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- ASSE Joins in Opposing NIOSH AgFF and ERC Funding Cuts in FY13 Administration Budget
- Norris and Michaels Sign Renewed ASSE-OSHA Alliance
- Nano SNURs Can’t Overlook Engineering Controls, ASSE Tells EPA
- OSHA Looking for Info on Reinforced Concrete in Construction, Preventing Backover Injuries and Fatalities
- Latest in the Federal Budget Fight over OSHA and MSHA
- Responsibility for Upper Big Branch at Issue in DC
- OSHA Revises Hazard Communication Standard
- OSHA Issues Memo on Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies
ASSE Joins in Opposing NIOSH AgFF and ERC Funding Cuts in Administration’s FY13 Budget
ASSE has joined with 127 other NIOSH stakeholders to voice opposition to the Obama Administration’s proposed elimination of funding for Education and Resource Centers and the NORA Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AgFF) research program in letters to leaders of the Senate and House Appropriations Subcommittees on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Committees. Congress rejected these same cuts in the FY 2012 budget, but the Administration is [...]
Read MoreNorris and Michaels Renew ASSE-OSHA Alliance
On March 16, ASSE President Terrie Norris and Assistant Secretary David Michaels signed a renewed Alliance agreement between ASSE and OSHA. The overall goal of the two-year Alliance is to promote best practices for reducing and preventing worker exposures to health and physical hazards. More specifically, ASSE and OSHA will continue work together to address non-English or limited English-speaking workers especially through [...]
Read MoreNano SNURs Can’t Overlook Engineering Controls, ASSE Tells EPA
ASSE submitted a comment on an EPA proposed rule to set significant new use rules (SNURs) for chemical substances, 7 of which included carbon nanotubes. For those substances involving nanotechnology, ASSE told EPA it could not ignore established industrial hygiene and safety practice, NIOSH and its own research by not requring the hierarchy of controls to be followed in protecting workers under the SNURs. ASSE said, [...]
Read MoreASSE States Support for OSHA Rescission of Residential Fall Protection Exemption
In light of the criticism and complaints that have followed the OSHA’s directive rescinding the Interim Fall Protection Compliance Guidelines for Residential Construction, ASSE in a letter to Assistant Secretary David Michaels stated its support for the change in policy as a needed step forward in protecting workers. ASSE also commended OSHA for its efforts to work [...]
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