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Don't Bring The Noise
The Ranger, TX
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, a regulatory agency that monitors workplace safety and falls under the purview of the Department of Labor, sets guidelines for exposure to high levels of noise on the job. For example, exposure to a ...

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Obama's proposed budget increases workplace safety funding
Kansas City Star, MO
Obama's budget blueprint, released on Thursday, seeks to increase funding to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. More precise funding details for the job safety agency and other federal programs won't be released until April. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 5:34 pm - Posted in Common

Obama budget increases workplace safety funding
McClatchy Washington Bureau, DC
Obama's budget blueprint, released on Thursday, seeks to increase funding to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. More precise funding details for the job safety agency and other federal programs won't be released until April. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 5:32 pm - Posted in Common

Doodling Helps Keep Brain On Track
WKBW-TV, NY
To protect our patients and ourselves, we strictly maintain sterilization and cross contamination processes using standards recommended by the American Dental Association (ADA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), and the Center ...

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SE budget includes staff cuts
Norton Mirror, MA
Southeastern is the subject of 106 current safety violations from OSHA, mostly in the form of code violations that have arisen from the age of the building. “It’s an old building — codes change,” Lopes said. One of the most recent proposals is a ...

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Kimball Electronics Wins Governor’s Workplace Safety Award
American Digital Networks (press release), MD
The two-year initiative was a component of the facility’s continuous safety improvement program, proving to be instrumental in maintaining the facility’s OSHA VPP-STAR designation. Additional safety and health benefits resulting from the partnership ...

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Tornadoes launch Connect-Ed texts
Colonnade (subscription), GA
Justin Gaines, coordinator of environmental health and occupational safety, explained how the incidents at Virginia Tech changed the face of campus law enforcement. "Campus law enforcement officers before Virginia Tech were seen as security officers ...

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Weitz & Luxenberg to Host Meetings Next Week in West Virginia
American Digital Networks (press release), MD
Government health agencies recognize PCE as a probable carcinogen, including the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Administration. According to OSHA, symptoms of long-term exposure to PCE can include: Dizziness, drowsiness, ...

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Clean Harbors Reports Fourth-Quarter and Year-End 2008 Financial ...
American Digital Networks (press release), MD
... Services footprint, and garnered recognition for our outstanding health and safety performance, including a fifth facility with VPP (Voluntary Protection Program) Status – OSHA’s official recognition for exemplary health and safety track records. ...

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OSHA hits Southern Air with $400K order
TMCnet
26--The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued an order against Southern Air Inc., a cargo airline based in Norwalk, to pay more than $400000 in lost wages, back pay, damages and legal fees to a flight crew member fired for ...

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