Our Dwayne Towles is Quoted in Major Safety and Health Publication
Back on November 24th ISHN (Industrial Safety & Health News) posted an article “Returning to the original OSHA” on its website. The article discusses a speech given by then acting OSHA boss Jordan Barab where he stated the following “For nearly 40 years, OSHA has been the Federal government’s leading advocate for workplace safety and health. In this time we have made clear progress - think back to what workplaces were like in this country before OSHA. Still, more than 5,000 people continue to die on the job in America every year. We have to do more to reverse this deadly trend. Under this new administration, OSHA is heading back to the original intent of the OSH Act. We’re back in the enforcement business and the standards-writing business.”
Barab goes on to say “We’re moving forward with the Regulatory Agenda - particularly cranes & derricks, confined spaces and silica. We’re also progressing on harmonizing our standards with the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals. Secretary Solis has also announced new rulemaking on combustible dust.”
Then the article takes excerpts from a blog post titled “The Potential For A Perfect Storm in the World of OSHA and Occupational Safety is Brewing” that Dwayne provided this past summer on our company blog site that has seemed to gain traction in the safety world. A few months ago it was picked up by OSHA Underground and now Industrial Safety & Health News. The ISHN article stated the following: “I suspect the worst possible scenario,” wrote Dwayne R. Towles, vice president and chief operating officer of Advanced Safety & Health LLC, Louisville, Ky. “What was once viewed by many as pretty much a toothless tiger is rapidly evolving into a hungry beast with an attitude. Employers distracted by other issues and in a survival mood being caught unaware and unprepared now become the victim of their own ignorance and the changing winds of this growing storm.
