Occupational Safety and Health Administration, American Foundry Society renew alliance.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. ) and the American Foundry Society (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 ) have renewed their alliance to further enhance safety and health for employees in the metalcasting industry. The alliance will continue to focus on personal protective equipment (PPE PPE (Brit) n abbr (Univ) (= philosophy, politics, and economics) → Studiengang bestehend aus Philosophie, Politologie und Volkswirtschaft PPE n abbr (BRIT ) (SCOL ), ventilation and preventing exposure to silica silica or silicon dioxide, chemical compound, SiO2. It is insoluble in water, slightly soluble in alkalies, and soluble in dilute hydrofluoric acid. Pure silica is colorless to white. . "This renewal means OSHA and AFS will continue to work together to provide AFS members and other metalcasting businesses with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help protect the most valuable asset on any ledger page: employees," said Edwin G. Foulke, OSHA director. "Worker health and safety is of paramount importance to our industry," added Al Lucchetti, AFS president and owner of a small metalcasting facility. Through the alliance, OSHA and AFS developed a PPE guide for employers and employees, which is now part of AFS' Safety and Health Manual. In addition, AFS provided input into an OSHA Training Institute course in "Applied Foundry Principals" that was jointly delivered at Ford Motor's casting plant in Cleveland, Ohio "Cleveland" redirects here. For the Cleveland metropolitan area, see . For other uses, see Cleveland (disambiguation). Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. , an AFS-member facility, in March 2005. AFS also serves on the editorial board of OSHA's "Control of Hazardous Energy" Safety and Health Topics page. OSHA and AFS will continue to provide AFS members and others, including small businesses in the metalcasting industry, with information, guidance and access to training resources that will help them protect employees' health and safety. They also will provide expertise to develop workplace safety and health curricula on the metalcasting workplace issues including PPE, ventilation and silica. The alliance renewal also calls for both organizations to develop training and education programs to address hazards in the metalcasting workplace. In addition, AFS and OSHA will share metalcasting industry best practices with OSHA personnel as well as industry safety and health professionals. |
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