By OSHA - Google News | May 10, 2009 - 11:51 pm - Posted in Common

Company faces fines in man's death
Eagle Tribune, MA
Harlan Electrical Co. of Methuen is contesting the finding, according to OSHA spokesman Ted Fitzgerald. The company could not be reached for comment. John Kaye, 52, of Hingham, who worked for Harlan, came into contact with wires July 7 while he was in ...

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Campaigners say USA firm's safety record should bar it from Wales
WalesOnline, United Kingdom
Now the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited Covanta Energy for safety violations at its waste incinerator in West Wareham, Massachusetts. The breaches, which are not disputed by the company, relate to fire risks caused by ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:15 pm - Posted in Common

Fall hazards at Torrington, Conn., site lead to more than $118000 ...
CCH
4 Brothers has 15 business days from receipt of the citations to comply, request an informal conference with the OSHA area director or contest the citations, and proposed penalties, before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 9:48 pm - Posted in Common

As I See It: Ah, Vacation!
IT Jungle, NY
The men have no sophisticated climbing gear, no specialized protective clothing, no OSHA to tell them they're insane to be doing this and would be better served to take up farming. History doesn't record it, but it's likely that at some point one man ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:39 pm - Posted in Common

Radiation sickness topic of public meeting
Amarillo.com, TX
Officials from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and a federal advisory board are conducting the meeting. The board will not discuss the Pantex Plant during the meeting, but local union officials are urging the Advisory Board on ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:38 pm - Posted in Common

Business resources
Augusta Chronicle, GA
Georgia defers to the federal government for the circulation and enforcement of occupational safety and health regulations. The federal agency that administers this act is the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:05 pm - Posted in Common

Business Calendar
Charleston Post Courier, SC
Scheduled speaker is Horace "Topper" Thompson, former chairman of the US Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. To RSVP, go to the meetings link at http://tchrma.shrm.org. DEVELOPERS COUNCIL: Chamber Metro Chamber of Commerce's Develop ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 8:18 pm - Posted in Common

Labor's Special Friend
ZNet, MA
One had allowed White House staffers to overturn, in behalf of Bush's employer allies, job safety regulations that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration had promulgated. Obama ordered that those regulations and some new ones go into effect ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 7:50 pm - Posted in Common

The evolution of long term care facilities
Meridian Star, MS
Nursing homes and long term care facilities are subject to all state and federal laws and regulations, such as OSHA, Workers' Compensation, labor and unemployment, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, just as any other employer. ...

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Ellen Brown, Ralph Nader, Gila Svirsky, Brian Concannon & Jack ...
Center for Research on Globalization, Canada
He was instrumental in enacting OSHA, the EPA, the Consumer Product Safety Commission, the Safe Drinking Water Act, and much more. In 1969, he founded the Center for Study for Responsive Law and later the Public Interest Research Group, Public Citizen, ...

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