IMPACT OF OSHA ON GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS

Geophysics ◽  
1972 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 380-380
Author(s):  
Frank Searcy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
District Of Columbia ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Safety And Health

The Williams‐Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 has placed new responsibilities on everyone involved in geophysical operations in the United States. This law applies in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and territories under the jurisdiction of the United States. The declared congressional purpose of the act is “to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources.”

The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970

1972 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore F. Schoenborn
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Coal Mine ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Programs ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Health Laws ◽  
Mine Health And Safety

It is a pleasure to be here today to speak to you about the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, which is landmark legislation by any measure applied to it. The Act applies to every employer affecting commerce in the United States and its territories which was not covered by other Federal occupational safety and health laws, such as the Metal and Non-metallic Mine Act, the Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. By 1973 a study is to be completed containing recommendations for combining all Federal occupational safety and health programs. Paper published with permission.

Design Recommendations for Controlling the Jam-Clearing Hazard on Recycling Industry Balers

2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. Mick ◽  
K. Means ◽  
J. Etherton ◽  
J. Powers ◽  
E. A. McKenzie
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Laboratory Testing ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Hydraulic Pressure ◽  
Design Recommendations ◽  
Recycling Industry ◽  
Safety And Health

Between 1986 and 2002, there were 43 fatalities in the United States to operators of recycling industry balers. Of these fatalities, 29 involved horizontal balers that were baling paper and cardboard (Taylor, 2002). Balers often become jammed while the baling process is occurring, and the only way to remove the jam is manually. This requires an employee to place a limb of their body into the jamming area and remove the material that is causing the jam. While lockout and tagout procedures reduce the risk of hazardous energy being released, they can still be easily bypassed, ignored, or forgotten. Recent efforts to reduce machine-related injury and death involve the development of a control system for these machines that automatically detects hazardous operating conditions and responds accordingly. The system is being developed at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). This system, JamAlert, automatically terminates the power to the machine when a jam is detected. JamAlert detects a jam by observing both the strain that is experienced by the shear bar of the baler and the hydraulic pressure at which the ram is operating. The strain that is experienced by the baler shear bar when a jam is initiated was calculated in this study through laboratory testing and finite element modeling. Design recommendations are presented on how best to tune the JamAlert’s operating program to most effectively control the jam-clearing hazard.

A Short History of Occupational Safety and Health in the United States

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (5) ◽  
pp. 622-628
Author(s):  
David Rosner ◽  
Gerald Markowitz
Keyword(s):  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Mine Safety ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Short History ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Before And After ◽  
History Of

As this short history of occupational safety and health before and after establishment of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) clearly demonstrates, labor has always recognized perils in the workplace, and as a result, workers’ safety and health have played an essential part of the battles for shorter hours, higher wages, and better working conditions. OSHA’s history is an intimate part of a long struggle over the rights of working people to a safe and healthy workplace. In the early decades, strikes over working conditions multiplied. The New Deal profoundly increased the role of the federal government in the field of occupational safety and health. In the 1960s, unions helped mobilize hundreds of thousands of workers and their unions to push for federal legislation that ultimately resulted in the passage of the Mine Safety and Health Act of 1969 and the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970. From the 1970s onward, industry developed a variety of tactics to undercut OSHA. Industry argued over what constituted good science, shifted the debate from health to economic costs, and challenged all statements considered damaging.

AN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STATE PLAN1

1974 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 83-85
Author(s):  
Dick B. Whitehead
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health State ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
State Plan ◽  
Congressional Action

The reasons for the Occupational Safety and Health Act are reviewed, including a brief summary of the Congressional action incident to passage of the Act. The declared purpose of Congress is delineated in the 13 ways proposed to achieve its purpose to assure, so far as possible, safe and healthful working conditions for every employee in America and to preserve this country's human resources. Coverage of the Act and some aspects of its implementation are considered. The basic consideration of developing and implementing a State Plan are outlined including some of the disconcerting problems involved.

scholarly journals A Cluster of Acoustic Neuromas in Fish Hatchery Workers

2000 ◽  
Vol 79 (1) ◽  
pp. 34-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elena H. Page
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
General Population ◽  
Acoustic Neuroma ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Fish Hatchery ◽  
Effect Relationship ◽  
Acoustic Neuromas ◽  
Safety And Health

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) received a request from the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) to determine if there is a relationship between acoustic neuroma and fish hatchery work. The request was triggered by a report from an FWS employee who suspected the possibility of such an association. Investigators used data provided by the personnel office of the FWS to calculate the incidence of acoustic neuroma among fish hatchery workers, and then to compare it with national rates. Four confirmed cases of acoustic neuroma were found among former fish hatchery workers. The overall incidence was estimated to be 15.41 per 100,000 person-years. This rate is more than 15 times higher than the rate among the general population. Even so, the small number of cases, as well as other factors, preclude the NIOSH from concluding that there is a definite cause-and-effect relationship. Further study is warranted.

scholarly journals OSHA and the Forensic Engineer

1991 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morley Brickman
Keyword(s):  
Human Resources ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Consultation Training

To understand how a forensic engineer can best utilize or interface with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration it is necessary to understand something of the agency and its purpose. Congress in enacting PL91-596, also known as the Williams-Stieger or Occupational Safety and Health Act, stated as the purpose to assure so far as possible every working man and woman in the Nation safe and healthful working conditions and to preserve our human resources. There then follows thirteen mandates of the congress all of which cannot be gone into detail here. People are most familiar with the enforcement aspects of the Agency but are not so familiar with the research, consultation, training and standard making areas which, other than enforcement, are of the most interest to forensic engineers.

Occupational Safety and Health on the U.S.-Mexico Border

2003 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 115-120
Author(s):  
Luis Ramon Mireles
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Trade Agreement ◽  
The United States ◽  
Occupational Safety And Health ◽  
The North ◽  
Regulatory Systems ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Mexico Border ◽  
The U.S

A number of trade agreements were adopted in the 1990s that promised economic growth for Mexico. The most significant was the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which promotes open trade between Mexico, the United States, and Canada. Like WTO, NAFTA focuses on the economic aspects of trade. Occupational safety and health issues were not specifically addressed by NAFTA. Despite the presence of domestic regulatory systems, concerns over working conditions persist on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border and the workforces face similar health problems. The upsurge in trade between the United States and Mexico must be accompanied by an international commitment to occupational safety and health in border areas. If government agencies cannot or will not intervene to reduce rates of workplace injuries and illnesses, civil coalitions must assume this role.

Industrial Hygiene Review of Three Manufacturing Facilities in Senegal: Findings and Key Questions

2000 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 439-448
Author(s):  
Richard M. Lynch ◽  
Ismaila Mbaye
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Working Conditions ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Occupational Safety ◽  
Industrial Hygiene ◽  
The United States ◽  
Health Administration ◽  
Safety And Health ◽  
Political Economies ◽  
Manufacturing Facilities

An industrial hygiene review was conducted in pesticide, asbestos, and cement manufacturing facilities in Senegal to provide the Senegalese Ministry of Labor with recommendations for improving working conditions. Findings show severe under-reporting of occupational illnesses, and major shortcomings in terms of worker training, personal protective equipment use, emergency planning, and other traditional industrial hygiene controls. Despite these findings, a comparison between observed conditions and the proposed Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Safety and Health Program Management standard shows that these companies would probably not be considered grossly non-compliant by U.S. standards, and suggests that strong regulatory enforcement of actual working conditions remains a necessity. This analysis also suggests that compliance with the proposed standard would not in itself assure that such dire shortcomings as were observed could not legally exist here in the United States. Key differences between the political economies of developing nations and the United States suggest that improving working conditions requires a comprehensive planning effort addressing poverty reduction, environmental considerations, and economic growth. Three fundamental questions are proposed which should be addressed to improve working conditions in Senegal.

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