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The deadline for voting online is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, March 31, 2010.
To manually login to the site, you can click on the "vote now" button at www.asse.org/elections .
Act 242 - Work Based Learning Resources / Odds and Sods
The deadline for voting online is 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time,
March 31, 2010.
To manually login to the site, you can click on the "vote now" button at
www.asse.org/elections .
Our officers for the 2009 / 2010 year are:
President: Neil Yamamoto, CSP, CPCU
President Elect: Craig Shoji, CHST
Secretary: Howard Hendricks, CSP
Treasurer: Mary Silva, CSP
Assembly Delegate: vacant
Past President: Joanna Clark, CHST
------others serving important appointed roles------
Member at Large: Mark Behrens, CSP
Membership Chair: John Ramos, CSP
Newsletter Editor: Les Onaka, CSP
Government Affairs: Barbara Goto, CSP
Student Section President: Marie Aldover
Webmaster - Jim Newberry, CHST
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.
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11th Biennial Governors Pacific-Rim
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Contact our Nominations Committee Chair Joanna Clark, our Past President if you would like to get involved more in chapter activities. We are looking for energetic and dedicated members who are interested in leadership positions with our chapter - all the elected positions except President and President Elect (which are two year terms and require prior board experience) are open for the 2010/2011 year which will begin July 1, 2010. There are also a variety of ex officio positions that are appointed spots on the Executive Committee that are instrumental in keeping the chapter operating effectively and provide opportunities for members to learn about how the chapter works and offer ways of participating in chapter activities at at higher level. Volunteerism is a good thing...
"Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth." Ko taku rourou - Ko tau rou rou - Ka ora te tangata
With my resources - And your resources - Everyone will benefit
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A New Zealand Maori Proverb --
Odds and Sods of safety news - bits and pieces from here and there.
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Safety in construction >
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in Building Industry magazine - MARCH 2010. Tristan Aldeguer, Lois
Boucher, Joaquin Diaz, Jamesner Dumlao, Kristi Koga, Tracy Lawson, Sean
Tanka, Darwin Ching, Bob Peterson, Cliff Higa, Karen Nakamura, Joseph
Ferrara are all quoted in this revealing article about the state of
safety in Hawaii.
check out the latest news from safety week last year
See the “official” NAOSH poster and the winning entries at:
http://www.asse.org/newsroom/naosh10/poster-contest-winners.phpRespirator news update < 2-17-10
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NIOSH has recently released (2010) the following Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation (FACE) Reports:
Protecting America’s Workers Act Proposed by Congress - 4-23-09
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 - March 2009 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. Your work is going to fill a large part of your
life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe
is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you
do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.
Steve Jobs
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Source of this article = JJ Keller
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