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2015OSHA’s FREE WORKPLACE POSTER
Go to this website to download your free OSHA poster today: https://www.osha.gov/Publications/poster.html Job Safety and Health: It’s the Law ♦ What is the OSHA poster and why do I need it? The OSHA Job Safety and Health: It’s the Law poster, available for free from OSHA, informs workers of their rights under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. All covered employers are required to display…
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2015Safety Goes Beyond at Merrillville Expo
MERRILLVILLE–An OSHA 30 instructor for the Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio Regional Council of Carpenters, Jennifer Jakubielski was intrigued Wednesday by a saw that stops automatically upon contact with skin. She said carpenters use table saws and it’s not uncommon for some of them to remove the guards for convenience sake, a move that could result in injuries to the fingers and hand. “I urge my students…
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20155 steps to boost safety and avoid OSHA citations
You’re doing all you can to improve employee training, awareness, and engagement. But are these the things that are really going to bring your incident numbers down? Keep reading to learn what an occupational safety and health lawyer recommends. Attorney Valerie Butera, an OSHA specialist with the national law firm Epstein Becker Green, notes that while it’s impossible to mitigate against every conceivable workplace hazard,…
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2015McDonald’s Burns Prompt Investigation
According to a BBC News report, OSHA officials have launched an investigation into McDonald’s after 28 employees in 19 different cities said they suffered injuries due to hazardous equipment and poor safety standards. Some workers have said they had been told to treat their injuries with condiments, such as mustard and mayonnaise, rather than medical cream. The company could potentially face fines of up to…
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2015Making Safety Count: Effective Training for the Workplace
Too often and for too many employees, mandatory training is seen as a bother or inconvenience that disrupts a busy workday and results in work piling up. At the end of the training, the employee downloads the digital certification, turns it in and gets back to the job at hand. But what if the training is on workplace safety? Do we really want…
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2015Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Recalled for Possible Metal Pieces
Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling approximately 242,000 cases of select code dates and manufacturing codes of its Original flavor of Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner due to the possibility that some boxes may contain small pieces of metal. The recalled product is limited to the 7.25-oz. size of the Original flavor of boxed dinner with the “Best When Used By” dates of Sept. 18,…
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2015GOP-sponsored bill aims to clarify wellness program incentives
Washington – Republican leaders on March 2 introduced legislation that they hope will clarify employers’ rights to offer incentives to workers participating in wellness programs. Under a provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, employers can discount health insurance premiums by as much as 50 percent for workers who maintain healthy lifestyle choices, such as having a healthy cholesterol level or not smoking….
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2015Why some workers make poor safety decisions
Why’d he do that? Ever find yourself thinking that after an incident or near-miss at your workplace? Here’s a factor that should be considered in any root-cause analysis. A new study shows shift workers have more attention deficit and are more impulsive compared to daytime workers. The study followed 206 nurses at one facility – some working daytime and the others working nighttime shifts. The…
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2015Ohio State Lands $578,000 in Grants to Study Workplace Safety
Ohio State University will study how to improve workplace safety under three grants totaling $578,000 that it’s been awarded by the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation and Board of Regents. Administrator Steve Buehrer says the grants allow the bureau to expand on its expertise in accident prevention research into occupational safety and health issues. He said the awards will support research into innovative ways …to…
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2015Did Hollywood Sacrifice Safety for the Perfect Shot
Hollywood is closely watching a small courthouse in Georgia where jury selection gets underway in a manslaughter trial. Camera assistant Sarah Jones, 27, died during the shooting of an Allman Brothers biopic. The verdict could mark a historic turning point for show business, reports CBS News correspondent John Blackstone. Richard and Elizabeth Jones have spent the past year trying to get Hollywood to pay attention…