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15 hrs ago | Clover Herald

Judge orders settlement meeting in Cintas case

Cintas Corp. and the widow of a former employee who is suing the company will have another chance to settle her 2007 wrongful death lawsuit against the nation's largest uniform supplier.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Cintas, Amalia, NM, Environmental Law, Law

Fri Nov 20, 2009

Hotels

Hotel room cleaners suffering on the job; Study finds high rate of...

The Toronto Star November 20, 2009 Friday GTA; Pg. GT01 570 words Hotel room cleaners suffering on the job; Study finds high rate of injury among staff of mostly immigrants Nicholas Keung, Toronto Star Filomena Canedo has been a hotel housekeeper in Toronto for 17 years, changing sheets, lifting heavy mattresses, vacuuming carpets, pushing carts of ...

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Related Topix: Travel/Tourism

Mississippi Business Journal

OSHA promises quick response to report

WASHINGTON a ' The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has received the Government Accountability Office's report on the under-reporting of workplace injuries and illnesses and OSHA's audit process.

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KXMA-TV Dickinson

OSHA to investigate construction death

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration area office in Bismarck, N.D., says it will investigate a death at a construction site in southeastern South Dakota.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Kent Conrad, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Bismarck, ND

Thu Nov 19, 2009

South Metro

Ammonia leak investigation focusing on trucker training

A Rosemount fertilizer plant remained shut down Wednesday while investigators probed an industrial accident that killed an Oklahoma truck driver and critically injured another as they loaded anhydrous ammonia on Monday.

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Related Topix: Truckers, Rosemount, MN, Environmental Law, Law

Kansas City Star

Shopper safety: OSHA urging retailers to step up Black Friday precautions

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and other retailers are being told by the government to take greater precautions with their Black Friday shopping events to avoid a repeat of last year, when a worker was trampled by customers.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Retail, Law, Wal Mart Stores, Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving

Fox 24

Robins Group Named Star Site

A group at Robins Air Force Base gets some positive attention from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Related Topix: US Military, Robins Air Force Base, US Air Force

Wed Nov 18, 2009

KFOR-TV Oklahoma City

2 Vici men die after oil rig accident involving crane in Elk City; OSHA investigating

An oil rig accident involving a crane has killed two Vici men who worked for an Oklahoma City-based company.

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Related Topix: Elk City, OK, Environmental Law, Law

Safety Online

Molex Offers Safety Program To Electrical Safety Industry For...

Molex Incorporated announces its safety program training series, "Working Together for a Safer Workplace", that aims at educating electrical and safety engineers, electricians and maintenance personal and electrical contractors to common electrical safety hazards, as well as providing a safety audit of the worksite and safety information from the ...

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Related Topix: Electronics, Molex, Environmental Law, Law

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Osha.gov

Cave-in hazard in downtown Boston trench leads to $33,700 in US Labor Department OSHA fines for Hyde Park, Mass., contractor

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited P. Gioioso & Sons Inc.

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Related Topix: Boston, MA

The Seattle Times

Killer's death sentence restored

Posting loss : The Postal Service reported a net loss of $3.8 billion for the 2009 fiscal year, about $1 billion more than the previous year.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Indie, US Politics, US News, US Senate, Patty Murray, Democrat, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, California

Mon Nov 16, 2009

SF Gate

Report: OSHA should improve safety checks

Congressional investigators say the agency in charge of workplace safety needs to do a better job of making sure employers keep accurate records on worker injuries and illnesses.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

The Advocate

Coshocton company one in growing field of crime-scene cleaners

NEWARK -- Few people would want to scrub dried blood off mattresses and walls after a homicide, but it's just another day at the office for Ron Lillibridge.

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Related Topix: Newark, OH, Coshocton, OH, Scott, OH

Sat Nov 14, 2009

KMBC

1 Killed In Downtown Construction Accident

One worker was killed and another worker was injured Tuesday afternoon in a crane accident at the construction site of the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas City police said.

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KSL TV

Silver Eagle Refinery to temporarily shut down

The Silver Eagle Refinery is temporarily shutting down because of findings by the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board after the Nov.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

AFLCIO.org

'16 Deaths Per Day' Highlights Weak Penalties for Worker Fatalities

Every day, 16 workers go to work and don't come home. They are killed on the job.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Environmental Law

Fri Nov 13, 2009

Middletown Journal

OSHA fines AK Steel $7,000

AK Steel Corp. has received two serious citations and was fined more than $7,000 by OSHA in connection with an incident where a worker was severely burned when he fell into a pit of hot water at Middletown Works.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law, Steel, AK Steel Holding, Mining, Middletown, OH

Albany Times Union

Cranesville Scotia plant faces $509K in OSHA fines

Citing "willful, repeat and serious violations" of workplace safety and health regulations, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed fines totaling $509,000 against the Scotia Bag Plant of Cranesville Aggregate Co.

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Martinsburg Journal

Guardian employee is killed

A longtime employee of the Guardian Fiberglass insulation plant near Inwood died Thursday morning after an industrial accident.

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Related Topix: Inwood, WV

Thu Nov 12, 2009

NBC Action News

1 Hurt, 1 Killed at Downtown Arts Center

Police say a 35-year-old Lee's Summit man is dead and a 30-year-old man from Grain Valley was critically injured after they fell about 100 feet at a downtown construction site.

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Related Topix: Kansas City, MO, Environmental Law, Law

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