By OSHA - Google News | June 1, 2009 - 6:09 pm - Posted in Common

Forklift training set for June 13 at LBCC
Albany Democrat Herald, OR
LBCC provides a variety of services to help employers meet OR-OSHA requirements and standards for equipment-specific and site-specific training and train-the-trainer for those wanting to train forklift operators. Forklift Safety Training is held once ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 4:13 pm - Posted in Common

A smoking ban would be detrimental to workers
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO
I recently learned that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration itself has refused to impose a strict ban, as proposed by St. Louis Alderman Lyda Krewson, D-28th Ward. Furthermore, studies on exposure to secondhand smoke produce very mixed ...

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By U.S. EPA News | - 3:43 pm - Posted in Common
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09- OPA101 (Chicago, Ill. - June 1, 2009) U.S

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 3:42 pm - Posted in Common

West Palm Beach man identified as worker killed in fall from PBIA ...
WPEC, FL
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the death, a spokesman said from Atlanta. Octtaviani-Mercado died as he worked on an air surveillance radar tower that had been decommissioned for about five years, Barbera said. ...

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County buys back-up generator for County Community Services
The Caledonia Argus (subscription), MN
The records storage area will be secured with a locked chainlink fence system. According to Bradley, the shelving system meets all OSHA standards and will be able to be put together by the sentence to serve personnel, which will be another cost savings ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 3:04 pm - Posted in Common

CWI interviews five presidential finalists at forums this week
Idaho Press-Tribune, ID
She holds a doctorate in higher education administration from Vanderbilt University, a master's in occupational safety and health from Murray State University and a bachelor's in dental hygiene from the University of Kentucky. • Dr. Berton L. Glandon, ...

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statement by sen. harkin at the labor, health and human services ...
TMCnet
Previous budgets requests have routinely cut funding for job training and underinvested in OSHA, MSHA and the Employment Standards Administration. "I am pleased to say that the fiscal year 2010 budget request before this Subcommittee is a very welcome ...

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Chemical firms grapple with new approach to process safety data
ICIS (subscription), UK
In the US, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been urged, particularly by the country's Chemical Safety Board (CSB) that investigates chemical accidents, to enforce existing legislation on process safety more effectively. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 2:02 pm - Posted in Common

Lawn Mowers: Cordless and Electric Lawn Mowing Machines
Mother Earth News, KS
Loud noise can contribute to hearing loss when it exceeds 85 decibels, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH; www.cdc.gov/niosh). A gas-powered mower producing 95 decibels should be used no more than an hour a ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 1:29 pm - Posted in Common

Environmental Journalist Blends Old and New Media
Poynter.org, FL
Recently, environmental journalist Osha Gray Davidson offered an intriguing example of this on the members-only discussion list of the Society of Environmental Journalists (quoted here with his permission). Davidson publishes The Phoenix Sun, ...

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