66 died on job in Mass. last year - Boston Globe
By OSHA - Google News | April 27, 2009 - 11:34 pm - Posted in Common

66 died on job in Mass. last year
Boston Globe, United States
Solis, the labor secretary, has vowed to strengthen OSHA by increasing its budget and adding inspectors nationwide. Nationally, an average of 5680 workers die on the job every year. "Worker safety and health has been dormant for too long," Solis said ...

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World Day for Safety and Health at Work - Makfax
By OSHA - Google News | - 11:28 pm - Posted in Common

World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Makfax, Macedonia
28 April, the World Day for Safety and Health at Work, is an international campaign to promote safe, healthy, and decent work. On the initiative of the International Labor Office, about 120 countries from around the world have been observing this Day ...

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Commit to change – one workplace injury, illness, or death is too many - Sudbury Star
By OSHA - Google News | - 11:10 pm - Posted in Common

Commit to change – one workplace injury, illness, or death is too many
Sudbury Star, Canada
No one signs up for a job expecting to be hurt, ill, or killed. Sadly, this isn't always how a workday plays out. Worldwide, the International Labour Organization records more than 2.2 million work-related deaths each year. In 2007 alone, close to one ...

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Expert in Prague: Small EU companies tend to ignore work safety - Prague Daily Monitor
By OSHA - Google News | - 11:04 pm - Posted in Common

Expert in Prague: Small EU companies tend to ignore work safety
Prague Daily Monitor, Czech Republic
Prague, April 27 (CTK) - Small and medium-sized companies in the EU countries are lagging behind large ones in observing the rules of safety and protection of health at work, Jukka Takala, European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) ...

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Tri-State closes illness investigation - Craig Daily Press
By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 11:02 pm - Posted in Common

Tri-State closes illness investigation
Craig Daily Press, CO
Although Tri-State finished its investigation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has not. OSHA, which first sent an investigator to the plant April 20, does not plan to end its inquiry until a cause is found, OSHA area director Herb ...

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Swine Flu Masks Now Available at SourceWell Supply - 1888 Press Release (press release)
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Swine Flu Masks Now Available at SourceWell Supply
1888 Press Release (press release), TX
NIOSH approved as a Type N95 respirator to meet OSHA requirements and CDC guidelines for TB exposure control. Fluid resistant to help reduce potential exposure of the wearer to the spray, spatter and aerosol of blood and body fluids. ...

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Construction worker in critical condition after fall - Diamondback Online
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Construction worker in critical condition after fall
Diamondback Online, MD
University Police do not anticipate a criminal investigation but said the university's Department of Environmental Safety and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration - a federal organization that works to prevent work-related injuries- will ...

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New memorial to honor workplace deaths - WEAR
By OSHA - Google News | - 9:01 pm - Posted in Common

New memorial to honor workplace deaths
WEAR, FL
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Labor leaders will break ground Tuesday on a memorial honoring the more than 5000 workers who die on the job each year. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis is joining union leaders at the Washington DC-area National Labor College for the ...

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EPA to Address Oil Contamination near Mousam River, Sanford, Maine
By U.S. EPA News | - 9:00 pm - Posted in Common
(Boston, Mass. April 28, 2009) This May, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to address an on-going release of oil that has been affecting the Mousam River

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Memorial will honor workers who die on the job - Fort Worth Star Telegram
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Memorial will honor workers who die on the job
Fort Worth Star Telegram, TX
Labor leaders and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis will break ground today on the National Workers Memorial to honor more than 5000 workers who die on the job annually. It will be on the campus of the National Labor College in Silver Spring, Md., ...

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