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Safety is a Full-Time Job

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December 16, 2024 • OSHA's twice-monthly bilingual newsletter about workplace safety and health.

OSHA QuickTakes - OSHA, Occupational Safety and Health Administration   Para leer este boletín en español suscríbase al boletín Información Rápida de OSHA. [ https://www.osha.gov/quicktakes/12162024-sp ]   2024 Year in Review: 5 Big Achievements | Dollar General settled $12 million | 25 indicted for training fraud | President Biden announced proposed heat rule | Protective equipment must fit| Hazard communications updated | osha.gov/media center [ https://www.osha.gov/media-center ]  

*Understanding Workplace Injuries*

Based on information from employers, our online *Injury Tracking Application* [ https://www.osha.gov/injuryreporting ] now details what occurred prior to a workplace injury and illness. *Watch this video* [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvIluJVBrxA ] to learn more.

Understanding Workplace Injuries [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvIluJVBrxA ]

Prevent Fatal Burns [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNqmcqKZ-8 ]
*Prevent Fatal Burns*

Electrical arch flash explosions can cause serious and even fatal burn injuries. *Watch this video* [ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyNqmcqKZ-8 ] and *visit our website* [ https://www.osha.gov/electrical/flash-hazards ] to learn how to keep workers safe.




"I was harassed by my manager and denied overtime after reporting landfill runoff contaminating a watershed. OSHA found that my employer violated the *Federal Water Pollution Control Act* [ https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA3785.pdf ]."


* Explore *50 years of protecting whistleblowers from retaliation* [ https://www.whistleblowers.gov/wb50 ].
* If you had actions taken against you for speaking up, *file a complaint* [ https://www.whistleblowers.gov/complaint_page ].
Their Side of the Story: A Whistleblower

Help Shape Worker Safety
*Help Shape Worker Safety*

The *Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health* [ https://www.osha.gov/advisorycommittee/accsh ] needs you. If you or someone you know is interested in protecting workers in the highly hazardous construction industry, *apply by January 2, 2025* [ https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2024/11/27/2024-27822/advisory-committee-on-construction-safety-and-health-accsh ].




*Making a Difference*

*Meet Bridget* [ https://www.osha.gov/I-am-OSHA#bridget ], an information specialist who learned about safety growing up in a family of ironworkers. Visit *I Am OSHA* [ https://www.osha.gov/I-am-OSHA ] and meet more members of our team.

I Am OSHA - Bridget [ https://www.osha.gov/I-am-OSHA#bridget ]

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*A Disaster Waiting to Happen*

Two contractors *willfully endangered their workers' lives by allowing excavations without required safety protections* [ https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/atlanta/20241205 ].

Florida state silhouette: A Disaster Waiting to Happen
 
Illinois state silhouette: Bypassing Safety Requirements
*Bypassing Safety Requirements*

On four occasions, this year, a roofing contractor intentionally, *exposed workers to deadly falls without fall protection* [ https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/chicago/20241204 ].


 

*Training Tragedy*

A tire distribution center's *failure to properly train workers* [ https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/dallas/20241205 ] led to a forklift operator being fatally injured.

Texas state silhouette: Training Tragedy


*Read about more OSHA* *enforcement cases* [ https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/enforcement/ ].
 
 

Safety is a Team Effort [ https://www.osha.gov/successstories/bedford ]
*Safety is a Team Effort*

A *Mississippi skilled nursing facility* [ https://www.osha.gov/successstories/bedford ] has minimized work time loss, and workers' compensations costs for 15 years by involving staff in safety meetings and conducting frequent safety audits.




*Building Safer Workplaces Together*

Azteca Enterprises and OSHA are partnering to *ensure the safety of workers during the construction of an emergency operations center* [ https://www.osha.gov/media-center/features/20241122 ] in Dallas.

Building Safer Workplaces Together - An OSHA Cooperative Program logo [ https://www.osha.gov/partnerships/ ]


OSHA Alliance Program logo [ https://www.osha.gov/alliances ]
*Ensuring Workers Know Their Rights*

*OSHA and the Nebraska Appleseed Center for Law in the Public Interest* [ https://www.osha.gov/alliances/regional/kansas-city/renewal-agreement_20241112 ] collaborate to educate immigrants, people with limited English proficiency and meat and poultry processing workers about their right to a safe workplace.




*Useful Resources*

* *Arc Flash Safety* [ https://www.osha.gov/publications/bytopic/arc-flash ] (English)
* *Safely Handling Human Remains Fact Sheet* [ https://www.osha.gov/publications/publication-products?publication_title=remains ] (English and Spanish)
* *Using Portable Generators Safely Fact Sheet* [ https://www.osha.gov/publications/publication-products?publication_title=Using+Portable+Generators+Safely+ ] (English and Spanish)
* *Working Safely with Chainsaws Fact Sheet* [ https://www.osha.gov/publications/publication-products?publication_title=Working+Safely+with+Chainsaws+ ] (English and Spanish)
* *Working Safely with Electricity Fact Sheet* [ https://www.osha.gov/publications/publication-products?publication_title=Working+Safely+with+Electricity+ ] (English and Spanish)
* *Working Safely Around Downed Electrical Wires Fact Sheet* [ https://www.osha.gov/publications/publication-products?publication_title=Working+Safely+Around+Downed+Electrical+Wires+ ] (English and Spanish)
Useful Resources [ https://www.osha.gov/sites/default/files/publications/OSHA4474.pdf ]


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