Fire union prez calls out mayor, attorney - Edison Sentinel
By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | March 10, 2009 - 8:05 pm - Posted in Common

Fire union prez calls out mayor, attorney
Edison Sentinel, NJ
The uniforms are required by OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration]." Ruderman wasn't available for comment by press time. Yackel also said that the necessary money for the uniforms, valued at approximately $175 each, according to Yackel, ...

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Marblehead firefighter named to Technical Rescue Team - Marblehead Reporter
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Marblehead firefighter named to Technical Rescue Team
Marblehead Reporter, MA
... to situations in which a patient is trapped, buried or experiencing a medical emergency in a trench, excavation or “confined space,” as defined by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration or the National Fire Protection Association. ...

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Chambliss lawyers fight subpoena in refinery case - Atlanta Journal Constitution
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Chambliss lawyers fight subpoena in refinery case
Atlanta Journal Constitution,  USA
... Safety Administration proposed $8.7 million in fines against Imperial Sugar in July for safety violations at the Georgia refinery and another plant in Gramercy, La. Imperial Sugar is contesting the fines, the third-largest in OSHA’s 40-year history.

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A Step Toward Safety - EMS Magazine
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A Step Toward Safety
EMS Magazine, MD
By Tom Batchelor The patient compartment of the average ambulance might be getting a safety-oriented facelift in future designs thanks to a study done by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The study, titled Creating a ...

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Firefighting Tragedy Skews State Workplace Death Numbers - OPB News
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Firefighting Tragedy Skews State Workplace Death Numbers
OPB News, OR
Michael Wood is the administrator of Oregon’s OSHA – the Occupation Safety and Health division. Michael Wood: “Although it is true that in 2008 there was a reduction in construction hours, I don’t think the drop in the construction fatalities is ...

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Walmart subcontractor fined $15000 following Somerville worker's death - Somerville Journal
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Walmart subcontractor fined $15000 following Somerville worker's death
Somerville Journal,  USA
While Walmart’s general contractor, Kekoka Construction, was not cited by OSHA, they were responsible for the selection of the subcontractors and had a foreman on site at the time of the fatality. “Any company that employs workers in demolition work in ...

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Southampton ambulance volunteers seeking bigger station - 27east.com
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Southampton ambulance volunteers seeking bigger station
27east.com, NY
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, requires that ambulance bays have an exhaust system. The village ambulance station does not. Because the station also lacks sleeping quarters, volunteers who are on call overnight and decide ...

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Luck Brothers/Luck Builders: Two companies, single focus - Construction Digital
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Luck Brothers/Luck Builders: Two companies, single focus
Construction Digital, UK
All of our employees have OSHA 10-hour training, which is mandatory for public works (in New York), and we’re trained for hazardous waste work as well,” says Jeff. “We have one of the best safety records of all the contractors we compete against. ...

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Chambliss lawyers fight subpoena in refinery case - KATC
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Chambliss lawyers fight subpoena in refinery case
KATC, LA
... Safety Administration proposed $8.7 million in fines against Imperial Sugar in July for safety violations at the Georgia refinery and another plant in Gramercy, La. Imperial Sugar is contesting the fines, the third-largest in OSHA's 40-year history.

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ABB site marks one year without a lost-time injury - Reliable Plant Magazine
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ABB site marks one year without a lost-time injury
Reliable Plant Magazine, OK
By that, Bizek is referring to late 2007, when three representatives from OSHA visited the New Berlin facility to present ABB the VPP Star Award – an award given to only 2000 out of 7 million companies worldwide. The ABB New Berlin site is the only ABB ...

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