Latest OHS News
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- QC Software's Plan for Building a Culture of Safety in the Warehouse
<p>To eliminate work hazards, companies need to build a culture of safety. This means safety is a priority for everyone who works at the warehouse or distribution facility.</p> - Brazilian Blowout's Unethical Style Cheats Women, Sparks Petition
<p>The search for the ultimate straightening formula for curly, untamed locks finally arrived on an eagerly awaited market.</p> - Elevator explosion sends one to hospital
<p>Federal inspectors were on the scene in Arlington on Thursday after a grain elevator explosion sent a worker to a Wichita hospital burn unit with serious injuries.</p> - Teamsters Fight Against Reckless Push To Allow Heavier, Bigger Trucks
<p>"Many Teamsters drive for a living and they know up close the dangers involved if the size and weight of commercial trucks on our highways are increased," Hoffa said.</p> - OSHA will hold meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health
<p>The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health February 22-23, 2012, in Washington, D.C. MACOSH advises Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr.</p> - For NATE, Safety Always Comes First
<p>When you're hundreds of feet in the air working on an exposed structure, attached merely by your hands and perhaps a cloth or metal hanger, there should be only a few things on your mind.</p> - Wyoming Digest
<p>Wyoming has fined a construction company $13,500 for an oil facility explosion that killed three workers last summer.</p> - Work to Resume at Collapsed Portion of Casino
<p>Crews are on site today bracing restricted areas and preparing for demolition which is expected to begin Friday morning.</p> - Casino site gets cleanup OK
<p>FOXSports.com's Jon Morosi is reporting via Twitter that right-handed pitcher Wirfin Obispo, a former Nippon Ham Fighters teammate of Yu Darvish, has signed... Note: There is a print link embedded within this post, please visit this post to print it.</p> - Crews scheduled to clear casino accident area Friday
<p>Cincinnati's casino developer and construction team have received approval from the city to clear a 60' by 60' section of the casino floor that collapsed last week.</p> - OSHA reduces Ogren Construction's fines in Levoy collapse
<p>MILLVILLE - The fine that the Ogren Construction company was required to pay the Occupational Safety and Health Administration for two violations during the Levoy Theater collapse have been downgraded substantially.</p> - Roanoke elementary school investigated by OSHA
<p>OSHA is continuing its investigation into Highland Park Elementary School in <a href="http://www.topix.com/city/roanoke-va" class="xref">Roanoke</a> for potential unsafe working conditions involving lead based paint.</p> - Monroe's Vertis Communications cited for OSHA violations
<p>Vertis Communications, 28 Engelhard Drive, continues to come under scrutiny by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.</p> - No combustible dust rules from OSHA any time soon
<p>New safety rules will not be approved any time soon even though they could prevent accidents like the ones last year at a Tennessee metal powders plant, where fireballs fueled by iron dust contributed to five deaths.</p> - Plant Cited in Fire Fought by Worker
<p>Federal safety authorities have cited a New York metal finishing plant where an employee was burned while trying to put out a fire in September.</p> - OSHA rules are killing businesses, Wichita builders say
<p>Logan Turner works on the roof of a home under construction in Andover on Wednesday.</p> - Basalite receives state safety certificate
<p>Hailing it as a class with 'as good a skill as we've brought in here,' and identifying a few... After two weeks of voting by you the fan, the results for the Best of 2012 Metromix Reno awards are... Basalite, a Reno concrete and masonry company, has completed the Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program offered by the Safety Consultation ... (more)</p> - Study: California Workplace Safety Program Only Superficially Enforced
<p>That revelation comes from Santa Monica, Calif.-based think tank RAND Corp., which recently released a study evaluating the California Injury and Illness Prevention Program.</p> - DA Warns Businesses of New State Law Banning Synthetic Drug Sales
<p>Designer Drugs San Diego County's district attorney and sheriff Tuesday announced letters are being sent to nearly 100 businesses, warning of criminal or civil penalties if they ignore a new state law banning the sale of synthetic drugs, including an increasingly popular and dangerous drug known as "bath salts." "We're taking this action to let ... (more)</p> - Teamsters, safety advocates oppose higher truck weight limit bill
<p>Auto safety advocates, members of Congress and the head of the 1.4-million member International Brotherhood of Teamsters union said Wednesday they oppose a GOP plan to allow much heavier trucks on the nation's roads.</p>








