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Coastguards Assist Atlantic Rowers →
Falmouth Coastguard are assisting the Azores Coastguard with the search and rescue of two Swedish nationals aboard the rowing boat 2 Friends; which is taking part in the Woodvale Trans-Atlantic…
December 2011
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OSHA fines LaBolt, SD, Farmers grain company more... →
BISMARCK, N.D. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued LaBolt Farmers Grain Company, Inc. in LaBolt, S.D., 13 citations for exposing workers to…
OSHA cites Texas roofing contractor Martha M.... →
MADISON, Wis. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Martha M. Alvarez, a residential roofing contractor based in Houston, Texas, with six…
Stoker wishes you all a Merry Christmas and a... →
Global steel firm prosecuted after workers were... →
A global steel firm has been sentenced after two workers suffered major injuries when a warehouse door, weighing over 300 kilograms, collapsed on them.
The employees at Corus, which…
Council trips up on health and safety →
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Council trips up on health and safety
Amplify’d from www.cambridge-news.co.ukPaul Townsend and Jason Bonner checking the headstonesLaying wobbly headstones flat in case they fell on someone has caused an even greater hazard – tripping over them.Council workers were sent to Radwinter Road Cemetery, in Saffron Walden, to test headstones for safety and told to lay flat any “hazardous” ones – about 200 were affected.Read more...
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Santa Rosa Fire Department fined for unsafe roof...
Amplify’d from www.pressdemocrat.comSanta Rosa firefighter’s roof inspection draws safety fineSanta Rosa fire inspector Toby Rey, right, measures the placement of solar panels on a new home as Sunpower construction manager Jason Mueller watches on Aug. 3, 2011. The photo ran with a Page One story in The Press Democrat on Aug. 7.But local Cal-OSHA officials, who enforce workplace safety laws,...
OSHA reaches settlement with Wilmington, Mass.,... →
BOSTON – Wilmington masonry contractor NER Construction Management Inc. has agreed to pay $134,000 in penalties and take significant steps to protect its employees against fall hazards,…
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Young mother electrocuted as she mopped up water...
Amplify’d from www.dailymail.co.ukA catalogue of mistakes by workmen led to a young mother being killed after she was electrocuted while mopping up water at her home.Read more at www.dailymail.co.uk See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a1l0vq
The European Commission proposes to reduce vehicle... →
On Monday, the European Commission proposed to reduce noise produced by cars, vans, buses, coaches, light and heavy trucks. Noise limit values would be lowered in two steps of each 2 dB(A) for…
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