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$683,000 Fine to Mueller Industries Due to Safety Hazards

» by Marco January 26th, 2010 at 11:12 am » Comments (3)

OSHA has proposed $683,000 fine to Mueller Industries subsidiaries for allegedly exposing its employees to safety and health hazards.
The company received a total of 128 citations. OSHA has given them 15 days to contest these violations.
The investigation started after a worker of Mueller Copper Tube was killed and two other employees were injured when a [...]



WORK HAZARDS RESULT IN FATALITIES

» by Marco January 20th, 2010 at 11:20 am » Comments (0)

The past week has seen several work hazards prove fatal to 3 workers in their respective worksites in Colorado and Florida.
In Broomfield, Colorado, an electrical worked was killed Friday. North Metro Fire Rescue officials said the boom lift he was working in gave way. The worker, along with a co-worker was putting up an electrical [...]



Haiti Struck by 7.0 Quake

» by Marco January 13th, 2010 at 10:11 am » Comments (0)

Our prayers, sympathies and support go out to the people of Haiti.

Toll Free
For Americans seeking information about family members in Haiti.

1-888-407-4747

For donations you can visit the following sites:

Americares
Doctors without Borders
UNICEF
World Food Programme

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Two New Respirator Videos and the Case of California’s Respirator Recall

» by Gina January 11th, 2010 at 1:22 pm » Comments (0)

You can now watch two new videos on respirators and facemasks on the US Department of Labor’s YouTube site.  Respirator Safety which runs around nine minutes contains general instructions on how to properly put on and take off certain types of respirators.  It advises that specific instructions must be consulted from the manufacturer’s manual.  The [...]



NIOSH Going Green Workshop

» by Marco January 4th, 2010 at 2:41 pm » Comments (3)

Last Dec. 16, 2009, newly appointed Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels spoke at NIOSH’s Making Green Jobs Safe: Integrating Occupational Safety and Health into Green and Sustainability. The conference was held in Washington, D.C. Dr.
Michaels stressed out that green jobs cannot be good jobs unless they’re safe jobs. [...]