By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | March 31, 2009 - 9:19 pm - Posted in Common

Iatan construction accident kills worker
Kansas City Star, MO
The company was cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. The company reached a settlement in November and a fine was reduced to $2500. As part of the negotiation, no party admitted liability, Bouchard said. ...

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Univision's Primer Impacto Investigates Dangerous Road for Port ...
FOXBusiness
By law OSHA is investigating the incident. Garcia's family was joined by hundreds of friends and supporters at a vigil on February 11. They gathered to not only honor his memory, but to demand improvements in working conditions for all port drivers. ...

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Area businesses make top five
South Bergenite, NJ
Acute exposure, according to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) can lead to symptoms such as headache, fatigue and nausea. Chronic exposure could lead to the most serious ailments of liver and kidney disease. ...

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Some Say New EEOC Headquarters Is Making Them Sick
Washington Post, United States
It's the OSHA standard that governs. NIOSH only makes recommendations, but maybe its recommendations should rule. Results from a second set of tests are due this week. Formaldehyde is an industrial chemical used in building materials and household ...

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Sector 10 Inc. Announces Sales and Approves New Sales Distributor
FOXBusiness
He further stated that it was wonderful to see Expert Drywall become the first to deploy the occupational safety unit in its construction sites. Sector 10, Inc.'s original product, the MRU, was originally intended for the construction trade and ...

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Asbestos Issue Emerges at American History Museum
Washington Post, United States
... telling contractors that it was at a level below the amount that would have required costly precautions under federal law. "Anything that exceeds the OSHA permissible level requires special treatment and protective gear," said St. Thomas.

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OSHA cites Phillips Construction 9 violations after worker dies
WLBT-TV, MS
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, has cited Phillips Construction with nine safety violations. One of those, failing to provide cave-in protection for employees, has a proposed penalty of $49 thousand. ...

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Early Montana Studies Were "Smoking Gun" for Grace Asbestos Trial
Mesothelioma Web, TX
Locke admits he helped the company delay a 1980 federal health study, mandated by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, for a full nine months. Locke admits that he took company documents when he was ...

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Former Smithsonian Employee Alleges Whistleblower Retaliation
Mesothelioma Web, TX
... he had been experiencing shortness of breath for a while - immediately began gathering internal documents and filing federal workplace safety complaints through the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration or OSHA. ...

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Scalding Water Hospitalizes Dial Laundry Soap Plant Worker
Business News - KPLR, Missouri
Two experts from the St. Louis area office of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration visited the plant site in the 69-hundred block of McKissock. They were looking for information concerning the accident that happened before 3:30 AM Tuesday. ...

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