Albertas workplace safety prosecution record is drawing fire, as new numbers indicate significantly …
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Workplace Health and Safety
8 Steps Management Can Take to Prevent Workplace Violence
Injuries or deaths due to workplace violence can result in some of the most expensive workers …
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Australia Encourages Safe Work Practices With Large Fines
The Queensland Government (Australia) is urging employers to ensure safe work practices are in …
Australia Encourages Safe Work Practices With Large FinesRead More
Great Britain Report on Health and Safety
Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) recently welcomed the publication of Lord …
Employer Fined for Exposing Workers to Asbestos
The owner of a Welsh-based window and conservatory installation company has been fined for failing …
Safety Officials Meet in China to Promote Safety and Health Management
Several American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) members, occupational safety, health and …
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Welders in Canada Overexposed to Hazardous Fumes
A recent study out of Manitoba (Canada) has found that a large proportion of welders in the …
Study Shows Shift Workers Risk Higher Injury Rates
Researchers at the University of British Columbia say Canadians who work night and rotating shifts …
MSHA Issues 250 Citations in November Mine Inspections
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration recently announced that …
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Australia Files Proceedings against Employer in Mine Worker Death
Australias federal work health and safety regulator, Comcare, has launched Federal Court …
Australia Files Proceedings against Employer in Mine Worker DeathRead More
Researchers Ask What Ails Older Farmers To Detect Occupational Illness and Injury
Manitoba researchers have spent the last month or so seeking input from farmers 55 and older to …
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UK OSHA Improves Construction Safety Standards
Great Britain’s Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has signed an agreement with the Building …
Europe Health and Safety Program Proposed
Plans for a universal qualification and training framework for health and safety professionals …
Employer Modified Machine That Severed Employees Fingers
A worker in a Great Britain factory, manufacturing lids for food containers, had four fingers …
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OSHA Looking at Occupational Noise Exposure Standards
OSHA is proposing to issue an interpretation of the term "feasible administrative or …
OSHA Looking at Occupational Noise Exposure StandardsRead More
Survey Says Work Adversely Affecting Health of 25 Percent of European Workers
The first results of the fifth European Working Conditions Survey was presented recently by the …
Survey Says Work Adversely Affecting Health of 25 Percent of European WorkersRead More
Did Drug Manufacturer Contribute to Lab Technician Death
A drug manufacturer has pleaded not guilty to five charges in the death of a lab technician who …
Did Drug Manufacturer Contribute to Lab Technician DeathRead More
Washington State Workplace Deaths Decline
The federal Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its preliminary statistics for 2009, …
Forklift Carbon Monoxide Risk in Poorly Ventilated Areas
The New Zealand Department of Labour will visit 100 major hirers and sellers of forklifts within …
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Asbestos Fiber Exposure While Fitting CCTV Cameras
A Birmingham-based university in Great Britain has been fined, along with a security systems firm, …
