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• Protecting the Public in Proximity to Construction Sites

  
  Construction Law Musings- Richmond, VA — Authority: 116
  For this week’s Guest Post Friday, Musings has the pleasure of welcoming Jan Thomas, President of Circle Safety & Health Consultants, LLC for her second Guest Post. Jan is an occupational safety and health professional with doctorate, over 30 years of experience at the federal, state and university levels, and ...
  3 days ago

• Mesothelioma fears lead to OSHA fines for Superior General Contracting

  
  Mesothelioma News — Authority: 140
  Superior General Contracting of Cheektowaga, New York has been cited for 10 alleged serious workplace health violations by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). The contractor is looking at $50,000 in fines related to a remodeling job site where workers were exposed to asbestos-containing pipe ...
  6 days ago

• Another Drummond Worker Dies on the Job

  
  Labor is Not a Commodity — Authority: 116
  Eva Seidelman, ILRF Program Assistant                          The La Loma coal mine owned by the Alabama based company, Drummond, is a major danger zone for workers. On October 30, 2009, yet another worker died on the job due to a work accident, the third death at a Drummmond owned-mine since ...
  1 week ago

• National Hearing Conservation Association Petitions OSHA to Lower Permissible Exposure Limits for Noise

  
  Industry PR — Authority: 116
  Westminster, CO ― November 2, 2009 ― Citing the fact that nearly 22 million American workers are exposed to hazardous noise on a daily basis and that occupational hearing loss continues to plague industry, the National Hearing Conservation Association ( NHCA ) has made a request to the Occupational Safety ...
  1 week ago

• BP fined $87 million by the U.S.

  
  Wide Trends — Authority: 139
  BP fined $87 million by the U.S. for failing to correct safety shortfalls at a Texas refinery after the 2005 explosion that killed 15 workers. OSHA this month rejected BP’s request for more time to comply with a settlement over the blast, which left 170 people injured. U.S. Occupational Safety and Health ...
  1 week ago

• BP fined record 87m for lifethreatening safety failings

  
  Family: News and advice on family matters children and parents — Authority: 974
  US safety watchdog says there are still 439 problems at BPs Texas refinery where blast four years ago killed 15.
  1 week ago

• OSHA fines BP a record $87M for Texas refinery fix

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 163
  The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday imposed a record $87 million fine against oil giant BP PLC for failing to correct safety hazards after a 2005 explosion killed 15 workers at its Texas City refinery.
  1 week ago

• Southwest Resources Announces Closing of Transaction With Duke Mining Company

  
  Mining Top News — Authority: 136
  Southwest Resources, Inc. announced that the Company has completed its purchase of the assets of Duke Mining Company Inc., (”Duke”) for the assumption of $823,706 of Duke’s outstanding debt and obligations. The assets purchased include the lease arrangement for the 640 acre mining claim in Utah and the ...
  1 week ago

• Record OSHA Fine Against BP Over Texas Refinery Explosion

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 915
  OSHA officials said the fine, more than four times the size of any previous sanction, was due to BP’s failure to fix safety hazards.
  1 week ago

• USCorp Gold and Silver Junior Exploration Mining Company Update

  
  Mining Top News — Authority: 136
  USCorp (OTCBB:USCS), updates shareholders and other interested individuals regarding its progress.Management is pursuing ongoing negotiations with a number of individuals representing various mining companies and has uploaded proprietary technical data to a secure website for viewing by industry professionals as ...
  1 week ago

• Lemon Law

  
  Long Healthy Families Life In Your Live — Authority: 110
  Image via WikipediaWhat is Lemon Law?The Lemon Law was made to protect consumers who purchased a new vehicle that unfortunately turns out to be defective in some ways. For reasons lost to antiquity, defective cars are known as “lemons”. Consumers all over the country may now seek either a replacement vehicle or a ...
  2 weeks ago

• Coffee Poisoning Struck 6 at Harvard

  
  Count Us Out — Authority: 149
  by Jennifer Levitz10/26/09Six Harvard University Medical School employees who became ill in August after drinking coffee from the same coffee machine were poisoned, according to university officials.In a letter to the medical-school community on Friday, officials said the coffee consumed by the employees has tested ...
  2 weeks ago

• Emergency Car Kits - An Overview

  
  used online cars blog — Authority: 110
  This is not one of my usual posts, but just a reminder that we should all be carrying an emergency kit in our cars for those unexpected breakdowns.  This is something we all know and agree on, but tend to think we have more than enough time to organize.  Remember, breakdowns happen when you least expect it so be ...
  2 weeks ago

• In Las Vegas, Workplace Safety Belatedly Scrutinized

  
  Understanding Government — Authority: 139
  The Wall Street Journal’s Melanie Trottman and Alexandra Berzon report that the Labor Dept. will step up its federal-state workplace safety programs: The action follows calls from unions and senior congressional Democrats — including Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada and U.S. Rep. George Miller of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dangerous Decisions introduces NIOSH Pocket Guide 1.0 for iPhone

  
  iPhone News at Desinformado.com | The Complete Source for iPhone News — Authority: 143
  Anchorage based Dangerous Decisions LLC today is proud to introduce the NIOSH Pocket Guide 1.0, their new chemical hazards database for iPhone and iPod touch. Designed specifically to take advantage of the iPhones interface, the NIOSH Pocket Guide gives safety professionals immediate access to crucial information on ...
  2 weeks ago

• OSHA Publishes Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Combustible Dust Hazards

  
  Washington Labor & Employment Wire — Authority: 119
  On October 21, 2009, OSHA published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to address the fire and explosion hazards related to combustible dust. The advanced notice includes requests for comments and information regarding the definition of combustible dust, hazard recognition, hazard assessment, hazard ...
  2 weeks ago

• English school fined £16,000 after pupil loses fingers in art lesson

  
  Net News Daily — Authority: 575
  A school has been fined £16,500 after a 16-year-old art pupil lost 8 of her fingers, after getting her hand stuck in a bucket of plaster of Paris. The Lincolnshire school have admitted breaking health and safety rules. The girl was making a cast of her hands, using plaster of Paris, in January 2007 when her hands ...
  3 weeks ago

• School Governing Bodies Reminded of Dangers of Using Hazardous Substances After a Student Was Left with Only Two Fingers

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  The U.K. Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning school governing bodies to ensure that correct risk assessments are undertaken and precautionary advice is issued when pupils are using hazardous substances. The advice comes after a 6th form student was left with only two fingers after using plaster of Paris to ...
  4 weeks ago

• The Speed Kills You: The Voice of Nebraska’s Meat Packing Workers

  
  Talking Union — Authority: 422
  Nebraska Appleseed recenlty  released a major study of meatpacking worker health and safety. The report surveyed 455 workers in five communities across Nebraska -one of the country’s largest meat producers – to assess work conditions from the perspective of the workers who live it every day. Almost ten years ...
  4 weeks ago

• Worker plummeted 130 feet in grain elevator accident

  
  JusticeNewsFlash.com | Legal News | Lawyer Press Release — Authority: 143
  Legal news for Michigan construction accident attorneys. A weld broke and caused two workers to fall. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) alerts Michigan construction accident lawyer-A fall while working on a grain elevator injured two workers. Grand Rapids, MI—Ionia County investigators believe a ...
  4 weeks ago

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