You can still sign up for the HAZMAT training Program to be held at the IAM’s Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, Md., from April 28 to May 3, 2024. The deadline has been extended to Thursday, March 28, but requires Territory approval, so please respond swiftly.

Attendees will learn to utilize resources such as: Safety Data Sheets, NJ Fact Sheets, the Emergency Response Guide Book, the NIOSH Pocket Guide and the OSHA 1910 General Industry Standard to identify chemicals and their associated hazards, select the proper personal protective equipment and apply proper tools and techniques when responding to chemical emergencies. A blend of classroom learning and a hands-on simulated spill response are used throughout the week.

Register for HAZMAT Training Course from April 28 through May 3, 2024

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Each year, April 28 is recognized as Workers’ Memorial Day, a day for us to commemorate the thousands of workers killed, injured, or sickened on the job. Your local can memorialize a fallen member with a personalized brick placed at the IAM Workers Memorial at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD.

The deadline to submit personalized bricks is Friday, March 1, 2024.

Click here to order a personalized brick. 

The brick can have two lines of lettering with up to 20 characters per line (including spaces on each line) without the logo for $100. There’s also the option to purchase a brick with three lines of lettering with up to 15 characters per line, along with the IAM logo for $125.

There’s also the option to purchase a larger brick: an 8×8 can be purchased for $200. This option comes with four lines of lettering with up to 20 characters per line without a logo, or with two lines of lettering with up to 15 characters per line, along with your own preferred logo or the IAM logo.

If your local has a member who died on the job or because of the job, a complimentary brick will be placed at no cost. Please fill out and submit the complimentary brick order form.

The IAM Workers’ Memorial was completed in 2001. It was dedicated to remembering those who lost their lives while on the job. The bricks surrounding the Memorial bear the names of fallen members along with bricks donated from lodges and proud members of the IAMAW.

On or around April 28 each year, a ceremony is conducted at the memorial to remember those who lost their lives and rededicate ourselves to prevent on-the-job injury and death to workers.

The deadline to submit personalized bricks is Friday, March 1, 2024.

Click here for a printable flyer.

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The 2024 IAM Scholarship Competition will now be open until Saturday, Feb. 10 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Entries are accepted online. The competition is open to members of the IAM and their children throughout the United States and Canada.
Interested parties can find a link to the online applications, rules, and general information on the IAM Scholarship Competition page.

Out of 300 applicants in 2023, the IAM awarded 16 scholarships valued at $64,000 to members and their children. The IAM also has a vocational-technical two-year scholarship for members and their children.

The IAM Scholarship Fund, used exclusively to make these awards possible, was established by the 1960 IAM Grand Lodge Convention delegates.

You can view the call letters in English and French or online at the IAM Scholarship website.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a heat hazard alert (English and Spanish) in response to record-breaking temperatures putting workers in danger.

The alert reminds employers of their obligation to protect workers against illness and injury from high temperatures in the workplace, whether inside or outdoors.

OSHA has also escalated its enforcement of heat protections in industries where workers are most vulnerable: construction and agriculture.

“Employers must protect workers by reducing and eliminating hazards that expose workers to heat illness or injury,” said Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker. “State laws that attempt to limit workers’ access to basic heat-illness prevention measures send a dangerous message that employers are not responsible for providing employees with a safe work environment. In fact, that is simply not the case. Regardless of their job or where in the nation they work, workers have the right to a safe and healthy workplace.”

The Department of Labor announced OSHA’s Heat Alert in a press release on Tuesday.

According to the release, OSHA has taken action to protect workers from excessive heat with existing rules by: 

1. Developing an enforcement initiative on heat-related hazards
2. Launching of a National Emphasis Program on heat inspections
3. Creating the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Work Group to understand challenges and share best practices to protect workers
4. Launching a Heat Illness Prevention campaign to educate employers and workers on the dangers of working in the heat.

For information on heat illness prevention, please go to OSHA’s website.

IAM Director of Safety and Health Michael Oathout wants workers to know that they have protections and should report violations of their health and safety rights to OSHA.

“Employers are obligated to provide safe work environments,” said Oathout. “We want to remind workers, especially those in high-risk industries, that working in extremely high temperatures can be deadly. We don’t want workers to be scared of taking care of themselves and protecting themselves.”

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The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has honored a request by Honeywell International Inc. to voluntarily rescind the NIOSH respirator approval issued to Honeywell International Inc. Read CA 2023-1060.

As of June 29, 2023, any respirator marked with a NIOSH approval label with approval number TC-84A-9263 is no longer NIOSH approved. The NIOSH Certified Equipment List no longer includes this approval number.

Due to the voluntary rescission of this NIOSH approval, respirators bearing this NIOSH approval number may no longer be used, manufactured, assembled, sold, or distributed.

Please reach out to Honeywell International Inc. for additional details related to their decision to voluntarily rescind the approval issued to Honeywell International Inc. identified in this notice. The NIOSH Certified Equipment List can be used to locate other NIOSH Approved respirators.

“Many companies will not care to update our members,” said IAM Director of Safety & Health, Apprenticeships and Scholarships Michael Oathout. “Some have to take responsibility for their own safety and we are here to assist.”

Any questions or guidance needed, please reach out to the Safety and Health Department at 301-967-4704 or SandH@iamaw.org

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Registration is now open for the 2023 IAM Safety and Health Conference to be held from October 8 – 13, 2023, at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD.

Download the call letter and registration information. 

The conference will cover a variety of workplace safety and health issues, including but not limited to worker safety awareness, opioid addiction, workplace violence, risk assessment, OSHA Safety Training, CPR/AED certification, and more.

Registrations must be submitted by August 14, 2023.

If you have any questions about the IAM Safety and Health Conference, please get in touch with the Safety and Health Department at 301-967-4704.

Download the call letter and registration information.

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IAM CREST recently hosted a hazardous materials training class and simulation at the Winpisinger Center through a partnership with the International Chemical Workers Union Council and its 11 union constituency groups.

“Through our jobs, we all come in contact with hazardous materials in one form or another, whether or not you realize you’re being exposed,” said IAM Safety and Health Project Coordinator Shaun Trude. “So the big takeaway from this class is learning to use the resources, not knowing the answers to questions, but knowing how to find them for yourself when you return to your location.”

The training includes class sessions and a full simulation of a chemical spill where participants learn the proper way to put on a hazmat suit and enact containing a chemical spill.

Afterward, in class, they review the simulation video and review what was done right and where mistakes were made.

“We also get into the OSHA code of regulations and standards so they learn what their rights are in their workplaces when it comes to hazardous materials,” said Trude.

IAM Local 1725 member Frederick Butz worked on the American Airlines ramp and attended the training.

“I’m here to learn more about safety and bring it back to the membership,” said Butz. “I’m trying to get more safety knowledge under my belt since I became Safety Chair of the local, and it’s important to know about dangerous goods that could be transported or in the workplace.”

For questions on the program or to enroll in a future program, please contact Shaun Trude at strude@iamaw.org.

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The U.S. Labor Department has announced the appointment of IAM Director of Safety & Health, Apprenticeships and Scholarships Michael Oathout as one of 15 members of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH).

The committee advises OSHA on maritime issues relevant to the safety and health of employees in the maritime industry that will result in more effective enforcement, training, outreach programs and streamlined regulatory efforts.

“Brother Oathout brings a wealth of knowledge, and experience having served a previous two year term to this appointed post,” said IAM International President Robert Martinez Jr. “This appointment will allow him to further support working men and women across the U.S.”

“I’m honored to hold this position on behalf of IAM members from coast to coast,” said Oathout. “The IAM has always put a precedent on the protection and safety of our members. I will continue to champion these causes for current and future Machinists.”

Members serve two-year terms beginning April 2023. They represent the interests of workers, employers, occupational safety and health professional organizations, and government. The full committee meets twice a year and the subcommittees meet monthly to work on safety topics or concerns.

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The IAM will gather at the Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD to remember fallen members who will be added to the hallowed memorial grounds on Thursday, April 27 at 11 a.m. IAM C.R.E.S.T. of the Safety and Health Department coordinates the program each year.

Each year, more than 5,000 workers die from on the job injuries and 95,000 die from work-related illnesses. The IAM will continue to fight for the fundamental right of every worker to a safe job.

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IAM C.R.E.S.T. wants to identify smaller employers who would benefit from receiving free training on how to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

What you will learn:

–          What can cause diseases
–          Modes of disease transmission
–          Standard Precautions to protect yourself 

Click here for a flyer about the trainings. 

Zoom Sessions (please register in advance by using the corresponding link)

Please email sandh@iamaw.org or call 301-967-4707 for more information. 

This training is presented under grant number SH-36972-HA1 from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor.  It does not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the U.S. Department of Labor, nor does mention of trade names, commercial products, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government.

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