Winners of the Post 6 Ohio Valley Mine Rescue Competition
Congratulations to all the winners at the Post 6 Ohio Valley Mine Rescue Competition held in Moundsville, West Virginia this past June. To check out the winners, click here.
Safety Law Newsletter – July 2017
July’s edition of the Safety Law Newsletter discusses OSHA’s VPP Program “recalibration,” the latest MSHA quarterly training call, recent news involving the court of appeals giving MSHA access to personnel records, an update to overtime changes, a recent court ruling in California that may signal a shift in liability, the new nanomaterials act that goes…
Adele Abrams – 2017 Safety Professional of the Year
Congratulations to Adele Abrams, Esq., CMSP, and president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams PC on being named the 2017 Safety Professional of the Year by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Thank you, Adele, for your commitment to keeping people safe! To learn more, click here.
MSHA Stakeholder Quarterly Training Call – July 18, 2017
In this month’s training call you will find information on training materials, near fatal accidents and near-misses from both the coal mining industry and metal/nonmetal. To access the full training call, click here.
5 Hot Work Misconceptions
Despite repeated fires started by hot work and an NFPA standard on safe hot work practices—NFPA 51B, Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work, which was first issued in 1962—hot work–related blasts and blazes continue to occur. According to the NFPA report “Structure Fires Started by Hot Work,” issued last September, fire departments…
Harnessing the Untapped Power of Teams for Safety in a Multi-Generational Environment
One of the most significant negatives of groupthink is the tendency to alienate those who are not a part of a certain group. An aspect related to groupthink is multiple generations; multi-generational workplaces are the norm. To learn more about how to work effectively in a multi-generational setting, click here.
My Equipment Is Grandfathered- Wrong!
A lack of understanding OSHA’s machine guarding regulations continues to make machine safeguarding one of OSHA’s Top 10 violations. We often hear “our equipment is old and has been grandfathered so it doesn’t need guarding”. While this may seem logical, it is simply not true. Up until the late 1970’s, OSHA did have a few…
Safety Law Newsletter – June 2017
June’s Safety Law Newsletter discusses the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Labor’s 2015 and 2016 informal guidance on joint employment and independent contractors, ways to eliminate coal mining fatalities and coal impoundment in construction, a review of commission cases that raise questions over the multi-employer citation policy, rock climbing gyms and seeking OSHA compliance…
Mine Safety Agency Launches ‘Training Assistance Initiative’ for Miners with Less Experience
Recent coal-mining deaths have prompted the Mine Safety and Health Administration to launch a voluntary “training assistance initiative” for miners with less than one year of experience in mining or in their current job, MSHA has announced. To read more, click here.
Wellmore Coal Team Tops In Mine Rescue Contest
Wellmore Coal Co.’s Red Team took top honors in last week’s 31st annual Governor’s Cup Mine Rescue and Safety Contest, held on the campus of the University of Virginia’s College at Wise. To read the full article, click here.