January 15, 2010
Gramophone from Crestock Stock Image
Back in the 1970's when I was a child my family owned quite a few music records. Each one stamped into vinyl plastic and subject to damage from the very device that was used to play back our cherished music. Worse yet the records themselves where subject to heat, dust, and high humidity. All of these env...
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December 14, 2009
Weekly summary of industrial deaths and catastrophes for the United States.
FY 2010 Weekly Summary (Federal data tabulated Nov 23-27, 2009)*
FATALITIES
Region Reporting
Company and Location
Date of Incident
Preliminary Description of Incident
3
Bradens Towing & Collision, Wheeling, WV 26003
11/17/2009
Worker was pe...
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October 13, 2009
Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab announced a proposed rule to align OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (hazcom standard) with provisions of the United Nations "Globally Harmonized System" of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS) as “first step in an aggressive regulatory agenda” said Barab. The proposed rul...
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October 8, 2009
National Emphasis Programs (NEP) are the tool used by OSHA to focus on a particular area of concern for more in-depth inspections and enforcement activities if required. OSHA is currently concerned with the possibility of injuries and illnesses being under reported in American Industry.
The accurate and honest recordkeeping of injury statistics ...
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September 29, 2009
Welcome to the course on emergency action plans brought to you by SafetyMoment.net. In this course we will review the OSHA regulations as they relate to the basic needs of emergency response and planning in the work place. There are many standards and codes that apply to emergency response in the USA depending each on specific sites business activi...
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