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Wal-Mart battles OSHA over $7000 fine: Paying fine means admitting liability
TopWireNews (press release)
Wal-Mart is battling OSHA's attempts to establish the notion that an unruly crowd is an occupational hazard that can cause death or serious injury. ...

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(Boston, Mass. – July 8, 2010) – EPA is awarding $1 million to the City of New Bedford’s Harbor Development Commission to install 16 shore-side electric power pedestals on two fishing piers within New Bedford Harbor

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Transocean's Long History Of Testing, Violating Offshore Drilling Regulations
Huffington Post (blog)
"For example, last year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found more than 700 violations at the Texas City refinery — many concerning ...

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Out of the gushing oil, the scammers swirl
MiamiHerald.com
But most oil spill cleanup training should not cost a dime, OSHA spokesman Jason Surbey said. ``Training for shoreline, boom laying, or skimming is being ...

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Front-end loader in Cove Road crash didn't have flagman, was in lane
TCPalm
... were exposed to and are not related to the accident,” said, at the time, a duty officer at OSHA's Fort Lauderdale office who would not reveal his name. ...

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Boston Globe

Postal Service faces safety complaint
Press & Sun-Bulletin
The complaint asks the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission to order the Postal Service to correct electrical violations at 350 processing and ...
Labor Department orders electrical fixes at 350 postal facilitiesFederal Times
Labor demands USPS reform electrical safetyFederalNewsRadio.com
Labor Department Blasts Postal Service Over Electrical HazardsFairWarning (blog)

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Wal-Mart battles in court over LI trampling death fine
Newsday (subscription)
It's not the $7000 fine for the Black Friday trampling death in 2008 that Wal-Mart Stores objects to - that's not much for a company that made more than $14 ...

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CNN

Critics call Valdez cleanup a warning for Gulf workers
CNN
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health agreed, but Mestas said the agency "never looked at any medical records," which were controlled by ...
Exxon Asked for Facts on Oil Spill Health RiskThe Epoch Times

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OSHA fears spill workers getting poor training
MiamiHerald.com
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Wednesday it has received reports that some of the companies offering to train supervisors aren't ...
OSHA Proposes Updating Various Safety and Health StandardsSmart HR Manager (subscription)
OSHA sites offers quick access to whistleblower protection informationReliable Plant Magazine
64 local firms are flagged on safetyThe Journal News | LoHud.com
Madison County Herald -WireUpdate -Purdue University Calumet News
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Think Progress

Walmart spends millions of dollars and thousands of man-hours fighting $7000 ...
Think Progress
The dispute has become so heated — and Wal-Mart's defense so vigorous — that officials at OSHA, an arm of the Labor Department, complain that they have had ...

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