AFS, OSHA sign alliance regarding metalcasting safety.In a meeting with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. agency established (1970) in the Dept. of Labor (see Labor, United States Department of) to develop and enforce regulations for the safety and health of workers in businesses that are engaged in interstate (OSHA OSHA n. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a branch of the US Department of Labor responsible for establishing and enforcing safety and health standards in the workplace. ) on March 22, AFS A distributed file system for large, widely dispersed Unix and Windows networks from Transarc Corporation, now part of IBM. It is noted for its ease of administration and expandability and stems from Carnegie-Mellon's Andrew File System. AFS - Andrew File System signed an Alliance highlighting safety and health for workers in the metalcasting industry. "This Alliance affords us an opportunity to build upon the already-strong cooperative relationship we enjoy with AFS," said OSHA Administrator John Henshaw John Henshaw (born 1951) is a British actor famed for his roles as Ken the landlord in Early Doors, Wilf Bradshaw in Born and Bred and PC Roy Bramwell in The Cops. He is sometimes associated with playing "hard men". . "Workers in the foundry industry will benefit significantly from the goals and objectives we've established here today." "American Foundry Society and OSHA have a long history of joint efforts to promote safer more healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. workplaces," added Gary Mosher A mosher is a person who is crossed between goth/punk/skater they have long hair and listen to music like slipknot and metal music. Some people call them headbangers. At certain music shows they have something called a mosh pit, basically its a fight pit with loads of people bashing each other. , vice president of environmental, safety and health at AFS. "We believe formalizing this relationship into an Alliance on a national level is a major step toward increasing worker safety as it relates to the foundry industry." A key goal of the Alliance is to develop training and education programs to address hazards in the metalcasting workplace and review and provide input into AFS' OSHA Compliance Seminar course. AFS will work with OSHA to provide expertise to OSHA's Office of Training and Education in providing education and training regarding hazards in the foundry workplace. AFS and OSHA plan to speak, exhibit and appear at conferences and other events such as the annual AFS Environmental Health and Safety Conference and also will cross train OSHA personnel and industry safety and health professionals in foundry best practices or effective approaches. |
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