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Sliding-scale proposal for civil damages resulting from construction fatalities, injuries draws ire of trades

BD+C

A New York City Council proposal that would mandate a sliding-scale system be used when awarding civil damages for construction-related injuries or fatalities has drawn fire from two prominent unions.

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Alberta Injury Rates 10 Times Higher Than Reported

Safety Services Company

A fact sheet recently released by the Parkland Institute, a non-partisan public policy re search institute in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta, states that the Alberta Government is understating the numbers of workplace injuries that occur each year.

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OSHA Awards $10.6 Million in Safety, Health Grants

Construction Equipment

OSHA awarded $10,687,000 through the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program to 78 nonprofit organizations, including community- and faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor-management associations, and colleges and universities.

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OSHA Alert: How to Prepare for an OSHA Inspection

FDR Safety

The representative, ideally the Safety and Health Director or Manager or someone in upper management, should be well-versed in OSHA standards applicable to the business, health and safety conditions of the workplace under inspection, location of required records to be kept under OSHA (e.g. Always exercise this right.

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OSHA Testing Can Reduce Employer Liability, Saves Companies Money

Construction Law Monitor

million workers suffer serious injury or illness related to their jobs, according to a white paper published by Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor (OSHA).While While it’s not possible to prevent every accident, the need to promote safety in the workplace is obvious.

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Surviving an OSHA Inspection

Safety Services Company

These investigations are typically triggered by an accident at the workplace, an employee complaint or an OSHA initiated industry specific safety blitz. If a company has a union representative they also take part in the investigation. Each year OSHA conducts around 50,000 workplace inspections.

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PlantWorx 2013 taster

Digger Blog

Across the European Union Stage IIIB emissions regulations are soon to take effect for engines above 37kW. Within the modular Prolec Safety Controller, core software in the integral PME system processes sensor data to model exact positional references. The Kohler KDI engine is available in three-cylinder 1.9 litre and four-cylinder 2.5

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