OSHA’s Mission: The OSH Act of 1970 With the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Congress created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to assure safe and healthful working conditions for working men and women by setting and enforcing standards and by providing training, outreach, education and assistance. OSHA assists and encourages the […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: THHN Electrical Wire […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product. Name of Product: Hickory handle sledge […]
By Inyoung Hwang Bloomberg News Aug 19, 2010 U.S. workplace deaths fell 17 percent in 2009 to a record low on a decline in construction fatalities, as unemployment surged to the highest level in a quarter century. There were 4,340 deaths across all industries, compared with 5,214 a year earlier. Fatalities among private construction firms […]
ARLINGTON, Texas, Sept. 1 /PRNewswire/ — Seven states now have laws on the books that require construction workers to complete the OSHA 10-hour construction safety training course before they can work on certain construction projects. The states with an OSHA law already in effect are Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, New York, and most […]
Worker Is Killed on Throgs Neck Bridge New York Times By Sewell Chan AND Christine Hauser August 25, 2009, 10:51 am An electrical worker died on Tuesday morning after being struck by the boom of a truck on the Throgs Neck Bridge, which connects the Bronx and Queens, according to the city’s Fire Department. The […]
One of SMART Safety Group’s clients, Straub Construction, was featured on the front page of the San Diego Business Journal. SMART Safety Group provides Straub with objective third-party safety auditing on many of Straub’s military projects. The benefits of third-party auditing include: Enhanced record-keeping Greater compliance A second set of eyes Please read the article […]