By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | December 31, 2011 - 11:10 pm - Posted in Common

Best of 2011 – Short Highlights From The Best Articles, Innovations and Ideas ...
Pallet Enterprise
According to Judy Agnew and Aubrey Daniels, authors of Safe by Accident?, an occupational safety book, going a month or even several years without an incident is more likely sheer luck than a predictor of a safe organization. ...

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Other 2011 local stories of note
Knoxville News Sentinel
The Tennessee Division of Occupational Safety and Health cited the zoo for allowing handlers to work in direct contact with Edie in spite of previous aggressive behavior. TOSHA officials recommended a $5400 fine. * Henley Bridge Deaths: The deaths of ...

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Agilent agrees to fine in April blast
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Agilent knew there were problems with the piece of high-tech machinery that exploded because similar incidents occurred two times in 2010 and the company failed to fix the problem, according to the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health. ...

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Agilent agrees to fine in April blast
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
Agilent knew there were problems with the piece of high-tech machinery that exploded because similar incidents occurred two times in 2010 and the company failed to fix the problem, according to the state Division of Occupational Safety and Health. ...

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US Department of Labors OSHA fines LaBolt, SD, Farmers grain company more than ...
NewDesignWorld (press release)
"Despite awareness of the hazardous nature of grain bin entries and of the means and methods to prevent such hazards, the employer failed to develop and enforce recognized safe work practices," said Tom Deutscher, OSHA's area director in Bismarck. ...

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | December 30, 2011 - 11:20 pm - Posted in Common

FOX 4 News

Texas hotel worker falls to her death in elevator shaft
Bryan College Station Eagle
An elevator inspector from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, which oversees elevator safety, and an official with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration were investigating. But in a 2008 report, the inspector wrote that the ...
Texas hotel housekeeper dies in six-story elevator fallMyFoxOrlando.com
Cause unclear in death at hotelSan Antonio Express
Texas Hotel Worker Falls in Elevator Shaft, DiesKBTX
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Disney fireworks return after cancellations
OCRegister
The state Division of Occupational Safety and Health determined that the injury was minor and decided against launching an investigation, said Dean Fryer, a division spokesman, on Friday. Disney, fire officials and other experts have been trying to fix ...
Disneyland's Holiday Fireworks Put On Hold After Worker Was InjuredLAist
Disneyland's Holiday Fireworks Show Canceled TemporarilyDisZine

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In response to 'Racetrack revisited'
Branson Tri-Lakes news
(B and D weightings are for specialized readings, D weighting is used for measurement of jet engine noise) OSHA uses A-Weighting, tailored to the frequencies most likely to cause hearing damage or sensitivity shift. OSHA time-weights an average reading ...

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Legal News Line

Texas company to be fined more than $1 million by OSHA
Legal News Line
BY MICHAEL P. TREMOGLIE WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline) - The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced Dec. 28 that it has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. of Houston for 13 willful and 17 serious ...
OSHA calls for $1 million in fines against piping supplierHouston Chronicle
OSHA Proposes Over a Million Dollars in Penalties for Houston CompanyHuman Resources Journal

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By "occupational safety" location:usa - Google News | - 12:15 pm - Posted in Common

2011 marked by tragedy, controversy
The Tennessean
US Chemical Safety Board investigators found safety enforcement regulation lacking at all levels – at Hoeganaes, at the Gallatin Fire Department, and at the state and federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration agencies. ...

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