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In response to recent requests from advocacy organizations
and individuals to issue regulations that would limit the work hours of
resident physicians, OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels acknowledged
that long working hours and worker fatigue is a safety concern not only
for medical residents, but for employees in other industries as
well.
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On Sept. 3, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to
revise regulations covering the agency’s On-site Consultation Program.
The changes will provide the agency greater flexibility for inspecting
worksites that are undergoing an on-site consultation visit and those
that are granted Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program
(SHARP) status, as well as ensure enhanced worker safety.
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Can investing in employee health improve the bottom line by
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new and better tools for measuring employee productivity, according to
an article in the September Journal of Occupational and Environmental
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On Sept. 1, OSHA fined Whitesell Corp. $3,071,500 and cited
the company with 72 safety and health violations for exposing workers to
amputation hazards and other problems at its manufacturing plants in
Tuscumbia and Muscle Shoals, Ala.
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Workers’ compensation payments for medical care and cash
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$57.6 billion in 2008, according to a study released Sept. 9 by the
National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI). For the first time, medical
benefits accounted for over half (50.4 percent) of all benefits
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On Sept. 1, the American Industrial Hygiene Association
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in Beijing, China. As a signatory, AIHA supports the declaration in the
implementation of core principles and encourages other individuals,
organizations and agencies to join the movement in its efforts to
promote the health and safety of work environments
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1. Before I do a routine job, I
a. assume I know the safe work practices to follow.
b. sometimes review the safe work practices.
c. review the safe work practices.
d. don't think about the safe work practices to follow.
2. I "see safety"
a. when management makes it an issue.
b. whenever an unsafe situation occurs.
c. in every situation, safe or unsafe, on and off the job.
d. when I’m looking specifically for unsafe situations.
3. When I see a potentially unsafe situation, I
a. tell someone to correct it immediately.
b. find out who is responsible and make sure he or she knows I am
unhappy.
c. correct it, then write it up.
d. correct it as needed and talk with the people responsible for
the unsafe situation about working safely.
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