By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | March 31, 2009 - 11:12 pm - Posted in Common

SI Group earns Star Site award
Brazosport Facts, TX
The company announced Tuesday it had earned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s coveted Voluntary Protection Program Star Site award, spokeswoman Juliana Lam said. Less than 1 percent of the 8 million work sites in the United States ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 11:03 pm - Posted in Common

Cause for alarm: CO at fire stations
Cape Cod Times, MA
That's below the 35 parts per million standard for an eight-hour exposure established by the federal Occupational Safety & Health Administration, but above the 8 parts per million firefighters consider acceptable in a home. ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 10:48 pm - Posted in Common

Burn Victims Injured in Mariposa Fire
KMPH Fox 26, CA
... an industrial accident, but the victims are civilians. Minimal damaged was caused to the building because of the sprinkler system. Several agencies assisted in the fire; Merced Sheriff Department, CAL-OSHA, Riggs Ambulance and Cal Star Air Ambulance.

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:13 pm - Posted in Common

Hernando construction firm cited for safety violations in cave-in ...
DeSoto Appeal, TN
By William C. Bayne (Contact), Memphis Commercial Appeal The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Phillips Construction of Hernando with nine safety violations in connection with a trench collapse in Horn Lake that claimed a life in ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:11 pm - Posted in Common

OSHA cites John Prouty Construction, Inc., following trench ...
CCH
OSHA has cited John Prouty Construction, Inc., of O'Neill, Neb., for alleged violations of the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Act following an investigation of a trench collapse near Verdel, Nebraska, that killed four workers, on Sept. 12, 2008. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:08 pm - Posted in Common

Iatan II worker killed in industrial accident
St. Joseph News-Press, MO
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined KCP&L a total of $21000 for the May 2007 incident, noting that the high-temperature water lines were not adequately inspected or maintained. Investigators from OSHA were reported to be on their ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 10:00 pm - Posted in Common

Burn Victims Injured in Mariposa Fire
KMPH Fox 26, CA
Minimal damaged was caused to the building because of the sprinkler system. Several agencies assisted in the fire; Merced Sheriff Department, CAL-OSHA, Riggs Ambulance and Cal Star Air Ambulance. AP Poll: Ballpark figures are too high, fans say.

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By OSHA - Google News | - 9:41 pm - Posted in Common

Ask The Insiders Wednesday #17
The Nascar Insiders, NC
Journo I work in an industry that is heavily scrutinized by OSHA for workers safety. We are schooled/trained continuously on working safe and following government safety regulations. With the dangerous buisness of working on pit road or even in the ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:31 pm - Posted in Common

Orlando gun range shoots for national draw
Orlando Sentinel, FL
Most at risk of lead poisoning are more than 1 million local, state and federal law-enforcement officers and US military personnel who regularly use more than 3000 indoor ranges, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reported. ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 9:25 pm - Posted in Common

WR Grace Tries to Overcome Safety Program Pitfalls
IndustryWeek
In such instances, manufacturers tend to think, "Our safety statistics and OSHA recordable numbers are below the national average, so we're doing OK," says Gary Ganson, a member of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, who has written ...

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