May 8, 2007

Fed-OSHA Levies Maximum Fines in Milwaukee Plant Blast

Fed-OSHA fines a Milwaukee company and a mechanical contractor nearly $73,000 in total penalties related to a propane explosion that killed three workers and injured four dozen more last December. Go to the Full Story...


OSHA Quote of day: "It's not some carcinogen where you get cancer 30 years from now or something. The people are dying right in front of you. You can't wait until you have all the evidence. You have to regulate it."

David Michaels, of George Washington University's department of environmental and occupational health, on Fed-OSHA's responsibility to regulate the artificial flavoring chemical diacetyl Go to the full story in the Washington Post