Occupational Safety & Health Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

TAKE-HOME TOXICS

– Asbestos

– – Bystander injury not foreseeable at time of exposure (6th Cir.), 101
– – Family members owed no duty of care (Del.), 203
– – Premises liability nonexistent without relationship to employer (Ill. App. Ct.), 531
– – Property owners cannot be sued for bystander exposure (Ohio Ct. App.), 161

– Lead, workers' families still at risk, report urges stricter standards, 263
– Taconite, university study to examine miner, spouse illnesses, 572

See TUBERCULOSIS

TCDD (1476-01-6)

– Cancer risk, Italian study, In Brief, 815

TECHNOLOGY

– Green jobs, Middle Class Working Families Task Force to examine safety and health issues, 97

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

– Broadcasting, Hispanic TV station joins Voluntary Protection Program, In Brief, 266
– Climbers, employers required to pay for personal protective equipment, OSHA interpretation, 707
– Confined spaces, Ontario firm faces fine following fatalities, 643

TELECOMMUTING

– Federal agencies

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, S 707

TENNESSEE

– Asbestos, salvage and demolition business owner pleads guilty to handling, notice violations (E.D. Tenn.), 861
– Fall protection, stucco firm faces fines for violations, 284
– Nuclear facilities, TVA contractor settles charges of false safety reports with $6.2M, 76
– Oak Ridge

– – Construction, DOE gives OSHA jurisdiction over safety and health, 30
– – Worker safety and health, DOE gives OSHA authority over 2 buildings, land, 683

TERRORISM

– Chemical facility antiterrorism standards

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 2868, HR 3258

– Chlorine gas mass exposure, study recommends hospitals stockpile ventilators, 10
– Emergency responder safety and health crucial in planning, CDC report says, 118
– World Trade Center

See WORLD TRADE CENTER

TEST METHODS AND PROCEDURES

– Chemical health, other effects, OECD adopts new, revised guidelines, 811
– Nanomaterials, interagency committee report focuses on review, data collection, 684
– Nationally recognized testing laboratories, OSHA withdraws some test standards, 789
– Nonylphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates, EPA seeks comments, 503

TEXAS

– Argon gas exposure, pollution exclusion clause bars insurance claims involving naturally occurring substance (N.D. Tex.), 506
– Construction industry

– – Austin workers risk injury, underpaid, survey finds, 549
– – Enforcement, Solis announces program at conference, 543

– Construction materials maker faces fine for alleged radial saw violations, 501
– Crane operator certification, legislature considers annual requirement, 217
– Drilling group partners with OSHA to protect contractors, 97
– Elevated platforms, company faces fine following fatal fall, 452
– Energy workers' group partners with OSHA to protect safety, 241
– Environmental waste facility faces fines for violations following fatality, 877
– Equipment repair company faces fines for failure to abate hazards, 305
– Excavations, Key Enters. faces fine for violations at highway construction site, 219
– Football practice facility collapse prompts OSHA investigation, 368
– General contractor partners with OSHA for construction of San Antonio Military Medical Complex, 925
– Hispanic programming broadcaster earns membership, In Brief, 266
– Home remodeling store employee found injured in parking lot, citation against employer for failing to report fatality within 8 hours dismissed (RevComm), 841
– Job safety outlook, 2009, SplRpt (1/22/09) S–25
– Machine shop fails to pay penalties, case remanded to determine if settlement possible (RevCommJ), 576
– Metal stamping firm faces fine after worker's hand crushed in power press, 369
– Military vehicle maker faces fine for multiple hazards, 731
– Pipe maker faces fines for safety violations, 878
– Plaster contractor faces fines for fall protection violations, 98
– Refineries

– – Alon USA faces fines for alleged safety violations, 858
– – Asphalt producer faces fines for alleged violations following inspection, 617
– – BP Prods. N. Am.

– – – Plea agreement re 2005 Texas City plant explosion and fire accepted (S.D. Tex.), 225
– – – Safety improvements still needed 5 years after Texas City explosion and fire, OSHA says, 830
– – – State sues for alleged health, safety, and environmental violations (Tex. Dist. Ct.), 480

– – Citgo Petroleum Corp., CSB opens investigation of fire in hydrogen fluoride alkylation unit, 611
– – Delek US Holdings faces fine following fatal fire and explosion, 452

– Scaffolding, construction firm faces fines for alleged violations at 3 sites, 707
– Scaffolds, OSHA investigates fatal high-rise condominium accident, 500
– Steam cleaning business settles whistleblowing violations, 282
– Steel maker faces fine for guarding, training violations, 452
– Tile maker earns Voluntary Protection Program status, In Brief, 478
– Welding rod fumes and manganese exposure, workers file failure to warn suits (E.D. Tex.), 17
– Workers' compensation

– – Negligence claims alleging benzene exposure barred, evidence of gross negligence lacking (Tex. App. Ct.), 141
– – Premises owner may be considered general contractor, entitled to exclusive remedy protection (Tex.), 290

TEXTS

– Cooperative program participation, job safety outlook, 2009, SplRpt (1/22/09) S–28
– Enforcement, data on OSHA activities, job safety outlook, 2009, SplRpt (1/22/09) S–28
– Fatality investigations, data on OSHA activities, job safety outlook, 2009, SplRpt (1/22/09) S–28
– Injury and illness rates, OSHA data, job safety outlook, 2009, SplRpt (1/22/09) S–28

TITANIUM DIOXIDE

– Nanomaterials, studies find gene expression, lung cells affected in mice by exposure, 642

TOOLS

– Nail guns

See NAIL GUNS

– Radial saws, Tex. construction materials maker faces fine for alleged violations, 501
– Reassembly of irreparable electric tools may violate OSH Act, OSHA interpretation, 731

TORTS

– Okla. governor signs reform bill establishing asbestos, silica claims priorities, 474
– Spider bites, oil platform worker's borrowed worker status under LHWCA conveys immunity to energy company (5th Cir.), 84
– Toxic torts

See TOXIC SUBSTANCES

TOXIC SUBSTANCES

See also specific substances
– Bacillus Calmette-Guerin, association recommends NIOSH maintain on Hazardous Drug List, 589
– Brazil EIAs must specify worker protections, 711
– Canada, draft orders designate 7 substances, 879
– Causation, study cited by expert need only show positive association between agent, disease (Neb.), 224
– Hazardous drugs, NIOSH seeks comments on temporary reassignment of pregnant workers, 784
– Nanoparticles

See NANOTECHNOLOGY

– NTP

See NATIONAL TOXICOLOGY PROGRAM (NTP)

– Proposition 65

See CALIFORNIA

– Public health and chemical exposures, national conversation launch, 550
– Resin-coated sand, Ind. statute of limitations on wrongful death applies in case based on underlying product liability claim (Ind.), 32
– Risk assessment

See RISK ASSESSMENT

– Significant new use rules

– – Dodecanoic acid, EPA issues rule, 571
– – EPA issues rules for 12 chemicals, 813
– – Fluorinated chemicals, EPA issues rule, 552

– Sludge exposure, intent to injure needs no motive, suit reinstatement (Utah), 181
– Trash disposal facility releases noxious fumes, sickening 120, OSHA investigates, 665

TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY AGENCY (ATSDR)

– Toxicological profiles, agency developing for 5 substances, 639

TRACTORS

– Rollover protection, study calls for incentive programs to increase use, 43

TRADE POLICY

– REACH system, Ireland to make import decisions on case-by-case basis, McGuinness tells conference, 286

TRAINING

– Airline pilots

See LEGISLATION, FEDERAL, HR 3371

– Construction, hazard awareness class improves knowledge, attitude of workers, study finds, 636
– Disaster cleanup, OSHA announces voluntary program, 681
– Fraudulent trainers

– – Asbestos removal, owner of Cal. company indicted (N.D. Cal.), 927
– – Investigations

– – – OSHA conducting ongoing investigations, 657
– – – Procedures, OSHA develops, 421

– – Outreach training authorization revoked for Las Vegas construction company environmental health and safety director, 683
– – Watch list, OSHA publishes on internet, 657

– Green jobs initiative

– – Unions question adequacy, 640
– – Worker safety not addressed, advocates say, 175; NIOSH launches worker safety initiative, 471

– High-containment laboratories, GAO recommends single agency oversight, 808
– Lead, per-employee citations upheld (RevComm), 308
– Louisiana alliance between OSHA, safety engineers aims to protect petrochemical, construction workers, 65
– Map reading lesson for underground miners in video game format available from NIOSH, 834
– Mass. safety alliance to train high school students, In Brief, 82
– Nail guns, ACCSH work group resolves to improve methods, 320
– Ontario initiative to focus on young, new workers, 431
– Pipe cutting machine unguarded, trainee injured hand, review granted (RevComm), 713
– Power presses, Tex. metal stamping firm faces fine after worker's hand crushed, 369
– Scaffolds, OSHA releases material, In Brief, 794
– State and local laws may have unintended consequences, official tells ACCSH work group, 657
– Susan Harwood Training Grant Program

– – Applications sought, 471
– – Awards, In Brief, 815
– – Tips for applying, In Brief, 733

– Wayne Finger Lakes Board of Cooperative Educ. Servs. alliance to train students, In Brief, 267

TRANSPORTATION

– Drug testing, DOT reinstates observation of urination rule for follow-up and return-to-work tests, 664
– Motor carriers

See MOTOR CARRIERS

– Motor vehicles

See MOTOR VEHICLES

– Railroads

See RAILROADS

– Ships and shipping

See SHIPS AND SHIPPING

TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT (DOT)

– Appropriations, Senate passes bill including $50M for railroad safety grants, 809
– FMCSA

See FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (FMCSA)

– Secretary, nominee LaHood affirms commitment to safety at Senate hearing, 81

TREE PRUNING, TRIMMING, REPAIRING OR REMOVAL

– Fatalities, statistics from tree care work span multiple industries, NIOSH study finds, 347
– Leukemia, widow offered no evidence of herbicides as cause, case dismissed (4th Cir.), 310

TRENCHING AND SHORING

– Cave-ins

See CAVE-INS

– Egress required at all times, OSHA interpretation, 706
– Excavating firm faces $700,000 fine for violations at Wis. site, 176; company faces additional fine after laceration fatality, 709; company agrees to pay $474,000, improve safety to resolve all citations after third inspection uncovers additional violations, 857
– Highway construction, Key Enters. faces fine for violations at Tex. site, 219
– Pipeline builder faces fines for violations at Colo. site, In Brief, 794
– Protective systems lacking, Denver companies face fines for violations at 2 sites, 762
– Shoring system collapse at Miss. construction site leads to proposed fined for 2 contractors, 409
– Whistleblowing, Mich. town wrongfully terminated employee, violated state OSH Act (Mich. Ct. App.), 83

TRIBUTYLTINS AND TETRABUTYLTINS

– Canada, draft order designates as toxic substances, 879

TRICHLORAMINE

– Indoor water park symptoms likely due to disinfection byproduct, poor ventilation, CDC reports, 118

TRIS(2-CHLOROETHYL) PHOSPHATE (115-96-8)

– Canada, draft order designates as toxic substance, 879

TRUCKS

– Drivers

See generally DRIVERS

TUBERCULOSIS

– Disinfectant efficacy, IG investigating allegations that EPA withheld data on failure rates, 197
– Ultraviolet radiation, NIOSH releases guidance on control systems, 283