By OSHA - Google News | May 16, 2009 - 6:10 pm - Posted in Common

College wasn't so different
Monroenews.com, MI
Our kitchen consisted of what is known as a hotplate, a mechanically flawed device that occasionally heated an exposed metal plate that was so unsafe by today's standards that OSHA probably would consider it a lethal weapon. The furniture consisted of ...

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2 farm contractors closed for heat risk to workers
Las Vegas Sun, NV
California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health says its investigators found Jose Alfaro Labor Contractor and Estrada Farm Labor Services did not provide adequate shade and water for its workers. Cal-OSHA contractors also had neither adequate ...

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2 farm contractors closed for heat risk to workers
San Jose Mercury News,  USA
Cal-OSHA contractors also had neither adequate heat illness prevention training nor emergency response procedures. The actions mark the third farm labor contractor Cal-OSHA has shut down this week. On Wednesday a work crew run by Hocier Rodriguez was ...

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National Enzyme Receives 2009 Dale Randall Traveling Award
Natural Products Industry Insider, AZ
The VPPPA is a member-based association committed to cooperative occupational safety, health and environmental management systems. Chapter VII of the organization, which includes Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and Missouri, instituted this award in 2006 to ...

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Cal/OSHA Shuts Down Two Farm Labor Contractors for Heat Violations
Earthtimes (press release), UK
(Business Wire) As part of this weekend's coordinated heat illness prevention inspections triggered by the area's high temperatures, the Department of Industrial Relations' Cal/OSHA today took action against two farm labor contractors and shut them ...

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Family identifies dead sugar factory worker
KPAX-TV, MT
The death at the facility on Friday appears is being investigated by the Nampa Police Department, Canyon County Coroner's office and the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Amalgamated President and CEO Vic Jaro said Friday the ...

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National Enzyme Company Receives Recognition for Commitment to Safety
NPIcenter (press release), Canada
National Enzyme Company has been an OSHA Voluntary Protection Program certified STAR site for the past nine years, and is the only facility in the dietary supplement industry to achieve STAR site recognition from OSHA. ...

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CDOT TRAINING PROGRAM HELPS JOB SEEKERS GET BACK TO WORK
Cherry Creek News, CO
The training modules include: o Construction basics- Hand and power tools, basic calculations and basic rigging o Construction site safety- CPR, first aid, OSHA certification o Life skills- Workplace ethics, employment expectations, job applications ...

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Nampa sugar plant death 3rd since 1985
IdahoStatesman.com, ID
An employee suffocated in sugar in 1994 and another died after being struck in the head by flying machine parts in 1985, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration records. Strosnider said the plant, which processes sugar beets, ...

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Worker dies at Idaho sugar plant
OregonLive.com, OR
An employee suffocated in sugar in 1994 and another died after being struck in the head by flying machine parts in 1985, according to Occupational Safety and Health Administration records. Strosnider said the plant, which processes sugar beets, ...

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