The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has a plan to revise the federal hours-of-service rules.  These rules were going to pass, until a recent amendment was filed in the Senate to block changes to the changes to the HOS regulations.  See the link below for the proposed rule changes.

Proposed Rule Changes

OSHA recently released three new educational materials for employees working in or near trenches. They are free and can be found on the OSHA website press release below:

Click Here

We also have an excavation course on this site.

OSHA’s campaign to prevent heat illness is coming at the perfect time. The temperatures have been increasing. They have setup a dedicated area with free educational resources and training in English and Spanish. Be sure to protect your workers!

Click Here to open OSHA's Heat Prevention site

Road Check is approaching for this year.  It may be new to many people out there.  If so, it's a 72-hour vehicle safety inspection blitz that is done yearly.  This year it's June 7-9, 2011!

So get your vehicles ready for a roadside inspection during this time period.

For more information Click Here.