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ASSE has just begun its 100th year serving its members. We are a global member-driven association providing representation, promotion and support for those engaged in the profession and/or the practice of safety, health and environment in their efforts to protect people, property and the environment.
Our officers for the 2010 / 2011 year are:
President: Neil Yamamoto, CSP, CPCU
President Elect: Craig Shoji, CHST, ASP
Secretary: Howard Hendricks, CSP
Treasurer/Past President #2: Mary Silva, CSP
Assembly Delegate: Jim Newberry
Past President: Joanna Clark, CHST
------others serving important appointed roles------
Member at Large: Mark Behrns, CSP
Membership Chair: TBA
Newsletter Editor: Les Onaka, CSP
Government Affairs: Barbara Goto, CSP
Student Section President: Thomas Van der Hoot
Webmaster - Jim Newberry
Guam Section Liaisons: Jim Newberry & Tracy Lawson, CSP
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Odds and Sods of safety news - bits and pieces from here and there.
< June 22Construction Safety Video / Quiz / Safety Ad <
What we saw at the HIOSH Adv. Comm. Mtg. on the 25th. Tweet it, FB it, share it! about serious injuries happening in HI this year / KITV Safety News 3-25-10 < at the HIOSH Adv. Comm. Mtg.OSHA/HIOSH Recordkeeing Emphasis Program / news of widespread under-reporting of occupational injuries
Safety in construction > article < in Building Industry magazine - MARCH 2010. Tristan Aldeguer, Lewis Boucher, Joaquin Diaz, Jamesner Dumlao, Kristi Koga, Tracy Lawson, Sean Tanaka, Darwin Ching, Bob Peterson, Cliff Higa, Karen Nakamura, Joseph Ferrara are all quoted in this revealing article about the state of safety in Hawaii.click▼it
Safety ranks in the top 10 of office annoyances, so says
www.safetynewsalert.com
In the first year
of the Obama administration, OSHA was busy handing out fines the
likes of which hadn’t been seen for eight years
Widespread Employer Under-Reporting to OSHA
OSHA Outlook for 2010
All State Plan States Have Indicated Intent to Adopt OSHA's
Recordkeeping National Emphasis Program
OSHA Lists Workplaces with High Injuries and Illnesses
New Hawaii law that
addresses common renovation activities that can create hazardous
situations
by disturbing lead-based paint < eff. 4-10-2010
Respirator
news update
< 2-17-10
Safety Week
check out the latest news from
safety week last year
Info. on Oahu's
cell phone law
NAVFAC Hawaii Receives Third Navy Safety Award
Hawaii Chapter Star news and other
groovy
kine recognition & awards
Construction Career Days
Cell Phone Safety News < Obama
stipulates new rules for 4.5 million Federal and Military employees
H1N1 Resources
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click the tripod and watch it, share it and don't let the guy in the back
seat get you!
NIOSH has recently released (2010) the following Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Reports:
Protecting America’s Workers Act Initially Proposed by Congress - 4-23-09 and making steady progress.
Summary - Protecting America's Workers Act - Amends the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHA) to expand its coverage to federal, state, and local government employees.
- Authorizes the Secretary of Labor, under specified conditions, to cede OSHA jurisdiction to another federal agency with respect to certain occupational standards or regulations for such agency's employees. Declares OSHA inapplicable to working conditions covered by the Federal Mine Safety and Heath Act of 1977.
- Sets forth increased protections for whistle blowers under OSHA.
- Sets forth provisions relating to: (1) the posting of employee rights; (2) a prohibition against the adoption or implementation of policies or practices by employers that discourage the reporting of work-related injuries or illnesses or that discriminate or provide for adverse action against any employee for reporting such injury or illness; (3) a prohibition against the loss of wages or employee benefits as a result of an employee participating in or aiding workplace inspections; (4) investigations of incidents in a place of employment resulting in a death or the hospitalization of two or more employees; (5) a prohibition against designating a citation for an occupational health and safety standard violation as an unclassified citation; (6) the rights of an employee who has sustained a work-related injury or illness that is the subject of an investigation; (7) an employer's right to contest citations and penalties; (8) the Secretary's assertion of an employer's failure to correct a serious hazard during an employer's contest to a citation; and (9) employee objections to modifications of citations.
- Increases civil and criminal penalties for certain OSHA violators.
- Requires a state that has an approved plan for the development and enforcement of occupational safety and health standards to amend its plan to conform to the requirements of this Act within 12 months after enactment of this Act.
AIHA Comments on Protecting America's Workers Act - June 11, 2009
The Construction Institute Endorses the Protecting America's Worker Act - August 10, 2009111th Congress Session - Senate Bill 1580 To amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to expand coverage under the Act, to increase protections for whistleblowers, to increase penalties for certain violators, and for other purposes. - August 8, 2009
Protecting America’s Workers Act of 2009: A Plan to Give OSHA A Lot More Teeth - September 8, 2009
How are you coming along with 70E?
Multi-employer citation policy
stands, says Court of Appeals Recently, the
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit overturned an
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission (OSHRC) decision
concerning the OSHA multi-employer citation policy. This new decision
holds general contractors accountable for keeping all employees safe at
a worksite, not just their own employees. Initially, OSHRC concluded that the Secretary of Labor's
multi-employer citation policy — which states that OSHA may issue
citations to general contractors at construction sites who have the
ability to prevent hazardous condition created by subcontractors —
violated regulation 29 C. F. R. 1910.12(a), construction work standards.
As a result, OSHRC ruled that an employer is responsible for the safety
and health of only those employees who work for the employer. However, upon review by the United States Court of Appeals for the
Eighth Circuit, it was determined that OSHRC abused its discretion in
determining that the controlling employer citation policy conflicted
with 1910.12(a) and that its legal conclusion was not in accordance with
the law. The appeals court ultimately deferred to the Secretary's
interpretation of the standard and determined that 1910.12(a) does not
rule out the Secretary's multi-employer citation policy. Therefore, the
multi-employer citation policy will stand and will place the
responsibility of monitoring all employees and aspects of the worksite
on a general contractor.
Download a copy revised Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Field Operations Manual
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link
Source of this article = JJ Keller
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