Articles Tagged with ''government''

No lessons learned from first amputation; second follows a week later

The company had been cited by OSHA for 47 violations since 1988
July 14, 2011
Two workers at one company working at two separate press brakes suffered amputations eight days apart last January – resulting in fines and membership in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program for T & D Metal Products LLC of Watseka, IL.
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High sodium, low potassium diet doubles risk of heart attack

Americans must change diet to lower risk
July 18, 2011

Americans who eat a diet high in sodium and low in potassium have a 50 percent increased risk of death from any cause, and about twice the risk of death from heart attacks, according to a study published last week in the Archives of Internal Medicine.


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Despite deadly blast, Florida fails to enact CSB recommendations on public worker safety (7/18)

State earns first “Unacceptable Response” in CSB history
July 18, 2011

Florida’s failure to adopt recommendations to provide state and municipal public workers with the same workplace protections as their private sector counterparts has been labeled an “Unacceptable Response” by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), which made the recommendations.


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Obama administration closes unsafe trucking companies at brisk pace (7/19)

“Reincarnated” carriers remain a concern
July 19, 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined.


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Angry over heads up, MSHA takes CAM Mining to court (7/19)

Miners may have been smoking underground
July 19, 2011

After someone gave a foreman at CAM Mining LLC’s Mine No. 28 in Kentucky advance notice of an inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) took the company to court and got an order prohibiting it from doing so again in the future.


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Extreme heat endangers workers, warns Solis (7/20)

July 21, 2011
With much of the nation sweltering under record high temperatures, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis reminded employers that outdoor workers are vulnerable to heat-related illnesses, including heat exhaustion and heat stroke.
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Critical aviation projects grounded due to Congressional inaction

July 26, 2011
Contractors have been told to stop work on critical airport modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass legislation on Friday giving the FAA the authority necessary for work to continue.


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CDC releases guide to preventing outpatient infections

July 26, 2011
A new CDC guide details minimum expectations for safe care in outpatient settings and recommends every practice identify an infection prevention leader. 


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VPPPA welcomes Steven Witt as Senior Advisor

July 27, 2011
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association, Inc. (VPPPA) is pleased to announce that the former director of the Directorate of Cooperative and State Programs for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Steven Witt joined the VPPPA National Office staff on July 11, 2011.


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Michaels: U.S. and E.U. must work together on occupational safety

It is clear that a new paradigm is needed
August 1, 2011
The United States and the European Union share many challenges in preventing work-related injuries and illnesses – challenges that “weaken our social fabric and our economies,” said Dr. David Michaels, in a speech earlier this month to the European Parliament Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.

 


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