As our nation begins to assess the damage from Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) and its 24 member companies are actively supporting recovery efforts to begin evaluating and rebuilding the coastal infrastructure along the Gulf Coast and Eastern Seaboard. To all who have been affected by these […]
The Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) held its quarterly meeting on May 4 in Washington, D.C., with 10 representatives from member companies present. “Our Meeting went extremely well,” CDMCS Co-Chair Devon Carlock told IDR. “We had in-depth conversations of safety polices and best practices, and the members shared programs and training resources […]
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), Labor. ACTION: Final rule. SUMMARY: OSHA is issuing a final rule to revise its Recording and Reporting Occupational Injuries and Illnesses regulation. The final rule requires employers in certain industries to electronically submit to OSHA injury and illness data that employers are already required to keep under existing […]
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 […]
