Word: osha
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...OSHA officials in Boston said they will not inspect the site and have turned the matter over to University personnel...
...OSHA is pursuing an anonymous complaint about the site, which houses offices used by the Linguistic Department according to a September 25 letter from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) obtained by The Crimson...
Lichten said he had not seen the letter from OSHA saying he received a call about it from Spence just this week...
This dustup, which is still tied up in court proceedings and renewed OSHA regulatory hearings, began reasonably enough. An OSHA ruling, effective in 1985, ordered manufacturers and importers of hazardous chemicals to inform workers of the dangers. In August 1987, under court order, the hazard communication standard (HCS) was expanded to cover 70 million employees of 4.5 million companies that merely use the chemicals. The paperwork to inform so many people of every conceivable peril is enough to swamp some small businesses; florists, for instance, may need ten to 20 pieces of paper per petal that has been treated with...
...many employees of the University disagree. They believe that Harvard is more concerned with meeting the bare minimum of OSHA regulations than with answering worker complaints. While EHS has a good reputation among staff members, employees contend that Harvard's budget priorities keep EHS from doing its job as effectively as it should. Furthermore, employees say that many supervisors in the University laboratories take a "cavalier" attitude towards worker safety...