The proposed rulemaking would require improved worker protection from tripping, slipping, and falling hazards on walking and working surfaces.
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The proposed rulemaking would require improved worker protection from tripping, slipping, and falling hazards on walking and working surfaces. Continue reading OSHA Proposes New Worker Protection Rulemaking In the aftermath of the recent fatal incidents this month, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis issued the following statement on Workers Memorial Day, April 28, 2010. Continue reading This Day in Workplace History: Workers Memorial Day The recent death of Yale graduate student Annie Le and the subsequent arrest of lab technician Raymond J. Clark III — who is alleged to have murdered her — has thrust the topic of workplace violence back into the national headlines. Continue reading Facility Managers and Workplace Violence Prevention A report from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that workplace-related fatalities fell by 10 percent in 2008. Last year there were 5,071 fatal work injuries in the U.S., down from 5,657 deaths in 2007. The new fatality figure represents the smallest total since the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries program was initiated in 1992. The new rate is 3.6 fatal work injuries per 100,000 full-time workers, down from 4 fatal work injuries per 100,000 last year. Continue reading Workplace Deaths Decline, but Suicides on the Rise Earlier this month, Tyson Foods Inc. was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Arkansas to pay the maximum fine for willfully violating worker safety regulations that led to a worker’s death in its River Valley Animal Foods (RVAF) plant in Texarkana, AR. Continue reading Tyson Foods Sentenced to Pay Fine for OSHA Violation That Led to Worker Death |
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