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• OSHA Directive Addresses Flu Prevention for Healthcare Workers

  
  Facility Blog — Authority: 430
  OSHA issued a compliance directive on 11/20/09 to ensure uniform procedures when conducting inspections to identify and minimize or eliminate high to very high risk occupational exposures for healthcare workers to the 2009 H1N1 influenza A virus. by HeidiTFM
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• Proposed $88,200 Fine Against O’Connell For Arc Flash Injury

  
  The Safety Blog — Authority: 108
  This article was written by Safety Consultants with Safety Services Company , we provide Construction, Manufacturing, and General Industry Safety Programs to over 100,000 clients across the United States and Canada. For more information on a custom safety program for your company, please contact us by clicking here ...
  2 days ago

• Dirty Jobs Star Mike Rowe Says, Safety .... Third

  
  Kate O'Hare's Hot Cuppa TV — Authority: 461
  Todays cuppa: Mystic Monk Decaf Chocolate Mint Coffee (just for the flavor, then chased with full-caf office coffee) As any fan of Discovery Channels "Dirty Jobs" knows, Mike Rowe has his own view of the world and is not afraid to ruffle feathers (of course, hes willing to do a lot more to farm animals than ...
  2 days ago

• Apple voids Applecare warranty for smokers!

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 444
  Apple has been accused of voiding two customers Applecare warranty because their Macs were used by smokers. Apple says its worried about the health and safety of its technicians, but in IT Blogwatch , bloggers roll up that argument and set fire to it. (AAPL) read more
  3 days ago

• Calls for Participation: The Gift Shop

  
  Hankblog — Authority: 128
  Friday, a new installation opened in The Gift Shop. Claire Cowie, Jason Hirata, and Sol Hashemi collaborated on The Gift Shop Presents: Presents. “Anyone who wants to participate can make a gift, place it in the gallery, and choose one to take home. The gift exchange will continue during the Henry’s ...
  4 days ago

• Smoking May Void Your Mac Warranty

  
  Gadget News and Reviews — Authority: 165
  We all know that smoking is poor for health, but it seems that it might plus be poor for your Macbook or iMac. Reports are going around that 2 customers have been denied warranty repairs to their MacBook and iMac by Apple, despite both having extended AppleCare warranties. The reason behind it is that the machines ...
  4 days ago

• The Atlas of Gifted Ideas / call for participation

  
  best of — Authority: 133
  image via The Atlas of Gifted Ideas An atlas is usually a collection of maps, charts and tables, most commonly of the earth’s geography, but there are also atlases of the solar system, moons and planets and things further out. In the end, an atlas is a collection of visual material and text on any subject ...
  4 days ago

• Smoking Can Void Your AppleCare Warranty

  
  Tech-Ex — Authority: 481
  Smoking can be hazardous to your health, but it can also be hazardous to your Mac, apparently, to the point that it will void your warranty. That information comes from two readers of The Consumerist , but in reality, it all makes sense. Has anyone looked at the walls of a long-term smokers house? I have, in ...
  4 days ago

• Avoid Pitfalls of fileing OSHA Reporting Form 300 and Workers Comp C-2 in NY

  
  Workers Comp Kit Blog — Authority: 141
  NEW YORK:   Avoidable Pitfalls In New York ,  an  OSHA Form 300 must be completed whenever an Employer’s Report of Injury (C-2) is filed with the Work Comp Board. This is due to the fact that the threshold reporting requirements are identical for each form. A recent GAO  report claims that employers ...
  6 days ago

• GAO Reports Workplace Injuries Are Underreported

  
  Safe Workplace and Safety News — Authority: 115
  Enhancing OSHA’s Records Audit Process Could Improve the Accuracy of Worker Injury and Illness Data Read more about this in the Las Vegas Sun What The GAO Found: The Department Of Labor verifies some of the workplace injury and illness data it collects from employers through OSHA’s audits of employers’ ...
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• Employers, Doctors Intentionally Under Reporting Workplace Injuries and Illnesses

  
  Facility Blog — Authority: 430
  New report from the GAO confirms that Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA statistics do not reflect the real risk employees face from workplace hazards. by HeidiTFM
  6 days ago

• Senate Committee Rubberstamps Left-Wing Ideologue to Head Powerful OSHA Agency Despite His Anti-Gun and Pro-Junk-Science Views

  
  OpenMarket.org — Authority: 641
  David Michaels, a left-wing ideologue who supports junk science and seeks to restrict gun possession, has been approved by the Senate Health Committee to head the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Only two committee members, both Republicans, voted against Michaels. The vote occurred ...
  1 week ago

• Advocacy group: OSHA falls down on the job

  
  Covering Health — Authority: 478
  Kirsten Stade, advocacy director for Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility , writes on The Hill ’s Congress Blog that the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration has turned a blind eye to widespread underreporting of workplace safety violations . Stade says that OSHA “accepts without ...
  1 week ago

• Emergency training -- okay so its boring -- until it saves a life

  
  Thoughts from Training Time — Authority: 104
  Lets face it...none of us probably wants to even attend an emergency preparedness or emergency response training session. Its usually pretty dry stuff, it may involve give mouth-to-mouth to a plastic mannequin missing its limbs, and it probably will keep you away from that pile of work thats already overdue. Theres ...
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• TAKE ACTION: Companies Kill 16 Workers A Day

  
  Progressive News Daily — Authority: 162
  by Robert Greenwald Brave New Films Under existing laws, these employers get a slap on the wrist, or walk away scot-free. Meanwhile, workers who blow the whistle face threats and retaliation at the workplace. It is time to change the feeble and antiquated rules that fail to protect workers on the job. WATCH THIS ...
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• Machine Guards Used in Industrial Work Environments

  
  World News — Authority: 463
  In an industrial work environment, three basic types of machine guards are used which are vitally important for the protection of the workers. Serious injuries, such as loss of fingers and toes, injuries to sensory organs such as eyes or ears, or getting arms and hands crushed, can happen if machine guards are not ...
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• Asbestos Awareness by SafetyInstruction.com

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  www.safetyinstruction.com The SafetyInstruction.com ”Asbestos Awareness” Regulatory Compliance Kit has been created specifically to educate employees about the dangers of working with materials that may contain Asbestos. In August of 1994, OSHA issued 29 CFR 1910.1101, ”Occupational Exposure to Asbestos.” This ...
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• Asbestos Awareness by SafetyInstruction.com

  
  Peoples-Blog: Mesothelioma & Asbestos Cancer — Authority: 144
  www.safetyinstruction.com The SafetyInstruction.com ”Asbestos Awareness” Regulatory Compliance Kit has been created specifically to educate employees about the dangers of working with materials that may contain Asbestos. In August of 1994, OSHA issued 29 CFR 1910.1101, ”Occupational Exposure to Asbestos.” This ...
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• Employers Pressure Doctors, Workers to Stay Mum on Workplace Injuries

  
  AFL-CIO NOW BLOG — Authority: 666
  More than two-thirds of injured or sick workers in a recent survey feared employer discipline or even losing their jobs if their injuries were reported, a new study from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) revealed today. The GAO surveyed more than 1,000 occupational health practitioners and found: More ...
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• 16 Deaths Per Day

  
  POLITICAL TRUTH-THE BLOG THAT ROCKS — Authority: 132
  
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