1. Workers Dead, Injured After Blast at N.C. ConAgra Foods Facility

An explosion rocked a ConAgra Foods facility in Garner, N.C. around 11:30 a.m. on June 9, killing two workers and sending more than 40 workers to local hospitals, four of them with critical burns. Four fighters were sent to the hospital after they inhaled ammonia, which is used at the facility as a refrigerant.

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2. Seven Steps You Can Take to Stop Workers' Compensation Fraud

Every successful business has a combination of formal and informal procedures and processes that give it the ability to serve its customers efficiently and cost effectively. Without those procedures, businesses close their doors. However, when it comes to workers' compensation fraud, too many businesses, particularly smaller ones, take a hands off approach and look to the insurance company to handle anything that falls in the workers' compensation bucket.

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3. Researcher: UK's Occupational Safety Agency Asleep at the Wheel for Shiftworkers

Andrew Watterson, a professor at the University of Stirling, says that the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), the agency in the U.K. that regulates occupational safety and health, is short-shifting an estimated 3.5 million shiftworkers because its employees do not work outside of normal business hours.

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4. Sustainable Development Reflects Cause and Effect in Business

Sustainable development is more than a greening trend and instead reflects the core ways of making decisions, according to keynote speaker Edward L. Quevedo, JD, at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) in Toronto.

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5. Historical Perspectives Tour Gives Students Insight to Workplace Dangers

Students and faculty from six colleges and universities will travel through 150 years of history and cover more than 1,100 miles to explore the hazards faced by workers in industries that fueled America’s industrial dominance during the 20th century in the 4th annual Historical Perspectives Tour.

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6. ILO: Economic Crisis Increases Risk of Girls Becoming Child Laborers

The global financial crisis could push an increasing number of children, particularly girls, into child labor, according to a new report issued by the International Labour Office (ILO) for the World Day Against Child Labour on June 12.

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7. Loss Leader: Employees Dump 924 Pounds in Wellness Weight Loss Challenge

When Arthur Middleton Capital Holdings Inc. held a luncheon to honor employees, it was a good bet that the meal featured healthy food choices, since the event honored the hard work and efforts of 132 associates who took part in the company’s weight-loss challenge.

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Quest Technologies - Air Quality Quiz

Welcome to Quest Technologies Air Quality Quiz!
Test Your AQ Knowledge with the Quest Technologies Air Quality Quiz!
Entries with a 100% score are automatically entered into a drawing for a $50 MasterCard Gift Card! Here's a sneak peek at questions 5&6.

5. The air circulating inside of the average home is just as polluted as the air outside.
a. True
b. False
c. 98%
d. 38%

6. What is calculated based upon the following formula: (Actual Vapor Density / Saturation Vapor Density) X 100%
a. Dewpoint
b. Room Air Exchange
c. Relative Humidity
d. Thermodynamics

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