According to BLS, 77 deaths in the forestry industry were recorded in 2014.
Employers intending to use winch- or cable-assisted systems for steep slope logging must ensure that the harvesting machine was specified by its manufacturer for operation on slopes of more than 40 or 50 percent or seek a research variance before using the harvesting machine above its slope limit with a tethered system.
OSHA has said the proposed rule "would bring protections into the 21st century" because it currently enforces 40-year-old permissible exposure limits for crystalline silica in general industry, construction, and shipyards.
The work was being done at Santa Rosa Beach, Florida.
The funding is part of the Face Forward Initiative.
More people are employed in Britain's private sector, 26.1 million, than ever before, new official figures from the government showed on March 16.
OSHA says the global retailer failed to protect employees from serious hazards. Proposed penalties total $118,800.
The program calls on employers to reduce the most common musculoskeletal, repetitive motion injuries.
The tower crane was in use on a housing development in Thessaly Road, Battersea, and its sections separated when 24 bolts failed due to metal fatigue.
"In case after case, the prompt reporting of worker injuries has created opportunities for us to work with employers we wouldn't have had contact with otherwise," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels, author of OSHA's report.
Just four days earlier, construction workers and contractor personnel celebrated the building's topping out ceremony.
The company's March 17 announcement promises the end of orca shows by SeaWorld Entertainment Inc., which brought the company into a prolonged battle with OSHA.
The grants will provide critical job training to low-income and older workers.
The agency says Diaz Roofing has violated fall safety rules in 13 inspections over 10 years.
Northwest Hospital & Medical Center has contacted about 1,340 of its patients who had surgery from Dec. 30, 2011, to March 9, 2012, in an operating room where that individual, identified as Rocky Allen, worked.