June 28, 2012
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Health & Safety Newsletter June 28, 2012 |
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OSHA and NIOSH issue hazard alert on ensuring workers in hydraulic fracturing operations have appropriate protections from silica exposure
The U.S. Department of Labor`s Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health today issued a hazard alert on ensuring that employers in hydraulic fracturing operations take appropriate steps to protect workers from silica exposure. Today`s action, which is taken after consultation with stakeholders, including industry, meets the Obama administration`s focus on ensuring that this important resource continues to be developed safely and responsibly. The hazard alert follows a cooperative study by NIOSH and industry partners ... | ||
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Health and safety pays, even in difficult times: EU-OSHA’s Annual Report 2011
In its latest annual report, the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work continues to argue for investment in workplace health and safety, for economic as well as ethical reasons. ‘Now more than ever we need to make the case for ‘good work’ in safe and healthy workplaces’, according to the head of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA). In her first annual report as director, Dr Christa Sedlatschek describes the new pressures to cut back on occupational safety and health (OSH) in a harsher economic climate; ‘for many companies, simply surviving ... | ||
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