Safety and Health

Personal Protective Equipment for Health Care Workers Who Work with Hazardous Drugs

November 12, 2008
NIOSH recommends that employers provide appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) to protect workers who handle hazardous drugs in the workplace.

 

Working in Cold Weather

November 12, 2008
Winter is here, and with the cold weather comes the danger of cold weather injuries. 

 

Safety Run by the Committee? Could it Work?

October 23, 2008
How do safety committees help? Safety committees can perform a number of essential functions.

 

Oregon OSHA: Small businesses can replace safety committees with meetings

October 23, 2008
The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division is revising its rules to allow businesses with fewer than 10 employees.

 

Railroad officials issue emergency ban on distracting devices

October 15, 2008
The FRA issued an emergency order to stop on-duty railroad operating employees from using cell phones and electronic devices.

 

National Safety Council Elects Flynn to Director Post

September 26, 2008
Director Mike Flynn elected to a two-year term as a member of the NSC Board of Directors.

 

General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment; Notice of Informal Public Hearing

September 24, 2008
OSHA will hold an informal public hearing on the proposed rule on general working conditions in shipyard employment on October 21-22, 2008.

 

OSHA on parking lot injuries: Record them

September 22, 2008
Employers must record incidents in which employees are injured in company parking lots.

 

Experts seek more time to comment on secret safety rule

September 16, 2008
Scientists, public health experts and others are trying to put the brakes on the Bush administration’s rush to change a workplace safety rule that could lead to increased exposure of workers.

 

OSHA seeks approval for proposed rule on remedies for violations of personal protective equipment and training standards

September 6, 2008
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced in the August Federal Register that it is accepting public comments on a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and training standards.

 

OSHA Announces its Site-Specific Targeting Plan for 2008

May 28, 2008
Is your employer on the list to be targeted for inspection by OSHA?

 

Hurricane Disaster Assistance and Relief From the IAM&AW Community Service Department.

Hurricane Disaster Assistance and Relief From the IAM&AW Community Service Department.

 

Hurricane Disaster Assistance Information from the IAMAW Safety and Health Department

Last Updated 8/28/2006
The IAMAW Safety and Health Department has dedicated this site to inform workers, employers and the public about hazards associated with the current hurricane information and past disasters in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas and other states affected.  This site be updated regularly to provide easy access to information to workers, employers and the public.

 

More than 90% of working Americans depend on Social Security

April 18, 2005
Get the real facts on what the President’s plan will do to your Social Security income and what all the proposals mean.