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Vol. 39, Nos. 1-43, pp. 1-930 Jan. 1 -- Oct. 29, 2009 A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
PAINTS AND COATINGS
– Enamel bottling and packaging company faces fines for multiple violations at N.Y. plant, 305
– Compliance assistance, OSHA issues information bulletin, 900
See generally ASPHALT (8052-42-4)
– Ed. Note: This heading covers general policy and cases where a significant penalty has been imposed.
– Canada, Alberta sets record in 2008 for levying fines, 31 – Mines and mining
– – Failure to pay fines assessed after fatal explosion, company faces lawsuit (E.D. Ky.), 123
– – Ventilation controls removed, Aracoma settles charges involving fatalities with $4.2M fine (S.D. W. Va.), 15 – Packaging facility faces $1.2M fine for failure to provide training, equipment to workers exposed to p-nitroaniline, 152 – Structure reform top OSHA priority, Barab tells conference, 543
– Cranes, Philadelphia enters data sharing agreement with 2 other cities, 489
– Excavation, subcontractor liable for building collapse (RevComm), 690 – Lead, per-employee citations against bridge painter upheld (RevComm), 308 – Marlette Homes, OSHA partnership, In Brief, 453 – Oleum release, CSB report recommends better enegineering controls at chemical plant, 854 – Organic chemicals maker faces fines for process safety violations, 305 – Refineries, process safety management
– – ConocoPhillips faces fines for violations, 29
– – Sunoco faces fines for violations, 596
– Dry cleaning emissions, EPA seeks remand to allow for review of NESHAP (D.C. Cir.), 291
– Cancer, study finds no threat, In Brief, 287
– Avian influenza virus, study finds standard equipment provides effective protection, 30
– Bloodborne pathogens, universal precautions apply to medical, dental facility employees who handle equipment, OSHA interpretation, 706 – Design, OSHA updates rule to reflect national consensus standards, 753 – Emergency medical technicians, fire protection association updates recommendation, 117 – Eye protection – Footwear
See FOOTWEAR
– – Cal. releases 25 million respirators for distribution to health care facilities to replenish depleting stocks, 918
– – Flight attendants petition FAA for protections, 363 – – Health care workers, CDC suggests lowering recommendations from respirator use to surgical masks, 701; Inst. of Med. recommends N95 respirators over masks for workers interacting with suspected, confirmed patients, 758; CDC revises guidance to include N95 respirator use, 900 – – Nurses association files complaint over lack of face masks at Cal. hospital, 587 – Per-employee liability, trade groups challenge OSHA standard, file opening briefs (D.C. Cir.), 598; OSHA, DOL argue Congress granted OSHA power to issue per-person penalties in response, 795; petitioners say OSHA needs to show authority source, 816 – Shipyard guidance on employer payment, In Brief, 432 – Whistleblowers, work release participant's claims of conspiracy against employer may proceed (7th Cir.), 737
– Applicators of certain chemicals at risk for blood disorder, study finds, 498
– Chlordecone, EPA issues final toxicological review, 838 – DBCP
See DBCP (96-12-8)
– – Confidentiality claim delays CSB public hearing, 171; CSB reschedules hearing, 214; Coast Guard approves slide presentation CSB plans to give at hearing, 302
– – Hazardous waste permit for chemical tank lacking, W. Va. regulators say, 362 – – House panel launches investigation, 214; panel grills Bayer about reaction to accident, 319; congressional committees seek full review of plant's methyl isocyanate use, 361 – – Methyl isocyanate, CSB study – Ferbam, EPA says major documents left out of reregistration decision, 791 – Herbicide exposure linked to pancreatic cancer risk, study finds, 448 – Hospital disinfectants, IG investigating allegations that EPA withheld data on failure rates, 197 – Martex Farms failed to protect workers at P.R. operation, fines upheld (1st Cir.), 201 – Permethrin, study finds no cancer threat, In Brief, 287 – Produce growers, N.C. fines manager for worker exposure violations, 151 – Soil fumigants, EPA issues final safety measures, says new restrictions will protect farmworkers, bystanders, 426; farmworker groups ask EPA to reconsider decision, 526 – Tree trimmer's widow claims herbicide exposure caused leukemia, no evidence cited, case dismissed (4th Cir.), 310 – Ziram, EPA says major documents left out of reregistration decision, 791
– ATSDR developing toxicological profile, 639
– Nerve block injections did not arise from employment, injuries not compensable (D.C.), 819
– Administrator nominee Quarterman faces criticism of agency actions, 837
– Injuries, Canada energy board reacts to surge, 710
– Trenching violations at Colo. site, In Brief, 794 – Welding, PHMSA advisory, In Brief, 840 – Whistleblowing, welders' complaints protected, refusal to work not, arbitration board rules, 595; employers view decision as positive precedent, attorney says, 639
– Toxicology of platinum salts and compounds, EPA issues draft review, 119
– Labor Code emphasizes workplace safety and health, 139
– New worker protection law addresses minors, pregnant or breastfeeding workers, 793
– Whistleblowing, employee fired for reporting health problems, DOL alleges (W.D. Wash.), 598
See DRINKING WATER
– Avian influenza virus
– – Pandemic, GAO report says more work needed to protect workers, 196
– – Personal protective equipment, study finds standard equipment provides effective protection, 30 – Fires, penalty upheld in fatality involving employee trapped by pallets in freezer, killed by fire started by cutting torch at Miss. plant (5th Cir.), 885 – Hydrogen sulfide asphyxiation, Tyson Foods pleads guilty, agrees to pay $500,000 fine (W.D. Ark.), 27; sentencing, 504 – Injury and illness reporting, S.C. audit finds underreporting in 2007, 876 – Producer faces fines for numerous violations at Ga. plant, 708
– Amputations, machine and tool company faces fine following accident at Mo. plant, 476
– Metal stamping firm faces fine after worker's hand crushed, 369
– Asbestos exposure claims, state filing requirements not preempted by FELA or LBIA (U.S., rev den), 46
– Cranes
– – Electric utilities oppose changes, 544
– – Fla. county ordinance preempted by federal OSH Act (S.D. Fla.), 83; appeal (11th Cir.), In Brief, 178 – – Proposed OSHA rule would increase risk to worker, public safety by preempting local rules, New York City commissioner says at hearing, 259
– – General duty clause does not preempt Okla. state law, Stohler says, 68
– – Violence not recognized hazard, Okla. law upheld (10th Cir.), 162 – Respirators, OSHA clarifies conflict preemption position with regard to NIOSH-certified respirators, 63 – State regulations, Obama reverses Bush administration policy, 430
– Drill presses, N.H. firearms maker faces fine for alleged violations, 499
– Power presses
See POWER PRESSES
– Ferry operated by Wash. corrections agency, federal maritime claims not barred by state workers' compensation law (Wash. Ct. App.), 767
– Guards
– – Nonlethal weaponry, Bureau of Prisons opposes arming guards, 617
– – Protective clothing, union urges Bureau of Prisons to allow wearing of stab-resistant vests, 493 – Work release programs, whistleblower's clains of conspiracy by employer may proceed (7th Cir.), 737
– Chemical manufacturers national emphasis program being readied, Barab says, 443; safety engineers support proposed program, 473; OSHA official confirms program extension, 567; pilot program targets workplaces that emit highly hazardous chemicals, 637
– Cup maker faces fines for alleged violations at Mass. plant, 618 – Dairy faces fine for deficient program at Kan. facility, 858 – Embalming fluid maker faces fines for violations at Mass. plant, 905 – Gasoline additive manufacturing facility explosion and fire
– – OSHA revising rule in response to accident, 807
– – Reactor cooling system inadequacies likely cause, CSB reports, 781 – Organic chemicals maker faces fines for violations at N.Y. plant, 305 – Performance indicators, Steelworkers leaves talks with petroleum industry on ANSI standards, 680 – Pesticide plant explosion in W. Va., lapses likely cause of thermal runaway reaction leading to blast, CSB says, 344; company to spend $25M to improve safety, reduce methyl isocyanate storage, 755 – Reactive chemicals, OSHA revising rule in response to Fla. explosion, 807 – Refineries
– – BP Prods. N. Am. Texas City plant explosion and fire
– – – Plea agreement accepted (S.D. Tex.), 225
– – – Safety improvements still needed 5 years later, OSHA says, 830 – – ConocoPhillips faces fines for violations at N.J. plant, 904 – – Delek US Holdings faces fine for violations at Tex. plant following fatal fire and explosion, 452 – – Flare line repair at Okla. plant temporary, willful violation upheld (10th Cir.), 735 – – National emphasis program
– – – Alon USA faces fines for alleged safety violations, 858
– – – BTB Refining faces fines following inspection of Tex. asphalt plant, 617 – – – Calcasieu Refining faces fine for violations at La. plant, 664 – – – ConocoPhillips faces fine for violations at Pa. plant, 29 – – – Hess faces fine for violations at N.J. plant, 407 – – – NuStar Asphalt Refining faces fines following inspection of N.J. plant, 905 – – – OSHA warns against repeated safety problems, 515 – – – Sinclair Tulsa Refining faces fine for electrical hazard violations at Okla. plant, 687 – – – Sunoco faces fine for violations at Pa. plant, 596 – – – Sunoco (R&M) faces fines for violations at Ohio plant, 857 – – – Valero Energy faces fine for violations at Del. plant, 573 – – – Violations alarmingly high, officials tell conference, 725 – – Texas sues BP Prods. for alleged violations (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 480
– Asbestos
– Warnings
See WARNINGS
– Bridge painting company faces fine for failing to provide, 98
– Dodecanoic acid, EPA issues significant new use rules, 571 – Firefighter boot weight, NIOSH safety study, In Brief, 11 – Highway and road construction, high-visibility garments required safety attire for workers, OSHA interpretation, 98 – Laboratory fire kills one, Cal. university faces fines, 369 – Nanotubes, EPA issues significant new use rules, 552; EPA will continue to regulate on case-by-case basis, 591; EPA withdraws rules, 732; industry should prepare for federal regulation despite withdrawal of rules, industrial hygenist tells conference, 786 – Prison guards, union urges Bureau of Prisons to allow wearing of stab-resistant vests, 493
– Ill. moves closer to state plan coverage, 447; state publishes proposed rule, request for comments, 592
– Mass. governor sets up panels to study safety hazards at state agencies, 366 – OSHA coverage
– – CSB calls for extension, In Brief, 82
– – Fla. House, Senate introduce bills, 195; House committee approves bill, 262
– Chemical exposures, national conversation launch, 550
– Infectious diseases
See generally INFECTIOUS DISEASES
– Pesticides, Martex Farms failed to protect workers at P.R. operation, fines upheld (1st Cir.), 201
– Refinery explosion, CSB to investigate, In Brief, 926
– Asbestos
– – Dryer felt exposure, damage awards upheld (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div.), 736
– – Sales records sufficient to proceed with exposure claim against manufacturers (W.D. Wash.), 764 – Machine guarding, Me. mill faces fine, 499 – Recycler faces fine for machine guarding violations at N.Y. plant, 574 Contact the Webmaster at webmaster@bna.com Copyright © The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
