By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | June 14, 2009 - 10:10 pm - Posted in Common

Formaldehyde exposure among industrial workers is associated with ...
CCH
In 1995, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration estimated that approximately 2.1 million workers in the United States were exposed to formaldehyde. Since the 1980s, NCI has studied cancer deaths among a group of 25619 workers, ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 10:07 pm - Posted in Common

Why domestic workers have a right to organize
Workers World
The Occupational Safety and Health Act explicitly excludes domestic workers and until recently farm workers from fair legal standards and protections. Even the 1964 Civil Rights Act that prohibits discrimination based on “race, color, religion, sex, ...

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Business calls for Neighbor's Closure after Employees Fall Ill ...
TriCities.com, TN
At Hapco, Oakley says he's invited OSHA in to look at the problem and he's called a Thursday meeting to discuss the issue with representatives of other nearby industries, which he says are experiencing the smell as well. “We've having outside testing ...

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Tencarva Machinery Company Granted New Patent for Uniguard ...
PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria
Uniguard™ Machine Guards comply with OSHA standards and meet ANSI (American National Standards Institute) regulations that do not allow for openings to be greater than 1/4 (OSHA does not set a standard for the size of an opening with regards to machine ...

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By OSHA - Google News | - 9:04 pm - Posted in Common

Local business calendar: The week ahead
Bradenton Herald,  United States
The lunch will be presented by Richard Claybrooke, of Claybrooke Engineering, and Antony Rosa, of OSHA. Members and guests will give a 30-second commercial presentation of their business during lunch. Reservations are required by June 15. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 8:33 pm - Posted in Common

Newsmakers: Norwich food service worker honored for 25 years of ...
Norwich Bulletin, CT
Changes: Over the years, Johnson said federal regulations have become stricter, particularly because of Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, creating more work for her. She also started out serving lunch only, but now serves ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 7:43 pm - Posted in Common

The disappearing independent doctor
WTKR Your NewsChannel 3, VA
Running a small office requires taking care of billing, maintaining office staff, keeping up with Occupational Safety and Health Administration and state government regulations, and paying for costly electronic medical records — all on top of caring ...

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6/15: Events in Central Florida
Orlando Sentinel, FL
Associated Builders and Contractors, OSHA 503, 8 am to 5 pm June 22-25, $500 members; Defining Hidden Costs When Estimating and Bidding a Project, 8 am to noon June 23, $86 members, $102 nonmembers; Resolving Construction Issues, 1 pm June 23, ...

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AIDS Foundation to hold protest again porn industry
Food Consumer, IL
When an outbreak of HIV cases was reported in 2004, Cal/OSHA fined the two production companies $30560 each for not following blood-borne pathogen standards. California legislators and health officials met in June of 2004 and sent letters to 185 adult ...

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Private attorneys could get more pay for public defense
Janesville Gazette, WI
For example, video editors have been paid $225 an hour and occupational safety consultants $135 an hour, Diel said. Lawmakers must make tough decisions regarding the budget, Smith said, and it's difficult to say whether the increase will be approved. ...

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