Author: Ronnie Camacho

NMTech offices will be CLOSED on Friday, April 26th 2024 for a mental health day.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) will be hosting multiple events in honor of Workers Memorial Day on April 22-25, 2024.

• OSHA Awareness Conference on Monday, April 22, 2024
• Safety Pays. Injuries and Fatalities Cost Panels on Tuesday, April 23, 2024
• Workers Memorial Day Ceremony and Wreath Laying on Thursday, April 25, 2024

To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-workers-memorial-events-tickets-820434239897

For more information: https://www.osha.gov/workers-memorial#events

Hafa Adai yan Tirow CNMI!

Below are some noteworthy dates from the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA.

April 2024

• 5 – Deadline to submit comments and requests to speak at Apr. 18 Federal Advisory Council for Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) Meeting
• 10 – OSHA and National Safety Council Event: Roadway Safety is Workplace Safety: The Need To Eliminate Distracted Driving (2:30 pm – 3:45 pm ET; register to attend virtually or in-person at the DOL Frances Perkins Building in Washington, DC)
• 15-19 – National Work Zone Awareness Week and National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-By Incidents
  • 17 – OSHA Region 2 Lunch and Learn Webinar: National Work Zone Safety Awareness Week (12 pm ET; register here)
  • 18 – CPWR and NIOSH webinar: Developing and Enforcing Internal Traffic Control Plans (2 pm ET, register here)
• 18 – Federal Advisory Council for Occupational Safety and Health (FACOSH) Meeting (1-4 pm ET; register for listen-only access)
• 22-25 – OSHA Workers Memorial Day Events (virtual and in Washington, DC- register here)
  • OSHA Awareness Conference (via WebEx, 9:45 am – 3 pm ET)
  • Safety Pays. Injuries and Fatalities Cost. (via WebEx, 10 am – 5 pm ET)
  • Workers Memorial Expo (9 am – 4 pm ET, Washington, DC)
  • Workers Memorial Day Ceremony and Wreath Laying Ceremony (via Webex and in Washington, DC, 1 – 2:15 pm ET)
• 28 – Workers Memorial Day
• Apr. 28 – May 4 – National Small Business Week
• 30 – National Webinar: How to Prepare a Competitive Susan Harwood Grant Application (1 – 2:30 pm ET; register here)
• Distracted Driving Awareness Month
• National Safe Digging Month

May 2024

• Apr. 28 – May 4 – National Small Business Week
• 6-10 – Construction Safety Week
• 6-10 – Fall Stand-Down
• 6-10 – Hurricane Preparedness Week
• 6-10 – Shore Up for Safety Week (NAXSA)
• 8 – Deadline to register (in English or Spanish) for May 15 Whistleblower Stakeholder Meeting
• 15 – Whistleblower Stakeholder Meeting (1-4 pm ET)
• 20-22 – AIHA Connect 2024 (AIHA; Columbus, OH)
• 24 – Don’t Fry Day
• 29 – Deadline to submit comments on scope of May 15 Whistleblower Stakeholder Meeting
• Asian / Pacific American Heritage Month
• Mental Health Awareness Month
• National Electrical Safety Month

Please contact Mr. Ben Babauta at benjamin.babauta@nmtechcnmi.org for more information on registration.

NMTech offices will be CLOSED on Monday, February 19th 2024, in observance of the Presidents Day holiday.

The Women’s Bureau, together with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), are jointly hosting an upcoming webinar on Safety at Work: Addressing Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in the Service Industry. The webinar is scheduled for Thursday, February 22nd 2024 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm ET.

Please note that this is the first in a series of four webinars. More information will be provided as it becomes available.

Hafa Adai yan Tirow CNMI!

NMTech offices will be closed from Tuesday, December 26th 2023 to Friday, December 29th 2023 for Christmas Break.