BUSINESS AGENDA - Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
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BUSINESS AGENDA
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA
Overview of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's standards for general industry. Topics include emergency plans, personal protection, ergonomics and best practices for a safe workplace. Cost is $250 per person, includes instructional ...

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Your Letters - Glenwood Springs Post Independent
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Your Letters
Glenwood Springs Post Independent, CO
All the doctors were provided was a vague Material Safety Data Sheet, a form required by OSHA, but they needed to know the chemical make up and concentration of zetaflow, the fracking fluid. But the MSDS listed that information as proprietary and the ...

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Stricter California heat rules considered - Fresno Bee
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Stricter California heat rules considered
Fresno Bee, CA
Arnold Schwarzenegger and California Occupational Safety and Health officials. "Since taking office," Schwarzenegger said, "I have worked to protect California's outdoor workers, and I will continue to improve and strengthen those standards to protect ...

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Hypertension Among Lower-status Employees Lingers Well Into Retirement - Science Daily (press release)
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Hypertension Among Lower-status Employees Lingers Well Into Retirement
Science Daily (press release)
This research was funded by a grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. Leigh et al. Hypertension and Occupation Among Seniors. Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2009; 51 (6): 661 DOI: ...

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Slim Jim Factory Explosion Caused By Gas Leak - TIME
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Slim Jim Factory Explosion Caused By Gas Leak
TIME
ConAgra plans to assist the state Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the US Chemical Safety Board as they take over the investigation, company spokesman Dave Jackson said. The company has no timetable on when the ...

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Investigators Say Natural Gas Leak Caused North Carolina Plant … - WNCT
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Investigators Say Natural Gas Leak Caused North Carolina Plant ...
WNCT, NC
... have not identified the specific piece of equipment. They conclude the explosion was an accident and that ConAgra is not criminally liable for any wrongdoing. It will now be up to OSHA and the Chemical Safety Board to determine what caused the leak.

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STATE OF THE UNION: Facts trump business on EFCA - The Bloomington Alternative
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STATE OF THE UNION: Facts trump business on EFCA
The Bloomington Alternative, IN
... Act access standards, overtime payments for millions of workers through reforms of the Fair Labor Standards Act, OSHA ergonomics regulations that would protect workers from occupational injuries, increases in the minimum wage, and living wages. ...

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Health Consultant Says Oak Ridge Should Not Open Monday - WFMY News 2
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Health Consultant Says Oak Ridge Should Not Open Monday
WFMY News 2, NC
The school system has contacted the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health. They have requested a building health evaluation team. District officials will work with this team to address indoor air quality concerns and other issues.

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3 dead after construction accident in Austin - Dallas Morning News
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3 dead after construction accident in Austin
Dallas Morning News, TX
Construction on the building where the men died has been scaled back while the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Austin police investigate the deaths, said project developer Gary Perkins. The scaffolding collapse was an "unfortunate ...

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Diner to serve up lessons for Smithfield High School students. - Providence Journal
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Diner to serve up lessons for Smithfield High School students.
Providence Journal, RI
Students would receive the certification, from the Occupational Safety Hazard Administration, through a free class at the school, instruction that they would otherwise have to pay upward of $500 to complete, Giorno said. Ideally, Zilka said, he'd like ...

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