worker-safety
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EPA proposes advance review for new uses of chemicals already under orders
The Environmental Protection Agency is proposing rules for certain chemicals already subject to federal orders. If finalized as proposed, manufacturers and processors planning specified new uses would need to notify the agency at least 90 days in advance and wait for its review and required action. Comments are due December 2.
Also filed underenvironmentchemicalsepapublic-comment
MSHA reopens mine-respirator comments through December 8 and schedules a November hearing
An October 16 notice reopens comments on MSHA's proposed use of specified powered air-purifying respirators in underground gassy mines. A virtual hearing begins November 17 at 9 a.m. Eastern; advance speaker registration is requested by November 13. Written comments close December 8 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern. The notice changes the participation window, not the equipment's current approval status.
Also filed undermine-safetyrespiratorsmshapublic-comments
Workers were installing roof rafters 25 feet up with no fall protection, at two sites, for the same employer. OSHA issued 13 citations and proposed $265,868. A Louisiana farm was separately barred from the H-2A visa program for a year.
The Labor Department said on September 15 that it had cited Martin Araujo, trading as Araujo Construction Corp., of Calumet City, after two investigations into what it called a continued failure to provide fall protection. Carpenters and laborers were installing roof rafters and roof sheeting exposed to falls of up to 25 feet. The 13 citations include two willful violations, one per site, nine repeat violations covering head and eye protection, stairway handrails and ladder extension, one serious and one other-than-serious. The proposed penalty is $265,868, and the employer has 15 business days to comply, seek a conference or contest. The day before, the department debarred Jevon Natali, a Calcasieu Parish farmer, from the H-2A agricultural visa program for one year for misrepresenting job terms and failing to pay overtime for non-agricultural work. That release names no penalty, no back wages and no worker count.
Also filed underdoloshaconstructionh-2awage-theftenforcement
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