DOT Awards Disaster Relief Funds to Transit Agencies
Forty projects will receive a total of $3.59 billion.
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Monthly archives: September, 2014
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23 SEP 14
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22 SEP 14
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Cut-Resistant Hand Protection: Busting the Myths
What’s a myth and what’s the truth when it comes to cut-resistant hand protection? You might be surprised. Protecting your employees from on-the-job hand injuries is hard when you’re faced with the plethora of misinformation, myths and misnomers surrounding personal protective equipment (PPE). Specifically, the misinformation surrounding cut-resistant gloves certainly exacerbate the issue. Content Classification:
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22 SEP 14
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The National Transportation Safety Board Seeks Lower Alcohol Limits, Finds Support from ASSE
The National Transportation Safety Board issued recommendations to tackle the problem of impaired driving. One of the most important recommendations, to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit to .05 percent, has received support from the American Society of Safety Engineers. In the past several decades, awareness of the dangers of alcohol-impaired driving has increased. However, alcohol-impaired
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22 SEP 14
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Condiment Maker Faces $235,000 in OSHA Fines
OSHA has cited Englewood, N.J.-based Supreme Oil Co.-South for 14 safety and health violations carrying $234,960 in total fines, the agency said. The fines stem from OSHA’s March inspection of the company’s Brundidge, Ala., facility. The agency initiated the inspection because of a complaint and to follow up on an inspection that it conducted in
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