E-Cigarette Sparks Fire on American Flight
No one was hurt on the flight, which made an emergency landing in Arkansas.
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Monthly archives: December, 2016
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18 DEC 16
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17 DEC 16
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DOL Announces Final Rule to Help Diversify Workforce
The goal is to broaden career opportunities in registered apprenticeships for under-represented groups.
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16 DEC 16
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‘We Know How to Prevent These Deaths’: Perez Responds to CFOI Numbers
Fatal exposures to electricity were down in 2015, but fatalities due to exposure to temperature extremes rose, while occupational deaths from nonmedical use of drugs or alcohol, unintentional overdose, increased 45 percent in 2015 to 165, and there were 136 workers who died in incidents associated with confined spaces in 2015.
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16 DEC 16
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Labor Secretary Perez: ‘Moral Responsibility’ to Provide Safe Workpaces
Fatal injuries are at the highest rate since 2008, and 25 percent are related to motor vehicle incidents. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) today released the National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries for 2015, with many statistics trending up, rather than down. The occupation with the most fatalities was tractor-trailer or heavy truck
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