By OSHA - Google News | May 27, 2010 - 5:07 pm - Posted in Common

OSHA eyes rulemaking on reducing falling injuries, deaths
Land Line Magazine
Instead of stopping with the usual suspects of loading docks, ladders and towers, OSHA officials are seeking information on the rolling stock and commercial ...

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Safety Rules Can't Keep Up With Biotech Industry
New York Times
Even the head of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration acknowledges that his agency's 20th-century rules have not yet caught up with the ...

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Strong Biotech Safety Rules, but No Guarantees
New York Times
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires all companies to provide safe work environments for ...

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7 Gulf oil spill cleanup workers hospitalized
Houston Chronicle
He said anyone would be free to use a mask meeting OSHA specifications. Anne Rolfes, director of the Louisiana Bucket Brigade, said there was not enough air ...

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Government levies $510000 in fines against NDK Crystal
Rockford Register Star
“We are aware of the citations issued by OSHA,” Hennessy said. “NDK strongly disagrees with OSHA's initial determinations. The facts will show we responded ...

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Buchanan Ingersoll Rooney PC > OSHA's New Enforcement Initiatives The Storm on ...
Linex Legal (registration)
Source: Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC - Last month, the US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revealed new ...

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Financial Reform Bill Pits Consumer Advocates vs. Small Business
New York Times (blog)
In the 14 years since the act took effect, OSHA has convened only 10 panels, and the EPA has convened just 33. The law gives the panels 60 days to complete ...

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OSHA Cites Robins Air Force Base for 13 Violations
13wmaz
A news release from Robins Air Force Base says the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Building 169 in its 402nd Maintenance Wing for 13 ...

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President Obama: I Take Responsibility
ABC News (blog)
On October 30, 2009, the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined BP an additional $87 million — the largest fine in OSHA history ...

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Hundreds of Kansans killed on the job
Alva Review-Courier
Forty-eight of the workers who died in elevators were doing jobs classified by OSHA as "grain and field bean" work. According to OSHA, it's the most ...

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