By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | April 10, 2009 - 2:02 pm - Posted in Common

One dead after trench collapses on workers
Times, IN
Two investigators from the Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) were on the scene of the incident, said Jeffry Carter, the deputy commissioner of labor for the organization. The investigation could take several months, ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 1:26 pm - Posted in Common

Senator Dodd has helped enough
Danbury News Times, CT
We have the strictest tax laws, environmental laws, OSHA regulations, etc. It is an incompetent government that has poorly enforced the laws. It was a basic lack of due diligence of our government, prior to handing over billions, not to have asked for ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 1:25 pm - Posted in Common

LETTER: Dangers of LNG are clear, 04-11-09
Fall River Herald News,  USA
That’s like saying the existence of a federal agency like OSHA can prevent all industrial accidents or having a police force will eliminate all crime. I have done my research. This proposed LNG project is not in Fall River’s best interest. ...

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Miss Mary Jane reflects on playground equipment and cupholders
IdahoStatesman.com, ID
MMJ says, give me a one seat car and a teeter totter/merry-go-round over plastic-encased, OSHA-approved playground equipment and a Venti Mocha Latte cup holder any old day. And that’s my final offer. Well, TaTa for now. And my darlings, please do ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 10:31 am - Posted in Common

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ADVANCE, PA
Responsibilities: management of the wellness center staff and function to include case management of workers' compensation and short-term disability, maintenance of medical records and OSHA recordkeeping and medical surveillance. ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 10:10 am - Posted in Common

New targets abound in latest asbestos filings
St. Clair Record, IL
While defense attorneys often point to 1972 when OSHA issued protocols to be followed regarding asbestos exposure, plaintiff attorneys argue responsibility can be proven much earlier. "There's a lot of information out before OSHA," plaintiff attorney ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 10:09 am - Posted in Common

New targets abound in latest asbestos filings
Madison County Record, IL
While defense attorneys often point to 1972 when OSHA issued protocols to be followed regarding asbestos exposure, plaintiff attorneys argue responsibility can be proven much earlier. "There's a lot of information out before OSHA," plaintiff attorney ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 9:20 am - Posted in Common

Scott County jury awards $7 million to worker
Chicago Tribune, United States
AP DAVENPORT, Iowa - A Scott County jury has awarded more than $7 million to a Wisconsin man who fell three stories in a construction accident. The jury Thursday sided with Allen Frohne, who had been doing gutter work in 2005 at a Holiday Inn Express ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:17 am - Posted in Common

Flint Hills honored for safety
Nueces County Record Star, TX
NPRA awards are given to facilities in the petroleum refining and petrochemical manufacturing industries for an excellent US Occupational Safety and Health Administration record of safe operations during the year. They are part of the associationâs ...

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OSHA fines 2 companies $9000 in Kravis scaffold collapse that ...
Palm Beach Post,  United States
And OSHA gave contractor Eifstech, Inc., two citations and fined it $3000. OSHA said scaffolding was not put up under the oversight of a qualified scaffolding supervisor, frames were not properly braced, and some cross braces were removed by persons ...

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