By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | April 13, 2009 - 11:04 pm - Posted in Common

Concept Packaging puts workers in danger, OSHA says
Times Herald-Record, NY
Concept Packaging has 15 business days from receipt of the citations to comply, request an informal conference with the OSHA area director in Albany, or contest the citations and proposed penalties before the independent Occupational Safety and Health ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:54 pm - Posted in Common

Solutia’s safety commitment awarded
Brazosport Facts, TX
The Chocolate Bayou plant, which employs 530 full-time workers and 300 contractors, was honored as a Star Site by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for its Voluntary Protection Program. To earn the award, a site submits annual ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:09 pm - Posted in Common

Houston firefighter deaths probed
San Angelo Standard Times, tx
Assistant Fire Chief Rick Flanagan told reporters at a news conference Monday that until an investigation by the Houston Fire Department, the State Fire Marshal's Office and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is finished, ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:30 pm - Posted in Common

Petrolia plant fined for release of oleum
Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the penalties yesterday for 27 serious violations of safety laws, based on its investigation of the accident that released oleum, a toxic chemical also known as fuming ...

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

Arrests: 3 charged with trailer break-in
Asheville Citizen-Times, NC
Me'Osha Shavon Mason, 20, of Neely Grove Road, Gastonia, SC, was charged with two counts of uttering a forged instrument. Her bond was set at $2000. • Jo Ann Norman, 46, of Creekstone Lane, Hendersonville, was charged with obtaining a controlled ...

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OSHA Plans to Fire Employee Put on Paid Leave Since Mid-2007
Washington Post, United States
Whitmore and his attorney say the motives for his proposed dismissal are connected to his complaints that OSHA was too cozy with corporate officials who, he said, were allowed to underreport worker injuries. Nothing in the memo explains why officials ...

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Games Only a Mother Could Love 04.14.09: Crime Patrol (Sega CD)
411mania.com, TX
There is no way that OSHA approves of this. Anyways, if it wasn't already obvious, the point of the electric fence is that at least one of these robbers will be electrocuted. At least it was pretty funny once it actually happened. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:03 pm - Posted in Common

ATW Daily News
ATWOnline, MD
Southern Air, a Connecticut-based cargo carrier operating 17 747-200 freighters and specializing in long-haul heavy lift services, was ordered by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration to withdraw a lawsuit it filed against nine former ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 9:02 pm - Posted in Common

Responding to Confined Space Accidents
Safety.BLR.com, CT
If there is a fatality, report it to OSHA within the required timeframe. After establishing your legal privileges, talk with employees and conduct your own investigation to determine the cause of the accident or fatality. Get ready for an OSHA ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 8:35 pm - Posted in Common

BizWeek Calendar: 04/14/2009
Traverse City Record Eagle, MI
For details visit "Supervisor's role in safety and health" seminar sponsored by the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration (MIOSHA); 9 am - 4 pm at the Wexford-Missaukee Career Technical Center in Cadillac; $90 fee includes lunch and ...

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