In This
Issue:
1.) OSHA Boasts
Enforcement Figures for FY 2007
2.) Safety:
Between a 'Roc' and a Hard Place
3.) OSHA Proposes
Updating Shipyard Employment Standards
4.) Become A Safety
Leader
5.) Obesity
Linked to Job Absenteeism, Study Says
6.) NIOSH
Report: Prison Computer Recycling Plant Plagued with Heavy
Metals
7.) Chronicling
OSHA in 2007: An Overview
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5.) Obesity Linked to Job Absenteeism, Study
Says
A recent study suggests that issues related to obesity and morbid
obesity go far beyond the waistline. The health conditions also are
associated with increased rates of work absenteeism, with estimated
costs of $4.3 billion per year in the United States.
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6.) NIOSH Report: Prison Computer Recycling
Plant Plagued with Heavy Metals
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
officials recently found that staff and inmates working at a prison
industry computer recycling plant are being exposed to concentrations of
lead and cadmium far above permissible limits, according to a report
released by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER).
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