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ANSI B11 and risk assessment: The best kept secret in safety

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national standards dealing with the safety requirements for general industry machines. Risk assessment, or RA for short, will guide you in the application of feasible risk reduction controls. Importantly, RA (especially Task Based Risk Assessment) is a powerful offensive and defensive tool to ward off potential OSHA citations.

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IMPROVING INDOOR AIR QUALITY

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If you’re an employer dealing with poor IAQ, then what you want is solutions, so let’s get to the meat of it: The approach to managing poor IAQ is really the same as any other workplace hazard solution in that it comes down to the hierarchy of controls.

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Germ of an Idea

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The focus of the work at Plum Island shifted from offense to defense after 1975. The General Services Administration and the Department of Homeland Security (current landlord of Plum Island) say they’ve got a deal for you. In 1957, the Defense Department gave W.R.

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Everyday Employee Safety

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Putting it in writing has value in legal proceedings, in employment matters, in dealings with other government agencies and recording your progress toward achieving a safe, healthful workplace. The quality and level of training may become an issue in contested legal cases where a defense of unpreventable employee misconduct is raised.

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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3 in Aerospace/Defense Industry Leaders, no. TEF: MEGA “DEAL-CLOSING” FUND. His approval is required for every incentive grant handed out by the Texas Enterprise Fund, The governor likes to call the TEF his “deal-closing” program, enabling Texas to compete with incentives offered by other states, on a project-by-project basis.

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Common Sense Workplace Safety

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Putting things in writing has value in legal proceedings, in employment matters, in dealings with other government agencies, and recording the progress toward achieving a safe, healthful workplace. May become an issue in legal cases where a defense of unpreventable employee misconduct is raised. The Quality of Training.

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COVER STORY: 2013 Business Facilities Rankings Report – Metro And Global Rankings

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Jindal said the company is examining the feasibility of additional Louisiana projects that would bring the total new capital investment at its sites in the state to $1.2 We beat Ohio State, MIT and Georgia Tech, which is a big deal for us.”. billion over 10 years. The EU’s 28 nations must decide by Dec.

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