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Feasibility For Machine Guarding Is A Big Deal For Employers and Employees

FDR Safety

OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. OSHA CITATIONS It is particularly problematic when OSHA cites an employer and expects the employer to install safeguards that are not feasible.

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FDR Safety

OSHA AND FEASIBILITY The OSH Act is the relevant law, and OSHA standards are the relevant regulations for most employers and employees in the United States. OSHA CITATIONS It is particularly problematic when OSHA cites an employer and expects the employer to install safeguards that are not feasible.

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Online Tool Aids with OSHA Rules on Crane Operators

Construction Equipment

A web-based tool designed to help employers navigate OSHA’s rules on crane operator qualifications contains a directory of accredited crane operator certification programs. Directory” is produced by the NCCCO Foundation, an arm of the National Commission for the Certification of… Who’s Accredited?

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OSHA dealt setback in 18-year dispute over alleged willful violations

FDR Safety

Federal law defines willfulness as occurring when an employer intentionally disregards the Occupational Safety and Health Act or acts with plain indifference to that law. After the citation was issued, the case went to an administrative law judge and then to the Review Commission. An excellent article by Willis J.

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New Report Examines How To Create Manufacturing Jobs

Business Facilities

A University of Virginia Miller Center commission, chaired by former Governors Haley Barbour and Evan Bayh, has released a report offering innovative, non-partisan and actionable ideas on creating manufacturing jobs, which have been an engine of well-paying, middle-class employment throughout U.S. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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Nurdles are the Environmental Calamity of 2019

Green Building Law Update

In a media release, As You Sow, a foundation charted to promote corporate social responsibility through shareholder advocacy, described how last year it filed shareholder proposals with public traded companies. At least two of those companies, Chevron Corp. and Phillips 66 petitioned the U.S.

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The Future of Work is Now: Is the Construction Industry Ready?

Autodesk Construction Cloud

In early 2021 Deloitte was commissioned by the Autodesk Foundation to help identify the labour markets most vulnerable to technological disruption in the Asia Pacific region.?The The report, The Future of Work is Now: is APAC Ready? Figure 1: Number of people employed in Australia (‘000s).