$6 MILLION WRIST - The Jersey Journal - NJ.com
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$6 MILLION WRIST
The Jersey Journal - NJ.com, NJ
The guard rail that had been placed around the hole had been removed to build a wall but there was no alternative safety device such as a harness, which is required by federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, Reilly said. ...

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CSB urges Florida to adopt workplace safety rules - Processing Talk
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CSB urges Florida to adopt workplace safety rules
Processing Talk, UK
The CSB determined that public workers in Florida are not protected by federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) worker safety regulations or their state equivalent. This follows the board's investigation into an explosion and fire ...

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OSHA Cites Company in Mississippi Power Accident - ClaimsJournal.com
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OSHA Cites Company in Mississippi Power Accident
ClaimsJournal.com, CA
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has levied $72000 in fines against a Louisiana contractor for safety violations related to a scaffolding collapse at Mississippi Power Co.'s Plant Daniels in Jackson County. One worker was killed and ...

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Poll: FMLA Is #1 Employment Law Headache - HR.BLR.com
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Poll: FMLA Is #1 Employment Law Headache
HR.BLR.com
The rest of the laws were cited by respondents as follows: HIPAA, 8 percent; the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 8 percent; the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), 5 percent; and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), ...

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Community Program gets EPA Funding for Local Environmental Work
By U.S. EPA News | - 9:00 pm - Posted in Common
PHILADELPHIA (March 30, 2009) --Southern Appalachian Labor School, a non-profit in Kincaid, West Virginia, is one of 40 organizations across the country to get federal funding for community-based environmental work. Southern Appalachian Labor School will use a $20,000 grant from the U.S

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Community Services Group Gets Funding for Local Environmental Work in East Baltimore
By U.S. EPA News | - 9:00 pm - Posted in Common
PHILADELPHIA (March 30, 2009) -- Episcopal Community Services of Maryland, a non-profit in Baltimore, Md., is one of 40 organizations across the country to get federal funding for community-based environmental work. Episcopal Community Services of Maryland will use a $20,000 grant from the U.S

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Local Braddock Group Gets Funding for Environmental Work
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PHILADELPHIA (March 30, 2009) -- Heritage Health Foundation, Inc, a non-profit in Braddock, Pa., is one of 40 organizations across the country to get federal funding for community-based environmental work. The Heritage Health Foundation will use a $20,000 grant from the U.S

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Disease takes toll on Ohio man - Lancaster Eagle Gazette
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Disease takes toll on Ohio man
Lancaster Eagle Gazette, OH
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration set the limit for allowable beryllium exposure in the workplace to 2 micrograms per cubic meter in an 8-hour period. That means no more than a pencil-tip-sized amount of beryllium dust can spread ...

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Man killed in industrial accident - Jackson County Floridan
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Man killed in industrial accident
Jackson County Floridan, FL
Dudley was struck in the upper torso and died at the scene, according to a news release from the sheriff’s office. The US Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration was contacted due to the incident being an industrial ...

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A new state OSHA - Las Vegas Sun
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A new state OSHA
Las Vegas Sun, NV
Regulations differed from state to state, so Congress that year intended to bring uniformity and better safeguards with passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. Before the legislation passed, a sticking point in Congress was the states’ role ...

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