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On Jan. 25, OSHA announced that it has temporarily withdrawn
its proposal to restore a column for work-related musculoskeletal
disorders (MSD) on employer injury and illness logs, citing concerns
from small businesses. Some safety stakeholders, however, expressed
disappointment over the withdrawal.
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EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an
agreement in which Hovensa LLC, owner of the second largest petroleum
refinery in the United States, to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.3
million and spend more than $700 million in new pollution controls that
will help protect public health and resolve Clean Air Act violations at
its St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands refinery.
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Employees with myocardial infarction (heart attack) and other
types of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a major source of direct and
indirect health costs, reports a study in the January Journal of
Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
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OSHA has fined Haasbach LLC in Mount Carroll and Hillsdale
Elevator Co. in Geneseo and Annawan, Ill., following the deaths of three
workers, including two teenagers. The workers were killed when they
suffocated after being engulfed by grain. Total fines total nearly $1.4
million.
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OSHA recently revised its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on
Microwave Popcorn Processing Plants in an effort to help minimize or
eliminate worker exposure to the hazards associated with microwave
popcorn manufacturing.
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On Jan. 19, OSHA withdrew its proposal to revise the
interpretation of its noise standard, a decision based in part on
concerns surrounding the proposal’s associated costs and other
resource requirements. While OSHA pledged to seek other approaches to
abate workplace noise hazards, several stakeholders spoke up about the
withdrawal and its impact on worker safety.
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A partnership between Kansas State University and Mercy
Regional Health Center is ready to provide medical care oversight and
occupational health response plans for high profile biosecurity
laboratories in Manhattan, Kan.
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The
Appleton CartMover™ can move just about anything on wheels
or casters weighing thousands of pounds. Compact and battery powered,
the Appleton CartMover™ also features rugged steel frame
construction. A risk free trial is also available. Learn
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The
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Apple
Mobile Medical Onsite Services
• Provides onsite medical surveillance testing to ensure OSHA
compliance.
• Utilizing Occupational Health Management software to generate
employee reports that are provided to companies for enhancing the
accuracy of their OSHA record keeping compliance program.
• Developing and providing training programs to enhance workplace
health and safety.
• Developing and implementing health awareness and wellness
programs.
• Apple Mobile Medical provides services to over 800 public and
private companies with 20+ years of experience in Occupational Medicine.
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Tarca® Crane Systems
Gorbel's Tarca® Crane Systems are ideal for safe, efficient overhead
handling of loads up to 5 ton. Straight rails results in easy,
predictable, cost effective installations, plus the raised tread track
provides durability and superior safety. Learn
more about why Tarca® systems are superior to I-Beam cranes.
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Multi-Man Mobile Fall Arrest Cart
The COBRA LIFELINK™ Multi-Man cart provides a secure tie-off
anchorage for multiple workers exposed to fall-from-height hazards.
Cobra Lifelink provides OSHA compliant fall arrest for three workers and
fall restraint for 2 more, simultaneously. Cart is easy to roll around
the job site as work progresses. No anchorage to the substrate is
required. System works on a wide variety of substrates.
• In a fall arrest event, the Cobra Claw is instantly activated,
holding the cart secure.
• Cart can also carry generators, compressors or an additional job
box.
• Certified compliance with OSHA regulation 1926.502(d).
Call 763-694-2614. Learn more.
–Garlock Safety Systems
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