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NIOSH issues safety how-tos for home healthcare workers

February 20, 2012

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is making available a series of bulletins designed to help home health care workers stay safe and healthy on the job.

CSB asks for $11 million+ for 2013

February 17, 2012

The Chemical Safety Board says its fy 2013 budget request will allow it to complete open investigations and hire some new investigators.

Publix Supermarket worker's hand amputated; company cited

Publix had same lockout/tagout violation in 2008

February 17, 2012

Publix Supermarkets Inc. has been cited by the OSHA for 16 safety and health violations at its Jacksonville, FL distribution facility in Jacksonville after receiving a complaint in September that a worker's hand was amputated while cleaning conveyor equipment.

Revised Acetylene Standard to take effect March 5

February 16, 2012

OSHA's direct final rule revising the Acetylene Standard for general industry goes into effect March 5.

New ANSI standard helps secure campus safety

February 10, 2012

Nearly five years after the deadly shootings at Virginia Tech in April 2007, colleges and universities across the nation face the continued challenge of assessing and mitigating threats posed by unexpected emergencies and natural disasters.

CDC issues guidelines for lab safety culture

February 9, 2012

The guidelines include recommendations for a culture of safety, laboratory design and architectural planning, risk assessment and more.

OSHA cites grain company after 2 teenage workers suffer leg amputations

February 9, 2012

OSHA has cited Zaloudek Grain Co. with four serious safety violations following an incident involving two 17-year-olds.

Infomercial hair straightening product busted for formaldehyde

Stylists didn't know about formaldehyde gas, didn't take precautions

February 5, 2012

California Attorney General Kamala D. Harris reached a settlement with the manufacturer of Brazilian Blowout hair straightening products that will require the company to warn California consumers and hair stylists that two of its most popular hair smoothing products emit formaldehyde gas.

Gunpowder plant owner indicted for manslaughter in worker fatalities

February 3, 2012

A grand jury convened in Coos County, N.H., has indicted Craig Sanborn, owner of gunpowder manufacturer Black Mag LLC, for manslaughter and negligent homicide as a result of a deadly 2010 explosion that took the lives of two workers at the company's Colebrook, N.H., worksite.

MSHA's Main: Mining is safer, but...

February 3, 2012

Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety and Health Joseph Main gave the mining industry credit for its role in the overall improvement in the compliance level at mines across the country, but said bringing all mines into compliance should be the goal of the entire industry.