OSHA certification. There are many benefits of taking OSHA 30 hour training online. This safety training program has been made approachable and simpler by designing it meticulously with the regular updates and making it available on the internet. While there may be people who believe that they can get good experience of the subject by ...