Summer is around the corner, and for many of us that means great food hot off the grill.
Some shops have occasional grilled cookouts too, in their honor here is an infographic highlighting grilling safety.
The top 10 training citations by OSHA for the precision machining industry are listed, along with links to the OSHAweb document for each area, training and record retention information.
Bottom Line: almost a quarter million net new manufacturing jobs have been added so far in 2011 in manufacturing areas directly related to proecision machining.
Manufacturing, not politicians, is leading this recovery in jobs.
The housing industry seems to be making slow but steady gains while manufacturing seems to be slowing. PMPA’s Business Trends Index for August is up 6 points to 117 from 111 in July, but shipments are at a level just 93% of same time last year. Our industry shows shipments up 4 % year to date. Our index is contrary to the Fed’s IP numbers for August. The Fed reported that Industrial Production fell 1.2% in August after having risen after having risen 0.5% in July. We see demand as holding on and our shops report that they continue to “hold their own.”
The actual unemployment rate (U-6) is 14.2%. The media ignores half the unemployed because the U-3 indicator is tied to the still falling labor participation rate.
Slips, trips and falls are responsible for over 9 million emergency room visits each year. These are preventable with proper training and attention to housekeeping and premises maintenance.
To advance member companies is part of the PMPA’s Mission; “to identify legislative issues having a significant impact on the Precision Machining Industry… to provide information to impact those issues” is part of the PMPA Government Affairs Committee’s Mission. The Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010 signed into law today by President…
