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Read more →Industrial-service provider Shar-Craft Inc. is facing $82,090 in Cal/OSHA fines stemming from the agency’s investigation into a flash fire that burned an industrial painter inside a metal tank. On Dec. 17, 2013, the worker was spraying a flammable coating on the inside walls of a large steel tank when a fire was ignited by a
Read more →On Workers’ Memorial Day, OSHA launched an initiative to protect temporary workers. The agency sent a memorandum to regional administrators directing field inspectors to assess whether employers who use temporary workers are complying with their responsibilities under the Occupational Safety and Health Act. In recent months, OSHA has received a series of reports about temporary
Read more →As EHS Today‘s America’s Safest Companies program enters its 13th year, we thought it would be nice to look back at the past years’ winners. America’s Safest Companies recognizes organzations that achieve safety excellence through their: read more
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