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Safety
House Subcommittee proposes increasing FY 2020 budgets for MSHA, OSHA, NIOSH
A budget bill drafted by the House subcommittee for the FY 2020 aims to increase funding for OSHA, MSHA, and NIOSH. Learn more about the proposed budgets here.
May 17, 2019
Safety
House bill would cut funding to OSHA and MSHA, increase NIOSH budget
As part of a draft funding bill proposed by the House Appropriations Committeeās Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) would receive modest budget cuts in fiscal year 2019, Safety + Health reports. The draft bill allocates $545.3 [ā¦]
June 29, 2018
Construction Equipment
New Ammann hand guides reduce vibrations on plate compactor operators
Ammann has upgraded the hand guides on its APR Reversible Vibratory Plate Compactors to reduce vibrations that reach the operator. A new mounting process reduces hand-arm vibration to below 2.5 meters per second squared over the course of an eight-hour day, which is low enough to not require documentation of operator hours in the United [ā¦]
April 17, 2018
Safety
Construction struck-by deaths up 34% since 2010
Struck-by hazards have been defined as one of the Focus Four hazards identified by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)Ā as a leading cause of injuries in construction, according to the Quarterly Data Report from CPWR ā The Center for Construction Research and Training. The other hazards include falls, caught-in-between injuries, and electrocution. Between [ā¦]
August 10, 2017
Safety
Silica rule controversy continues despite OSHA enforcement delay
Depending on whom you talk to in the construction, aggregates and paving industries, the three-month enforcement delay of federal silica dust rules is an opportunity to fine-tune the compliance guidelines, or itās a minor speedbump toward excessive government regulation. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced April 6 it would delay the enforcement date [ā¦]
May 4, 2017
Safety
Three inventors recognized for ideas to reduce work-related hearing loss
During the first āHear and Now ā Noise Safety Challengeā held on October 27, 2016, in Washington, D.C., three inventors were recognized for their ideas for reducing work-related hearing loss. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), in partnership with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health [ā¦]
November 15, 2016
Roadbuilding
USDOL launches tech competition to improve worker hearing safety
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched the āHear and Now ā Noise Safety Challenge,ā a competition that it hopes willĀ encourage investors and entrepreneurs to developĀ a technological solution to hearing-related workplace noise hazards, EHS Today reports. The competition,Ā a partnership between the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and [ā¦]
August 5, 2016
Safety
House subcommittee approves bill cutting OSHA, MSHA, NIOSH funding
The House Appropriations Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee met July 7 to mark up the text of aĀ draft billĀ released by the House Appropriations Committee for FYĀ 2017. According to a report from Safety + Health, the billās proposedĀ Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) budget of $534.4 million would be approximately 3.3 [ā¦]
July 13, 2016
Roadbuilding
Drive Safely Work Week promotes planning ahead
The annualĀ Drive Safely Work Week (DSWW), now in its 19th year, focuses on planning as a part of safe driving practices, with the theme of Plan Ahead: Your Key to Driving Safely. DSWW is observed October 5-9. The Network of Employers for Traffic Safety (NETS) sponsors DSWW and counts several large entities as part of [ā¦]
October 6, 2015
Safety
House subcommittee proposes funding cuts for OSHA and MSHA
An appropriations subcommittee in the House of Representatives hasĀ proposed cuts for both the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Mining Safety and Health Administration. The proposal to decrease funding came as the House Labor, Health and Human services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee shot down a proposal from President Barack Obama to boost the [ā¦]
July 2, 2015
Roadbuilding
Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership officials release 2 new silica exposure control guides
Members of the Silica/Asphalt Milling Machine Partnership recognized the culmination of the groupās 10-year effort to improve worker safety with a ceremony during the World of Asphalt in Baltimore and releases of a best practices guide and a field guide. The partnership is made up of the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA), the National Institute [ā¦]
March 26, 2015
Roadbuilding
Building a better highway construction jobsite
The brave men and women who don their steel-toed boots and neon green safety T-shirts to build the nationās highways and byways put their lives on the line every day to create the road systems that motorists may take for granted. Itās not easy work when all of the variables of working in such a [ā¦]
October 9, 2014
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