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New Meth Lab Cleanup Certification Course Unveiled
Lakewood, CO - Interactive Occupational Training, Inc. (IOT), a leading provider of online and instructor-led occupational education in environmental, health and safety training, specializing in mold remediation training, recently announced the addition of a its Certified Meth Lab Clean-up Training course. This course is scheduled in classrooms throughout the United States and teaches companies ...
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First results from ENETOSH’s Joint Workshop on Mainstreaming OSH into Education
On the occasion of its 10th Anniversary, the European Network Education and Training in Occupational Safety and Health (ENETOSH) held the Joint Workshop on Mainstreaming OSH into Education: Sharing Knowledge for Global Prevention, on 15 – 16 October in Bilbao. The workshop was organised by ENETOSH, EU-OSHA, ILO, ISSA and NIOSH, and included the participation of 45 experts from four ...
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How to Become a Welder
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12 Chemifloc Employees Complete Occupational First Aid Course
12 Chemifloc employees have become qualified ‘first responders’ after successfully completing specialist training in Occupational First Aid as part of the company’s health and safety programme. The Chemifloc first responders team received comprehensive training in workplace first aid including cardiac response and the use of defibrillators. Fergal Gallagher, Health and Safety ...
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A Comprehensive Guide to Occupational Safety Training with OSHAOutreachCourses.com
In the pursuit of a safe and secure work environment, organizations must prioritize workplace safety training. At the forefront of occupational safety education stands OSHAOutreachCourses.com, an esteemed online platform dedicated to empowering individuals and businesses with comprehensive online safety training. With it expertise and a diverse array of specialized courses, workplaces can fortify ...
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Three Construction Workers Lose Their Lives after Entering Manhole
In 2015, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it had issued a final rule to increase protections for construction workers in confined spaces. The new rule provides construction workers with similar protections to those of employees from other industries who have had them for over 20 years. Tragically, three workers in Florida lost their lives last month ...
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The EI Group receives EPA accreditation to teach lead renovation course
The EPA’s new Lead Renovation, Repair, and Painting (RRP) rule takes effect April 22, 2010. The EI Group, (EI) has recently been approved by the EPA to provide this training in North Carolina, Virginia, and Kentucky. As of September 30, 2009, EPA has 66 accredited training providers nationwide.This new EPA rule is the result of a four-year long study showing that renovation work, including ...
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EPA to Provide Nearly $200,000 for Environmental Job Training in Puerto Rico
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Administrator Judith A. Enck announced that the EPA has selected a leading nonprofit organization, PathStone Corporation, to receive $192,300 to provide green job training in Puerto Rico. PathStone provides services to low-income families and economically distressed communities throughout Puerto Rico, as well as in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, ...
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Outsourcing safety? A growing trend, indeed
Emergencies at the workplace are unpredictable, whether it's an isolated incident or large scale disaster. That being the fact, you have little time to act, yet less margin for error. As an employer, you have the obligation to familiarize yourself with mandatory safety regulations; as an employee, you are exposed to hazards every day on the job.With that responsibility bearing on the shoulders of ...
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Former EPA fugitive sentenced to more than seven years in prison for asbestos training scam
The former owner of the country’s largest asbestos abatement training school was sentenced to prison today, after having fled the United States after her trial in November 2008. U.S. District Judge Nathaniel M. Gorton sentenced Albania Deleon, 41, formerly of Andover, Mass., to 87 months in prison to be followed by three years of supervised release. She was also ordered to pay more than ...
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Increasing Awareness and Stricter Law Enforcement Stimulates Fire and Safety Market in India
The growing economy as well as an expanding construction sector provides a strong platform for investments in the Indian fire and safety market. The increasing number of fire accidents across the country is also highlighting the need for better safety standards and equipments across end-user sectors, especially in government offices, schools, colleges, and public places such as railway stations ...
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Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress: Over 60 Organisations Across Europe Join EU-OSHA’s 2014–15 Campaign
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) announced the first wave of EU official campaign partners for its 2014–15 Campaign, Healthy Workplaces Manage Stress (#EUmanagestress). The campaign partners come from a variety of sectors across Europe and encompass employers’ and workers’ federations, technology platforms, non-governmental organisations and ...
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Resources for Businesses in Puerto Rico as OSHA Launches Program to Protect Workers from Indoor and Outdoor Heat Hazards
This spring, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) launched a National Emphasis Program (NEP) to protect millions of workers from heat illnesses and injuries. Through the program, OSHA is conducting heat-related workplace inspections before workers suffer completely preventable injuries, illnesses or even worse, fatalities. OSHA reports: Heat illness affects thousands of ...
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57 European organisations and companies join the EU-OSHA campaign on “Working together for risk prevention”
The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) today announced the first wave of official European campaign partners of its Healthy Workplaces Campaign 2012-2013, ‘Working together for risk prevention’. Among the 57 campaign partners is a wide range of organisations, including European social partners, both interprofessional and sectoral, multinational companies such as ...
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Iowa western community college to receive $200,000 in environmental workforce development and job training funds
Iowa Western Community College (IWCC) has been selected to receive $200,000 in workforce development and brownfields job training funds from EPA to train unemployed and underemployed residents in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and Omaha, Neb. IWCC is one of only 15 workforce development organizations in the nation to receive the funding this year. Its project will specifically serve residents of the ...
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Safety not only makes SENSE but DOLLARS too!
A safety preparedness program will prevent injury from occurring at your workplace. A safety preparedness program will save your company hours of logistical work and wasted aggravation. And last but not least, although safety is a money investment, your returns are almost guaranteed to save your company money in the long run. Since partnering with Legend Safety, many companies’ Experience ...
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Three new GRI Standards for Sustainability Reporting Come into Effect
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is an independent, international organization that helps businesses and other organizations take responsibility for their impacts, by providing them with the global common language to communicate those impacts. GRI Standards are the most widely used standards in the world for sustainability reporting. Under the Global Sustainability Standards Board (GSSB) ...
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Health and Safety Course Schedule for 2012 Announced by Affygility Solutions
Affygility Solutions is pleased to announce the release its 2012 occupational health and safety course schedule. "In response to customer demand, Affygility Solutions has expanded its occupational health and safety webinar offering for 2012," states Dean Calhoun, CIH, President and CEO of Affygility Solutions. "In addition to our popular Advanced Topics in Potent Compound Safety series, we are ...
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Health and Safety Awareness Training Now Available for Ontario Supervisors
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has developed an e-course to help Ontario supervisors learn about Ontario’s Occupational Health and Safety Act and how it affects their role as a supervisor. Under the new Occupational Health and Safety Awareness and Training regulation of the Occupational Health and Safety Act, which comes into force on July 1, 2014, all ...
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Academy Fellows as DGNB Consultants
The DGNB (German Sustainable Building Council) offers a modular training program for sustainable building design and its certification system. Upon completion of the course, the participants are eligible for the DGNB Consultant accreditation exam. In partnership, the DGNB and Transsolar made it possible for 27 internal and external colleagues to participate in the training and exam. Among them ...
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