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26 Apr 2018, 9:40 am
May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month as authorities look to remind motorists to watch for riders, and riders to put safety first, as the summer riding season begins. [read post]
21 Oct 2022, 3:00 am
Presumption for Public Safety Employees One of the most important ways that Maryland workers’ comp laws benefit police officers, fire fighters, and paramedics is through the legal presumption on certain occupational diseases. [read post]
2 Jun 2008, 12:35 pm
Although it is certainly too early to cast blame, if any, for this past Friday’s fatal crane collapse on the East Side, with the Manhattan district attorney's office having opened a criminal investigation into the collapse, the death and injuries sustained in the accident is perhaps just the lastest example of why the Occupational Safety and Health Act, the primary federal worker-safety law in the United States, is in need of more powerful enforcement… [read post]
22 Oct 2010, 10:16 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSHAct) was passed to create safety standards to keep workers from being seriously harmed or killed from unnecessary workplace hazards. [read post]
28 Apr 2009, 5:00 am
In its annual report on workplace safety, The Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) has detailed the high rate of death, injury, and disease which Massachusetts workers continue to suffer. [read post]
18 Apr 2008, 2:47 pm
The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety says that occupant protection provided by midsized cars during side impact collisions is getting better, but passenger protection during rear-end collisions continues to be poor or marginal. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 8:42 am
On November 18, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a final rule “revising and updating its general industry standards on walking-working surfaces to prevent and reduce workplace slips, trips, and falls, as well as other injuries and fatalities associated with walking-working surface hazards. [read post]
26 Mar 2011, 4:00 am
See: Knowns and unknowns on burden of disease due to chemicals: a systematic review Environmental Health 2011, 10:9 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-10-9Related articlesA Nuclear Workers' Compensation Disaster (workers-compensation.blogspot.com) Breast Cancer Presumed Occupational Illness (workers-compensation.blogspot.com) US Lacks a Census of Occupational Illness and Disease (workers-compensation.blogspot.com) NIOSH Focuses On Safety of Nanotechnology… [read post]
15 Feb 2017, 5:47 am
Every year, The Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR), the National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) are joining forces to launch a national construction fall prevention campaign. [read post]
16 Jun 2021, 11:18 am
This week, the revised California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) COVID-19 workplace safety rules saga may finally be coming to an end. [read post]
30 Jun 2022, 2:00 pm
Some ships feel crowded at full occupancy. [read post]
15 Mar 2012, 8:28 am
On February 28, 2012, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) confirmed allegations that the United States Postal Service retaliated against a Seattle safety specialist who advised a co-worker to file a safety complaint. [read post]
24 Mar 2012, 12:50 pm
In a new memo sent to Occupational Safety and Health Administration regional administrators and whistleblower program managers, OSHA Deputy Assistant Secretary Richard E. [read post]
9 Oct 2013, 5:30 am
Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently cited seven Trade Fair Supermarkets stores in Queens, New York for 40 violations of workplace safety standards. [read post]
7 Jun 2013, 5:30 am
Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited Texfab Inc. with 11 alleged serious and a pair of other-than-serious violations for exposing workers to falls and other workplace hazards at its manufacturing plant on Link Drive in Navasota. [read post]
15 May 2009, 10:05 pm
Jordan Barab, whose passionate criticism of business at the occupational-health blog Confined Space made a big impression, has been named to the No. 2 spot at OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.... [read post]
29 Sep 2010, 3:32 pm
The Department of Labor (DOL) is not happy with Division of Occupational Safety and Health, otherwise known as Cal/OSHA, according to a recent article in the Los Angeles Times. [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 6:08 am
Even though an employee “won” his safety-retaliation case under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after his employer failed to […] [read post]
14 Jul 2015, 6:08 am
Even though an employee “won” his safety-retaliation case under the Occupational Health and Safety Act after his employer failed to […] [read post]
5 Dec 2011, 2:41 pm
Grain silo and other employers should review safety practices and compliance for compliance with these and all other standards and to address other potential safety risks to minimize OSHA and other occupational injury related liabilities. [read post]
