The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held its quarterly meeting on October 25, 2017 in Washington, D.C., with 10 representatives from member companies present. “‘One of the goals of the group,’ [Devon] Carlock said, ‘is to create uniform standards for safety, including the hiring of qualified safety personnel.’” The next CDMCS quarterly […]
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: OSHA is revising and updating its general industry standards on walking-working surfaces to prevent and reduce workplace slips, trips, and falls, as well as other injuries and fatalities associated with walking-working surface hazards. The final rule includes revised and new provisions addressing, for […]
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Department of Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is amending its existing standards for occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica. OSHA has determined that employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica at the previous permissible exposure limits face a significant risk of material […]
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: OSHA is adding a new subpart to provide protections to employees working in confined spaces in construction. This new subpart replaces OSHA’s one training requirement for confined space work with a comprehensive standard that includes a permit program designed to protect employees from […]
