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		<title>Michaels reflects on OSHA’s past accomplishments, future directions for 2013</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 05:15:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 4, 2013, Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health spoke at an OSHA Employees All-Hands Meeting where he recognized some of the agency&#8217;s successes over the past several years, and discussed its future directions for 2013. This past December marked Michaels&#8217; third anniversary of becoming Assistant Secretary of OSHA. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Training – Do what you do best, outsource the rest</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Dec 2012 03:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most companies know how tough it can be to develop, deliver and maintain training programs. They know training is a critical element of any company&#8217;s operations because it allows the company to maintain safety standards, implement new technologies and educate new employees. The challenge is how to provide cost-effective training when the priority is managing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Work-A Great Way to Control Your Comp Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/10/return-to-work-a-great-way-to-control-your-comp-dollars/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 08:51:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OCCU-TEC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of Summit, a Liberty Mutual Company Returning injured employees to work has become more and more important in controlling claims costs. However, it is easy to think that you don&#8217;t need a formal return-to-work program—until it&#8217;s too late. Dollars and sense No matter how safe a business strives to be, accidents can still happen. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Today is the day, New Designated Operator Requirements</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/08/today-is-the-day-new-designated-operator-requirements/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 09:18:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>golf</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On August 8, 2005, President Bush signed the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that requires everyone from clerks to senior management to receive some form of Designated Operator Training. This training must be completed on or before August 8, 2012. This law significantly affects all underground storage tank programs and will require major changes to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Two Firms Fined $199,800 for 30 Safety Violations at Missouri Plants</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/06/two-firms-fined-199800-for-30-safety-violations-at-missouri-plants/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 03:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skuli</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The violations involve deficient lockout/tagout procedures, a lack of machine guarding, defective slings, poor housekeeping, a lack of protective footwear, and failing to have legible load ratings on slings. OSHA has cited National Vinyl Products Inc. and subsidiary NVP Hospitality Design LLC, both located in St. Genevieve, Mo., with a total of 30 safety and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Union:  Police Officers on Capitol Hill Endangered by Recent Asbestos Abatement</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/05/union-police-officers-on-capitol-hill-endangered-by-recent-asbestos-abatement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 02:05:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Even under the nose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, unnecessary and dangerous exposure to asbestos still is occurring, leading directly to long-term health concerns now in Washington, D.C. The union representing Capitol police force filed an official complaint with the Office of Compliance for failing to warn or protect its officers from exposure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GHS is finally here…almost!</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/05/ghs-is-finally-here%e2%80%a6almost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OSHA’s recently published the final rule to adopt the Global Harmonization System (GHS), whichaccording to them will not change the framework and scope of the current Hazard CommunicationStandard (HCS) but will help ensure improved consistency in the classification and labeling of allworkplace chemicals. GHS provides a single set of harmonized criteria for classifying chemicalsaccording to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distracted Driving Report Claims Cell Phone Use Contributes to 24 Percent of All Crashes</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/04/distracted-driving-report-claims-cell-phone-use-contributes-to-24-percent-of-all-crashes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.occutec.com/2012/04/distracted-driving-report-claims-cell-phone-use-contributes-to-24-percent-of-all-crashes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:20:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OCCU-TEC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new report from the National Safety Council (NSC) estimates that 24 percent of all motor vehicle crashes involve cell phone use and outlines how advances in legislation, enforcement, technology, culture and corporate policies could help save lives and make the roads safer. The report, &#8220;State of the Nation of Cell Phone Distracted Driving,&#8221; was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New short videos from OSHA provide training to help inform workers on the proper use of respirators</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/04/new-short-videos-from-osha-provide-training-to-help-inform-workers-on-the-proper-use-of-respirators/</link>
		<comments>http://www.occutec.com/2012/04/new-short-videos-from-osha-provide-training-to-help-inform-workers-on-the-proper-use-of-respirators/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2012 04:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Skuli</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Workplace Safety]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On January 31, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Communications released a statement that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has posted a series of 17 videos to help workers learn about the proper use of respirators on the job. These short videos, nine in English and eight in Spanish, provide valuable [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Safety Leadership</title>
		<link>http://www.occutec.com/2012/03/the-importance-of-safety-leadership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.occutec.com/2012/03/the-importance-of-safety-leadership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 04:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>OCCU-TEC</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year, in the February issue of Safety+Health magazine, the National Safety Council features an article on CEOs Who “Get It.” This year’s honorees lead national and international organizations ranging in size from 90 to more than 100,000 employees. While they come from very diverse backgrounds and a variety of industries, they share certain traits [...]]]></description>
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