By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | June 17, 2009 - 11:21 pm - Posted in Common

New frac'ing law aimed at greater 'transparency'
Glenwood Springs Post Independent, CO
Currently, federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules require that companies file what are known as Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDS), according to Theo Stein, communications director for the Colorado Division of Natural Resources. ...

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'It's a miracle,' window washer says of surviving six-story fall
Leader-Telegram, WI
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating the incident, said Mark Knezovich, acting area director of the agency's Eau Claire office. OSHA has up to six months to issue citations if it finds any violations. ...

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State inspects LA clinic for adult film actors
San Luis Obispo Tribune, CA
A spokesman for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health said investigators plan to issue subpoenas this week to access patient records. State inspectors who visited the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in the San Fernando ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:24 pm - Posted in Common

State inspects LA clinic for adult film actors
Fresno Bee, CA
A spokesman for the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health said investigators plan to issue subpoenas this week to access patient records. State inspectors who visited the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation in the San Fernando ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:09 pm - Posted in Common

Morgan Linen Service faces OSHA allegations
Albany Times Union, NY
MENANDS -- Morgan Linen Service Inc. in Menands faces 21 alleged safety and health violations at its plant at 145 Broadway, the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday. Violations include a lack of railings ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:07 pm - Posted in Common

Minn. appeals court rejects ex-state worker's retaliation claim
First Amendment Center, TN
By David L. Hudson Jr. A former Minnesota occupational-safety inspector could not prove that he was punished in retaliation for allegations he made about two of his investigations, a Minnesota appeals court has ruled. Douglas Crosby contended that high ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 9:01 pm - Posted in Common

'We are going to play basketball here in 2010'
Louisville Courier-Journal, KY
An investigator with the state's office of Occupational Safety and Health is writing a report on the incident, said Dick Brown, a Labor Cabinet spokesman. Brown said the report is expected by the end of June. Hedge said Wednesday that extra inspectors ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 8:54 pm - Posted in Common

Rockefeller bill responds to Bayer's secrecy
Charleston Gazette, WV
Bayer is fighting $143000 in fines issued by the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which found poorly planned operating procedures, flawed emergency systems and faulty employee training led to a runaway chemical reaction that caused the ...

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Regional program to reduce lead exposure in the workplace launched ...
Compliance Home, IA
... workplace illnesses, for workplaces under OSHA's jurisdiction in the Midwestern states of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri and Nebraska is announced by the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) office in Kansas City. ...

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Health officials inspect clinic that serves porn industry
Los Angeles Times, CA
"We were unaware of all of these cases until recent reports came out," said Dean Fryer, spokesman for the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health. "That's why we wanted to get into the clinic. We wanted to interview staff that work there. ...

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