By OSHA - Google News | March 12, 2009 - 7:35 pm - Posted in Common

Grace trial wraps up for the week
Montana's News Station, MT
Cleanup workers who wore respiratory gear had regular medical check-ups and had to be decontaminated after a day's work, as required by OSHA. Miller also testified the EPA and OSHA require people living in Libby to not be exposed to concentrations that ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 6:41 pm - Posted in Common

Get Outdoors: Ongoing events
Tampa Bay Newspapers, FL
TREASURE ISLAND – Certified Yoga Instructor Osha Ray is teaching a yoga, stretching, and meditation class Tuesdays from 9:30 to 10:45 am at the Treasure Island Community Center, 1 Park Place and 106th Avenue. The cost is $8 for each class or four ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 6:22 pm - Posted in Common

Judge approves BP plea deal
Daily News - Galveston County, TX
The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found BP fostered bad management at the plant and that cost-cutting moves by BP were factors in the explosions. Likewise, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that BP violated a ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 6:15 pm - Posted in Common

Judge approves BP plea deal
Galveston County Daily News, TX
The US Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board found BP fostered bad management at the plant and that cost-cutting moves by BP were factors in the explosions. Likewise, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found that BP violated a ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 5:44 pm - Posted in Common

Seaworthy: Lifesaving advice when you’re on the water
Marconews, FL
Choose a bright color like yellow or OSHA orange. A well-stocked small boat bag would, in my opinion, contain the following: A PLB, 12 cyalumes (chemical light sticks), a mirror, one length of light yet strong 1/4” or 3/8,” Dacron line one and a half ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 3:36 pm - Posted in Common

Senior Center, Ambulance Goes to Finance Board
TheDay, CT
The Depot, which is the town’s senior center, and the ambulance headquarters are both aging and overcrowded buildings. Bill Lewis of the ambulance association said they were addressing “OSHA issues as best we can…but we are at the end of our rope. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 3:32 pm - Posted in Common

Enacted bill includes pandemic, food safety money
CIDRAP, MN
Also included in the legislation is $3 million for research by the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) on flu transmission and respiratory protection from flu viruses, Hamburg reported. The bill calls for NIOSH to evaluate ...

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Over Victims' Protest, Houston Judge OKs $50 Million BP Fine
Occupational Health Safety, TX
The explosion killed 15 workers and triggered a $21 million OSHA fine. Rosenthal has been considering the proposed $50 million fine for months while victims of injured workers sought help from two higher federal courts. They wanted the fine to be ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 3:00 pm - Posted in Common

Employee killed at Fernandina Smurfit mill was 13-year veteran
Florida Times-Union, FL
Mullin said the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating what caused the accident and wouldn’t say what Bowen was doing when he was killed. The mill was shut down for scheduled maintenance to service the heavy machinery used to ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 2:59 pm - Posted in Common

Floatation device study is coming to Seward
Seward Phoenix Log, AK
Members of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will walk the Seward docks March 14-17 conducting surveys with commercial fishermen about falls overboard and personal floatation devices. The two-segment surveys are part of an ...

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