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Preventing Heat Injuries and Illness for Workers
Seeded on Thu May 19, 2011 9:19 AM EDT (OSHA.gov)
HEAT ILLNESS CAN BE DEADLY. Every year, thousands of workers become sick from exposure to heat, and some even die. These illnesses and deaths are preventable.
Map of hand-held cellphone bans
Seeded on Tue May 17, 2011 3:53 PM EDT (IIHS.org)
Texting and driving is a serious hazard. Take a look at this map of the US that shows what states have texting bans.
North Ala. nuclear plant cited for safety by NRC
Tue May 10, 2011 11:07 AM EDT
Federal regulators ordered an in-depth inspection Tuesday at a nuclear power plant run by the Tennessee Valley Authority in northern Alabama after deciding the failure of an emergency cooling system there could have been a serious safety problem.
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Panel to focus on deadly truck, bus accidents
Tue May 10, 2011 3:07 AM EDT
On a clear June afternoon, a tractor-trailer truck crested a small rise on a stretch of interstate highway in Oklahoma. Plainly visible in the distance were more than a dozen cars and trucks that had stopped while a fender-bender was being cleared.
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April 28 is Workers Memorial Day: 4,340 Killed on the Job; Job Safety Laws 'Must Be Strengthened'
Seeded on Wed Apr 27, 2011 2:25 PM EDT (AFL-CIO News)
Forty years after the passage of the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), "there is much more work to be done….The job safety laws must be strengthened," finds the 2011 AFL-CIO annual job safety report "Death on the Job," released this morning to commemorate Wo …
Government issues mandatory rules for toddler beds
Thu Apr 14, 2011 8:04 PM EDT
The government has approved new mandatory safety rules for toddler beds.
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Lawmakers seek studies for Calif. nuclear plants
Thu Apr 14, 2011 7:27 PM EDT
California lawmakers kept up the pressure Thursday for a harder look at earthquake safety at the two nuclear power plants in the state, questioning why federal regulators won't halt relicensing work until new seismic maps are completed.
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The data they don't want you to see - product safety - MSN Money
Seeded on Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:50 PM EDT (MSN)
once again we see that republicans are against public safety
Feds investigate safety of hair-smoothing product
Tue Apr 12, 2011 3:11 PM EDT
Federal safety regulators say a popular hair smoothing treatment called Brazilian Blowout can release unsafe levels of the chemical formaldehyde, posing a risk to hair salon workers and their customers.
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Govt begins new push to improve hospital safety
Tue Apr 12, 2011 12:20 PM EDT
Federal health officials are beginning a new push to improve hospital safety — aiming to save 60,000 lives over the next three years and save money at the same time.
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