After a long period of declining rates, the prevalence of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis (CWP) is on the rise, and coal miners are developing CWP at relatively young ages.
OSHA has cited Buffalo Recycling Enterprises LLC for 15 alleged violations of workplace health and safety standards following an Oct. 7, 2010, incident in which an employee's arm was severely lacerated when it became caught in a conveyor belt that activated while he was trying to clear a paper jam.
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Labor Secretary Hilda L. Solis will announce today a national outreach initiative by OSHA to educate workers and their employers about the hazards of working outdoors in the heat, and steps needed to prevent heat-related illnesses.
Solar power was the top choice of Americans who were asked what they would prefer as a supplier of their home electricity, according to an IBOPE Zogby Earth Day poll.
A consumer advocacy group is petitioning the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban the use of medical latex gloves and gloves that have cornstarch powder on them, charging that they pose a serious threat to patients and health care workers.
OSHA has cited wind turbine blade manufacturer LM Wind Power Blades Inc. in Grand Forks, formerly LM Glasfiber Inc., with 11 alleged health and safety violations for exposing workers to unsafe conditions following an OSHA inspection that began in October 2010.
A new regional emphasis program focused on reducing the number of needlestick and sharps injuries has OSHA focusing special attention on ambulatory surgical care centers, freestanding emergency care clinics and primary care medical clinics in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.
The death of an employee who was crushed by a 1500-lb. steel frame led to an OSHA investigation of Don Park USA LP, which ended with 42 safety and health violations against the Georgia-based sheet metal fabricator.
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