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The Department of Labor (DOL) on Aug. 31 officially withdrew
the controversial risk assessment rule that critics claimed could
jeopardize worker safety by delaying rulemaking on occupational exposure
to toxins and chemicals.
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The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology
(PCAST) recently released a report that indicates as many as 90,000
people - mostly children and young adults - could die from the H1N1 flu
virus if it re-emerges this fall. While that number seems high, people
are being reminded that approximately 40,000 deaths annually are
attributed to seasonal flu.
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New York contractors too often ignore regulations designed to
make construction sites safer, and workers pay the cost with their limbs
and lives, claims Steven J. Schwartzapfel, a New York personal injury
attorney.
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The national construction fatality rate declined 47 percent
and the number of recordable safety incidents dropped 38 percent since
the federal government switched to a safety oversight approach known as
"collaborative safety" in 1998, according to an analysis of federal
safety data released by the Associated General Contractors of America
(AGC).
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On August 31, A 51-year-old worker was killed when he fell
from a forklift, striking his head on the floor inside Super-Dog Pet
Food Co. warehouse in Taunton, Mass. It appears that the worker was not
using an operator restraint system. This was the third workplace death
in a week in the commonwealth.
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Persistent job insecurity poses a major threat to worker
health, according to a new study published in the September issue of
Social Science and Medicine.
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On Sept. 1, Illinois became the newest state to receive
approval from OSHA to administer its own occupational safety and health
plan for public employees in the state.
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