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News Tipoffs - Pennsylvania Editors Newsletter for Monday April 01, 2024 ( 3 items )  

EPA IG: 'U.S. Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board FY 2023 & 2022 Financial Statement Audit'
WASHINGTON, March 31 (TNSrep) -- The Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General issued the following 39-page report (No. 24-F-0030) on March 28, 2024, entitled "U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board Fiscal 2023 and 2022 Financial Statement Audit." Here are excerpts: * * * At A Glance Why This Audit Was Done To accomplish this objective: The audit was performed in accordance with the Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002, which requires the U.S. Chemical Safety and   more

EPA Statement on the Collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, April 1 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following statement on March 30, 2024: * * * On March 26, 2024, emergency personnel from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Mid-Atlantic Region deployed to Baltimore, Maryland to support the response to the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse. EPA On Scene Coordinators (OSCs) remain on the ground providing technical advice on the environmental portions of the response in support of the Unified Command.   more

OSHA: U.S. Department of Labor Investigation of Employee's Severe Injuries Finds Ohio Manufacturer Failed to Correct Similar Hazards Cited in 2022
SHELBY, Ohio, March 26 -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued the following news release: Despite citations from the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration for similar hazards at its Shelby facility in 2022, ArcelorMittal Tubular Products USA LLC -- a subsidiary of one of North America's largest steel suppliers -- failed to protect a 60-year-old employee from severe injuries after they became caught in a pinch poi  more