NorCal Wal-Mart workers to be tested for Hepatitis - Modesto Bee
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NorCal Wal-Mart workers to be tested for Hepatitis
Modesto Bee, CA
California's Division of Occupational Safety and Health said Friday it had fined Wal-Mart $16500 for failing to give employees proper hand protection. Cal-OSHA suspects employees spread the disease by sharing tagging guns used to mark price and ...

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Ammonia remains in building after workers' deaths - Louisville Courier-Journal
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Ammonia remains in building after workers' deaths
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
Authorities with several state and local agencies were at the business yesterday, including state occupational safety and health officials who are investigating the accident's cause and whether any worker-safety laws were violated. ...

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Fremont Courthouse repairs begin - Rexburg Standard Journal
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Fremont Courthouse repairs begin
Rexburg Standard Journal, ID
And the crew also must make sure it's in compliance with Occupational Safety and Hazards Administration rules. It was that compliance that prompted Abegglen to drive to Salt Lake City to get scaffolding that meets OSHA rules. While the crew didn't work ...

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OSHA Renews New Jersey Schools Development Authority Alliance - Occupational Health Safety
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OSHA Renews New Jersey Schools Development Authority Alliance
Occupational Health Safety, TX
OSHA, the New Jersey School Development Authority (NJSDA), and the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development (NJDOLWD) have renewed their alliance to promote workplace safety and health on New Jersey school construction sites during a ...

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OSHA Cites Utility Company for Potential Trenching Hazards - Occupational Health Safety
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OSHA Cites Utility Company for Potential Trenching Hazards
Occupational Health Safety, TX
OSHA defines a willful violation as one committed with intentional disregard of, or plain indifference to, the requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The serious citation was issued for failing to train employees on the hazards of ...

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Oakley rolls in to town to tout eyewear - Salisbury Post
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Oakley rolls in to town to tout eyewear
Salisbury Post, NC
"Z-8.3 is the level of testing required for fashion and sports eye-wear by OSHA," he said. "We're the only company to require all of our products to pass Z-87.1 testing, which is basically industrial-level standards." The testing demonstrated by ...

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Tragedy at work - Idaho Press-Tribune
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Tragedy at work
Idaho Press-Tribune, ID
OSHA officials said they hope to have a better idea of what happened as early as next week. It took firefighters hours Friday afternoon to remove the Munoz' body from the machinery. The machinery had to be dismantled to extract the body from the top of ...

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Editorial: Turn up the heat on safety in the fields - Sacramento Bee
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Editorial: Turn up the heat on safety in the fields
Sacramento Bee,  USA
Cal-OSHA chief Len Welsh told the state Senate Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations that he believed some cases involving heatrelated deaths and injuries should have gone to legal proceedings instead of being settled – at times for only a few ...

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Michigan-Based Manufacturer, Royal Arc Promotes Its Own Stimulus … - PR.com (press release)
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Michigan-Based Manufacturer, Royal Arc Promotes Its Own Stimulus ...
PR.com (press release), NY
All machining is done to OEM (original equipment manufacturer) specifications in accordance with the appropriate regulatory standards. The device is inspected, re-machined, painted and identified to OSHA regulations and placed back into service. ...

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