Industry News

2009

• Safety and Health Topics: Pandemic Influenza
• OSHA's Role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
• PHMSA Releases Report on Mechanical Damage to Pipelines
• 2009 Alberta OHS Code became effective on July 1, 2009
• U.S. Labor Department's OSHA issues letters to oil refineries stressing compliance with process safety management standard
• OSHA offers tips on working safely in hot weather
• OSHA Notifies Workplaces with High Injury and Illness Rates
• US Department of Labor's OSHA Revises Field Operations Manual to Enhance Enforcement and Compliance Assistance
• Public Consultation Leads to Improved Worksite Safety Rules
• Nonfatal Occupational Injuries and Illnesses, Three Industry Sectors 30% Above Average
• Water –its use, reuse and conservation – has become almost as important to Alberta’s economic future as oil
• EPA seeks public comment on annual US greenhouse gas inventory
• Employers Must Post Injury/Illness Summaries
• Revised field operations manual enhances enforcement and compliance assistance
• OSHA revises its Voluntary Protection Programs Agency formalizes 2 new ways to participate in the VPP

2008

• The Influence of Training, Safety Audits, and Disciplinary Action on Safety Management
• OSHA extends comment period for proposed rule on cranes and derricks
• Workplace Injuries and illnesses in 2007
• MSHA Announces Major Initiative to Bolster Mine Safety
• Statement by U.S. Secretary of Labor on 2007 Workplace Injury and Illness Rates
• OSHA Maritime Outreach Training Program
• Pipeline Transportation: Fact Sheet on Injuries, Illnesses and Fatalities
• OSHA Records Another Successful Enforcement Year in FY 2007
• PHMSA (formerly knows as OPS) issues advisory on Excavation and Operator Qualification