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OCCU-TEC Blog

Workplace Safety (4)

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Michaels reflects on OSHA’s past accomplishments, future directions for 2013

On February 4, 2013, Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health spoke at an OSHA Employees All-Hands Meeting where he...

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Two Firms Fined $199,800 for 30 Safety Violations at Missouri Plants

The violations involve deficient lockout/tagout procedures, a lack of machine guarding, defective slings, poor housekeeping, a lack of protective...

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Union: Police Officers on Capitol Hill Endangered by Recent Asbestos Abatement

Even under the nose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, unnecessary and dangerous exposure to asbestos still is occurring,...

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GHS is finally here…almost!

OSHA’s recently published the final rule to adopt the Global Harmonization System (GHS), whichaccording to them will not change the framework and...

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Distracted Driving Report Claims Cell Phone Use Contributes to 24 Percent of All Crashes

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...

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New short videos from OSHA provide training to help inform workers on the proper use of respirators

On January 31, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Communications released a statement that the Occupational Safety and Health...

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The Importance of Safety Leadership

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...

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Accident Investigations Made Easy

Some companies use the term “Circle of Prevention” when following the Plan, Do, Check, Act model for their safety and heath programs. As safety is...

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New OSHA videos Provide Training On Proper Use Of Respirators

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recently posted a series of 17 videos to help workers learn about the proper use of...

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Workplace Safety Tied To Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss

The American Academy of Audiology estimates there are upwards of 5 million, perhaps as many as 30 million Americans occupationally exposed to noise...

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