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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, known as a champion of workers’
rights and a proponent of healthcare reform, died August 25 at age 77
after a hard-fought battle with cancer.
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Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, who passed away August 25 at age 77,
began his career in the Senate in 1962, eventually authoring more than
2,500 bills. Of those bills, several hundred have become public law.
From 1973 to 2009, 552 items cosponsored by Senator Kennedy became
public law (for bills introduced prior to 1973, Senate records do not
list cosponsors).
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At the Aug. 24 opening general session of the 25th Annual
National Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association Inc.
(VPPPA) Conference in San Antonio, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor
for OSHA Jordan Barab talked about finding a path that will preserve the
best of the VPP program while addressing the challenges OSHA faces based
on budget constraints and a focus on enforcement.
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Two Buffalo, N.Y., firefighters lost their lives in the early
morning hours of Aug. 24 while fighting a three-alarm fire in a
convenience store. According to reports, Lieutenant Charles (Chip)
McCarthy and firefighter Jonathan Croom were attempting to save a person
believed to be trapped inside the building when the floor collapsed and
they fell into the basement.
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According to the preliminary Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
fatal occupational injuries findings released Aug. 20, 5,071 fatal work
injuries occurred in 2008, representing a 10 percent decline from the
5,657 fatal injuries recorded in 2007.
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has
released a new guidance designed to help employers prepare now for the
impact that seasonal and 2009 H1N1 influenza could have this fall and
winter on their employees and operations.
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On August 17, Tony Anschutz began a solo, 2-month,
16,000-mile motorcycle adventure to raise awareness about the dangers of
cell phone use while driving – a behavior that causes 636,000 crashes
and 2,600 deaths annually, according to the National Safety Council
(NSC).
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 New Regulations from Homeland Security:
Affecting Thousands of Companies
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Time: 2:00 p.m. EDT (GMT - 04:00, New York)
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A new set of chemical compliance regulations has been
implemented by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This
will affect thousands of companies of all sizes, in nearly every
industry. Site security plans are needed, and non-compliance can
cost $25,000 in fines per day. If your company deals with any
chemicals that may be of interest to terrorists, learn about the new
regulations by attending this webcast on Sept. 1 — produced by
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The Casella Tuff Pro models feature versatile programmability to allow
the user to set a fixed duration run, a TWA style run to spread a
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Safety Test Solutions' NBM-550 & 520 Broadband Field Meters are
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provide the broadest frequency coverage of electric and magnetic fields,
allowing you to perform accurate surveys of industrial, medical or
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software to simplify generation of reports. For a limited time you can
trade in your old survey system and upgrade to the NBM-550 and probes
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Shipping Lithium Batteries? Learn the Critical
Regulatory Requirements!
Due to the high hazards associated with lithium batteries; it is
critical that battery shippers know their compliance responsibilities.
Registration for Lion Technology's Shipping Lithium Batteries
live web seminar on September 15th includes downloadable
regulations and references, plus certification of "function-specific"
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The 7 Deadly Sins of BBS: How to Guarantee Union
Resistance
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009
Time: 2:00 p.m. ET / 11:00 a.m. PT
Sponsored by: ProAct Safety
There are many processes called Behavior-Based Safety, or something
similar, and unions oppose most of them. When you examine union
resistance to BBS, you find seven common objections. How did
this opposition start, why is it not resolved, and what can you do
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