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San Angelo Standard Times
How OSHA determines who to hold responsible for job site hazards. The most frequent violations encountered on residential construction sites. How to comply with the new residential fall protection changes. How OSHA targets employers for inspection and ...

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Seminar offered on electrical safety
Oakland Press
The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration Consultation Education and Training Division offers seminars, courses and workshops statewide. The “Electricity: The Invisible Killer” seminar will be held from 9 am to 12:30 pm Tuesday, Jan. ...

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Formaldehyde risks in focus
Business Insurance
This is complicated by the fact that manufacturers of several popular hair-straightening products containing formaldehyde have mislabeled the products and not disclosed their formaldehyde content, according to the Occupational Safety and Health ...

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What does OSHA require of workplaces where formaldehyde is present?
Business Insurance
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration standard that protects workers exposed to formaldehyde applies “to all occupational exposures to formaldehyde from formaldehyde gas, its solutions and materials that release formaldehyde,” according to ...

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Farm News & Notes — Jan. 8, 2012
Fond du Lac Reporter
The 24-hour safety instructional program will meet the Department of Labor (DOL) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requirements. These rules are under review. However, the departments have indicated that changes will not be ...

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How to Label Hazardous Chemicals Using OSHA's New GHS Hazcom Standard
Nature.com
Workplace hazard communication labels are being reinvented as OSHA adopts the new Globally Harmonized System (GHS) for labeling hazardous chemicals. In this interactive webcast, you will learn the difference between workplace and supplier labels, ...

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OSHA Unearths Trenching Hazards at Wisconsin Worksite
Occupational Health and Safety
"McHugh Excavating & Plumbing has the responsibility of ensuring that its employees are properly protected from known workplace hazards such as trench cave-ins," said Kim Stille, OSHA's area director in Madison. OSHA has cited McHugh Excavating ...

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4 Dangerous Trends Facing the Ceiling and Wallboard Industry
PR Web (press release)
To add insult to injury, at a time when your profit margins are being squeezed, OSHA has increased their staff to enforce safety training activities of employers. Since 2010, OSHA staffing is up 37% and their fines are up 200%. ...

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BUSINESS AGENDA
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
OSHA'S IMPACT ON RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION: Tuesday, 9-1 1 am, Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce, 20 W. Broad St. Information on how OSHA regulations affect residential contractors. Chamber members $25; nonmembers, $30, includes materials and ...

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Inspector speaks out to halt new pipeline
Omaha World-Herald
Asked whether a deadline applies to such investigations, Burke said the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration must make a "reasonable cause" determination within 60 days of a complaint's filing. The administration then must ...

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