By OSHA - Google News | May 31, 2011 - 7:26 pm - Posted in Common

Tillamook Man Injured In Logging Accident
KPTV Portland
The equipment rolled with the man still inside. Other workers managed to cut the man out of the yarder. He was taken to a Tillamook hospital and is expected to survive. Police are investigating and Oregon OSHA has been notified. ...

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Energy Leader John Bryson Nominated for Top Commerce Post
Forbes (blog)
John Bryson, US President Barack Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce, during today's announcement. (Image by AFP/Getty Images via @daylife) John Bryson, chairman of the utility-scale solar power company, BrightSource, ...

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Danray Products introduces new carriage shields
Rockford Register Star
The shields comply with OSHA 29 CFR 1910.212 and the ANSI B11.6 safety standard for lathes. For more information, see danrayproducts.com. Rockford Register Star | 99 E. State St. Rockford, IL 61104 Original content available for non-commercial use ...

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Xcel on trial for 5 deaths at Georgetown, Colo.
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Xcel Energy and a subsidiary, Public Service Company of Colorado, are each charged in federal court with five counts of violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations for the October 2007 fire inside a water tunnel at the Cabin ...
Xcel on trial for 5 deaths at Georgetown, Colo.The Associated Press
Criminal trial opens for Xcel safety violations for 5 deaths at GeorgetownThe Republic
Trial Against Xcel In Georgetown Tunnel Deaths BeginsKMGH Denver
Denver Post
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Illinois Company fined by OSHA for Improper Asbestos Removal
Seedol.com (blog)
The fines were levied by OSHA against AMD Industries of Cicero, IL on May 25 after an investigation turned up 19 “willful” and eight “serious” health citations for the manner in which an asbestos abatement project in the company's facility in 2010 was ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 1:45 pm - Posted in Common

Crews Called to Partial Roof Collapse in Pawtucket
WLNE-TV (ABC6)
Fire crews were called to the scene to help clean up the debris, as well as help the construction crew get the buildings sprinkler system damaged in the collapse, restored. An Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) crew was called to the ...

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Illinois Company fined for Improper Asbestos Removal by OSHA
Asbestos.Net News
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has singled out an Illinois company for failing to protect its workers adequately from loose asbestos fibers during a 2010 abatement process and levied more than $1 million in ...
Illinois Company Fined $1.2 Million due to Asbestos ProblemsPRLog.Org (press release)

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Business Owner and Job Foreman Each Go To Jail For Worker's Death
JD Supra (press release)
The Cal/OSHA investigation into the details of the employee's death also determined that none of the roofing crew were wearing fall protection gear and there were no barriers or scaffolds in place to provide fall protection. ...

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Workplace issues: Sam Kane Beef Processor Inc. cited for OSHA violations
Examiner.com
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued four serious and one repeat citation to Sam Kane Beef Processor Inc. following an inspection at the company's facility in Corpus Christi, ...

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Workplace issues: OSHA announces final rule to ease employers' burden
Examiner.com
Houston, Texas -The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced the forthcoming release of a final rule that streamlines and simplifies standards while reducing employer burdens. The rule, which soon will be ...

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