Wisconsin Agri-Business Association signs deal with OSHA
- The Wisconsin Agri-Business Association renewed its alliance with OSHA offices in Appleton, Eau Claire, Madison and Milwaukee.
- OSHA and the association will continue working together to deliver training and education programs for the grain and feed industry.
- The focus will be OSHA’s requirements for workplace safety related to grain-handling, combustible dust, walking-working surfaces, fall protection, lockout, and electrical.
- The two groups will also address topics such as safe confined space entry, hazard communication, personal protective equipment, respiratory protection and recognized industry controls under the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
Attorneys general support bill to boost workplace safety
- A coalition of 16 attorneys general support a proposed federal rule that would empower workers and expand public awareness of on-the-job dangers.
- The proposed rule would require many employers to report more detailed information about workplace injuries and illnesses to OSHA.
- The rule would update current reporting regulations with important new amendments that call for more extensive reporting to OSHA by some employers.
- This new rule will improve the health and safety of workers by requiring employers to be more transparent about their workplace conditions, the attorneys general said.
Investigation over construction workers’ death continues
- The San Bernardino County District Attorney’s Office and OSHA are investigating the industrial accident where a worker was killed.
- Green Tree Boulevard extension project site in Victorville.
- Truck driver Robert Sierra Jr., 52, was pronounced deceased at a construction site in the county.
- Investigators contend a piece of heavy construction equipment, possibly an excavator, fell on a semi-truck, which trapped the worker inside at the job site.
Ernst & Young heavily fined by SEC
- Ernst & Young will pay $100 million to the Securities and Exchange Commission after admitting that employees cheated on CPA exams.
- It’s the largest fine the regulator has issued to an accounting firm.
- Ernst & Young had been informed of potential cheating but failed to disclose this during the SEC’s investigation.
- SEC also found that Ernst & Young cheated other courses needed to maintain their licenses.