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Dozens of workers from the organization rallied in front of Olivet International Inc.

A jury awarded a former respiratory therapist at Corona Regional Medical Center a $514,000 award earlier this month, upholding the claim that he was fired for filing complaints over unsafe health care conditions and wage and hour violations at the facility.

Emergency workers were dispatched to the Tyson plant at Sixth and Prairie shortly after 8:30 a.m. Emporia Fire Battalion Chief Rich Gould says Tyson officials on site indicated up to 10 parts per million of ammonia were registered on company equipment, well below what's considered lethal at 300 parts per million.

A plant that processes wood into animal bedding faces more than $233,000 in federal fines for worker safety violations that risked explosion, fire, and injury, according to to the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health June 11, 2013, in Washington, D.C. NACOSH was established under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to advise the secretaries of labor and health and human services on occupational safety and health ... (more)

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration will hold a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health June 6, 2013, in Washington, D.C. FACOSH advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to the occupational safety and health of federal employees.

Mount Wachusett Community College is offering a summer business luncheon series on a variety of topics, including leadership, networking, technology and safety beginning in June and continuing through August.

A local concrete mixing facility was found to be clear of any workplace safety issues following an accidental death last year.

A revised risk management plan submitted by Whirlpool Corporation to the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality Tuesday has left residents and city directors dissatisfied with the company's plan for cleanup.

Federal regulators have slapped 22 citations and $60,200 in fines on two government contractors in a flash fire that erupted inside some insulation ductwork and severely burned three workers.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration ruled that an employee of Enercon Services working at a Kansas nuclear power plant was unlawfully terminated in retaliation for reporting unsafe working conditions.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration says that it might revisit the controversial standard for cranes and derricks for construction.

The Shelter Island Fire District got a "qualified" opinion on its financials from its auditors, treasurer Amber Williams told commissioners Monday night.

State regulators have fined Alta Bates Summit Medical Center in Oakland $142,970 for not properly isolating nearly two dozen patients suspected of having tuberculosis.

The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued seven "serious" violations and one "other-than-serious" violation against Palermo Villa Inc., a Milwaukee frozen pizza firm.

A construction worker from Lancaster County was killed in a fall early this morning at a Northampton County farm, Pennsylvania State Police said.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a three-day training event for federal agency staff responsible for keeping federal workers safe and healthy on the job.

A Monro Muffler Brake store is facing $221,100 in fines for "willful, repeat and serious" safety violations, including exposed electrical wires next to a toilet paper dispenser, according to the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

There's more bad news this week surrounding the closest nuclear reactor to Kansas City after regulators determined that a contractor for the Wolf Creek Generating Station was fired in retaliation for calling out unsafe practices there.

Unsafe spray finishing operations, including flammable liquids and paint booth hazards, are among the violations that have landed a screen printing company in hot water with federal regulators.