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Federal agents posing as workers have completed an undercover
investigation of the Department of Labor (DOL) that has resulted in
claims that the department frequently mishandles serious worker
complaints, placing many workers at risk. The outcome of the
investigation is detailed in a new report from the Government
Accountability Office (GAO) that found DOL mishandled nine out of the 10
cases included in the undercover operation.
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In its newly published guidance document, Assigned Protection
Factors (APF), OSHA provides employers with vital information for
selecting respirators for workers exposed to contaminants in the
air.
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Posit Science, the brain fitness company, and auto insurer
Allstate began working together 6 months ago in a groundbreaking program
to determine whether brain fitness exercise software could be deployed
to improve driver safety.
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In the aftermath of the tragic Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
fire that took 146 lives in New York City in 1911, the modern workplace
safety movement began with the founding of the American Society of
Safety Engineers (ASSE) later that year. To commemorate this important
event, the Des Plaines, IL- based ASSE announced today that it is moving
forward in planning its centennial celebration in 2011.
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In an act to further education surrounding the safe handling
of hazardous drug exposure in the health care setting, April 2009 has
been declared the first-ever National Safe Handling Awareness Month,
with April 20 becoming the first National Safe Handling Awareness
Day.
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A federal program designed to help metropolitan public health
agencies prepare to deliver essential medicines to the public after a
large-scale bioterror attack or natural disease outbreak has succeeded
in improving the level of readiness, according to a new RAND Corp.
study.
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Researchers from the National Center for Vermiculite and
Asbestos-Related Cancers (NCVAC) outlined new radiographic approaches
that may aid in the detection and diagnosis of asbestos-related lung
disease at the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization's annual
conference on March 28.
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