QuickTakes 04/02/2015
OSHA QuickTakes for 04/02/2015:
- April is National Workplace Violence Prevention Month: OSHA updates guidance for healthcare and social services
- 2015 National Safety Stand-Down in construction launches soon!
- OSHA finds violations in investigation of explosion at Alabama-based US Steel Corp. that killed two workers, severely burned another
- Illinois recycling facility fined more than $366K for repeatedly exposing workers to machine, fall and confined space hazards
- Chicago plant risks safety of permanent and temporary workers by repeatedly ignoring amputation hazards
- New York dinnerware maker faces $108,000 in fines for exposing workers to fall, fire and other hazards
- Union Pacific Railroad ordered to pay locomotive engineer $350K in damages after disciplining worker who reported injury
- OSHA and NIOSH release bulletin on preventing green tobacco sickness
- Ebola and Infectious Disease Symposium held in Dallas/Fort-Worth Area
- OSHA works with the Office of Rural and Farmworker Housing to reach Native Americans in Northwest
- MIOSHA signs partnership to protect workers during State Emergency Operations Center Project
- Indiana project manager urges companies to think beyond compliance
- OSHA seeks membership nominations for Whistleblower Protection Advisory Committee
- New bilingual resources available
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