Published November 2012
By Miles Free III
There’s nothing wrong with doing the prep work now to make your shop’s hazcom training and systems more robust, and with improving documentation to establish that training has occurred.
Author: Debbie Feiler
Published November 2012
By PMPA Staff
New PMPA President Ron Bracalente looks forward to watching the precision machining industry grow stronger and relationships form among members as well as around the association.
Published November 2012
By Miles Free III
I just returned from two and a half days at IMTS, the metalworking industry’s biggest gathering in North America.
Published October 2012
By Heather Haas
Succession planning is planning for the future success of your business.
Published October 2012
By PMPA Staff
Metric Machining, Inc. manufactures precision machined parts for various applications in the aerospace, automotive, commercial, irrigation, trucking and HVAC markets.
Published October 2012
By Miles Free III
While many of the recent college graduates (over 25 %) are unemployed and heavily in debt for degrees that did not assure their employment, young people with solid high school math ability can get immediate employment in precision machining.
Published September 2012
By Miles Free III
In Washington, D.C., this industry is known as NAICS 332721: Precision Machining.
Published September 2012
By PMPA Staff
Galion LLC is a manufacturer of precision-machined parts made primarily for the automotive, commercial and defense industries.
OSHA Memorandum on Safety
Incentive Disincentive Policies – Update
Tuesday August 07, 2012
OSHA Director David Michaels has responded to PMPA’s letter challenging several aspects of the OSHA March 12, 2012 Memorandum on Employer Safety Incentive and Disincentive Policies and Practices. Link here: http://www.osha.gov/as/opa/whistleblowermemo.html
PMPA felt that the guidance document removed employer authorities and tools to assure they could meet their obligations to maintain a safe workplace. PMPA has summarized the Director’s comments. Employer’s rights to discipline and offer incentives are maintained. Positive Incentives for safety performance remain targeted by OSHA as potentially discriminatory and dissuasive of reporting injuries. Links to all documents are provided. For further information contact Miles Free gro.apmp@eerfselim.
Miles Free Letter 18 April 2012
David Michaels Letter 30 July 2012
OSHA Memorandum on Safety Incentive Disincentive Policies – Update