By OSHA - Google News | April 9, 2009 - 11:40 pm - Posted in Common

"Penny Stocks that Perform" picks are: BMRN, CWRN, GNTX, MTIZ ...
TMC Net, CT
Additionally, the Company noted that Mattson continues to be a Cal/VPP Star site, which is the highest safety achievement rating offered by Cal/OSHA. The California Voluntary Protection Program STAR (Cal/VPP STAR) is designed to recognize employers and ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:40 pm - Posted in Common

Volunteer departments need solutions
GoErie.com, PA
A report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health said that lack of volunteers was one factor in the fatality. The report said that because there were too few volunteers on the scene, less-experienced firefighters were not ...

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

OSHA fines utility contractor $50000 for alleged safety violations ...
CCH
The company has 15 business days from receipt of the citations to comply, request an informal conference with osha's area director in Austin or contest the citations and proposed penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:35 pm - Posted in Common

SERB?sets hearing on firefighter dispute
SalemNews.net, OH
The United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration set a two-in/two out standard years ago for firefighters on the scene. Olinger said the Ohio Association of Fire Fighters "really has a high stake in this and is prepared to exhaust all ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:06 pm - Posted in Common

OSHA whistleblower in fight for job
CharlotteObserver.com, NC
The US Occupational Safety and Health Administration alleges that Bob Whitmore was so aggressive and intimidating that he made co-workers fear for their physical well-being, according to an April 3 memo sent to him by a top agency official. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 7:49 pm - Posted in Common

Fall Victim's Family Pushes Stronger Safety Regulations
KOLN, NE
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has since fined ADM $2500, but Fitch's family wants to do more to ensure accidents like this don't happen again. Manlifts are a fairly common way for companies to move workers from one floor to the next ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 6:54 pm - Posted in Common

Imperial Sugar Responds
WSAV-TV, GA
Indeed, while working to improve its dust collectors, the Port Wentworth plant also focused on housekeeping, including more cleaning specifically related to dust in response to OSHA’s publication of its National Emphasis Program on combustible dust. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 6:28 pm - Posted in Common

SSF: UPS ORDERED TO REHIRE DRIVER FIRED FOR REFUSING TO DRIVE IN ...
CBS 5, CA
The order came after an Occupational Safety and Health Administration whistleblower investigation into the man's firing, which the Labor Department says was retaliation for him refusing to drive on Nov. 13, 2006, after he complained of vision problems ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 6:06 pm - Posted in Common

Worker safety advocate named acting OSHA chief
Workday Minnesota, MN
WASHINGTON - Health and safety activist Jordan Barab was appointed as the acting head of OSHA, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Barab, a senior policy adviser for the House Education and Labor Committee, is widely known as a strong ...

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Clean diesel projects reduce early deaths, asthma attacks, other health problems (Seattle, Washington – April 9, 2009) In a move that stands to create jobs, boost local economies, reduce diesel emissions and protect human health and the environment for the people in the State of Oregon, the U.S

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