Occupational safety and health

Occupational safety and health (OSH) also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) or workplace health and safety (WHS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include to foster a safe and healthy work environment. OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment. In the United States the term occupational health and safety is referred to as occupational health and occupational and non-occupational safety and includes safety for activities outside work.

In common-law jurisdictions, employers have a common law duty to take reasonable care for the safety of their employees. Statute law may build upon this to impose additional general duties, introduce specific duties and create government bodies with powers to regulate workplace safety issues: details of this will vary from jurisdiction to jurisdiction.

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SCCI, SSCTA host safety culture workshop

Nation 19 Feb 2019

Occupational Health and Safety Inspector Tina Hoarau, who is also the owner of SSCTA, facilitated the two-hour long session with a presentation on safety culture and explanations as to why it is of utmost importance in the workplace....

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EVA penalized for failing to protect flight attendants

Taipei Times 19 Feb 2019

The office concluded that the airline contravened the Occupational Safety and Health Act (職業安全衛生法) and Regulations Governing the Installation of Occupational Safety and Health Facilities (職業安全衛生設施規則) when it failed to implement preventive measures to safeguard cabin crew members from harm....

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Imbus, Harold "Bud"

News & Record 19 Feb 2019

He stayed at the university and was an assistant professor of occupational medicine. In 1963 he joined a practice of occupational medicine in Marion, OH ... He served on the National Advisory Committee of the US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and also was advisor to the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health....

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Niosh going all out to create awareness on safety, health at workplaces

The Star 19 Feb 2019

MELAKA. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Niosh) is going all out to improve safety and health at workplaces, says the body's deputy chairman K. Gunasegaran ... ....

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Tractor safety classes offered in Cayuga County

Finger Lakes Times 19 Feb 2019

The Hazardous Occupation in Agricultural Law requires that youth ages 14 to 16 must have at least 24 hours of tractor safety and maintenance instruction in order to drive a tractor on a farm other than that owned by their parents....

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Grand Canyon Radiation Cover-Up Revealed as Email Claims Visitors Were Exposed to Uranium for Decades

Newsweek 19 Feb 2019

In an email to Park Service employees sent on February 4, Stephenson warned those who had been in the building between 2000 and June 18 2018 could have been “exposed” to uranium according to the definition given by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the safe limits set by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission....

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Grand Canyon visitors may have been exposed to radioactive material for two decades

Quartz 19 Feb 2019

... park safety manager ... They were then rediscovered inside the museum in November 2018, according to AZ Central, when they set off geiger counters brought by US Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors who arrived to follow up on a report filed by Stephenson....

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Unions: Poor conditions plague fire stations throughout the state

Boston Herald 19 Feb 2019

... safety fears and hurt morale ... Charlie Baker last year that enforces standards created in the Occupational Safety and Health Act for all state and local government workers, took affect Feb ... Some stations, where firefighters both live and work, have real safety concerns, he said....

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Feds fine ‘MacGyver’ production company over injured stunt coordinator

Atlanta Journal 19 Feb 2019

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration announced the  on Tuesday for the incident that happening while filming the CBS show “MacGyver.”....

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Woodstock advances short-term rental ordinance

Atlanta Journal 19 Feb 2019

It requires a property owner to obtain a home-occupation license for the business, allows safety and welfare inspections if necessary, protects neighbors and requires the payment of hotel/motel taxes. It also requires a homeowners association to provide a statement that it allows short-term rentals, staff said ... Most read ... ....

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Family of man killed at construction site: 'Our hearts are shattered'

The Salem News 19 Feb 2019

SALEM — The funeral for a construction worker from North Attleboro killed Friday at a Salem condo site will be held Saturday ... Investigators from the Salem and state police as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration are investigating. Efforts to reach those investigators were unsuccessful Monday ... In the end the damage was too great ... ....

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Allegations that milk sold by Fonterra in Sri Lanka contains animal fats are 'baseless' - official

TVNZ 19 Feb 2019

Allegations that milk sold by New Zealand company Fonterra contains animal fats are baseless, the Deputy Director General for Environmental Health, Occupational Health and Food Safety at Sri Lanka's Health Ministry Dr Lakshman Gamlath said ... He also stated there were no pigs in New Zealand from where the alleged fats could have originated ... ....

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Labor Unrest Is Erupting on Honduran Plantations

truthout 19 Feb 2019

Labor Department investigators also uncovered 18 occupational safety violations in 2007, including “failure to provide personal protective equipment and access to potable water and failure to report [occupational safety] incidents to the proper authorities.” More ......