Vic: Union rally demands improved safety at road work sites

AAP General News (Australia);  February 12, 2003 ;     116 words ......rally demands improved safety at road work sites Hundreds of road workers will rally outside...demanding improved traffic controls at road work sites. Up to 500 road construction workers...controllers want a police presence at work sites to improve safety for road gangs. They'...

OSHA targets work sites.(Brief Article)

IIE Solutions;  July 1, 2000 ;     256 words ......employer-reported data from a 1998 survey of 80,000 work sites. The work sites identified had eight or more injuries and illnesses...workers during that period. By targeting high-hazard work sites, we're placing our resources where they are most...

U.S. to Propose Smoking Ban at All Work Sites ; Labor Secretary Reich to...

The Washington Post;  March 25, 1994 ;     536 words ......restrictions would apply to all indoor work sites. Department officials confirmed that...improve the overall quality of air at work sites in response to the so-called "sick building...The District has banned smoking in most work sites except in designated areas, and Maryland...

Fed: AFPC to visit work sites to determine min wages

AAP General News (Australia);  June 1, 2006 ;     183 words ......Australia) 06-01-2006 Fed: AFPC to visit work sites to determine min wages CANBERRA, June...Australian Fair Pay Commission will visit work sites to meet with low paid workers as part...stake in the process. "I want to go on to work sites and actually meet people who are low...

Thieves are stripping copper from Greenbush Police say over $50,000 stolen...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  November 22, 2006 ;     271 words ......significant amount" stolen from Weymouth work sites, the MBTA is seeing similar thefts elsewhere...been told to improve security around the work sites overnight, and transit police have been...O'Connor asked residents living near the work sites to watch for suspicious late-night ...

Work sites play fears; Construction site dangers.

Birmingham Evening Mail (England);  July 28, 2000 ;     157 words ......parents and young people out there to think twice before treating work sites as playgrounds. It could result in a tragic accident.' Optima...serious action' against anyone found acting irresponsibly around work sites. poppy_brady@mrn.co.uk

Work sites play fears ; Construction site dangers

Evening Mail;  July 28, 2000 ;     157 words ......parents and young people out there to think twice before treating work sites as playgrounds. It could result in a tragic accident.' Optima...serious action' against anyone found acting irresponsibly around work sites. poppy_brady@mrn.co.uk

Put on notice: OSHA identifies work sites with high injury/illness...

Industrial Safety & Hygiene News;  June 1, 2006 ;     127 words ......been notified by OSHA that injury and illness rates at their work sites are higher than average and that assistance is available to...through employer-reported data from a 2005 survey of 80,000 work sites (the survey consisted of data from calendar year 2004). The...

Coroner recommends improving safety procedures at work sites

The Nelson Mail;  May 2, 2000 ;     332 words ......hazards such as flooding and blockages at work sites. Jason Lee Rodgers, 29, died after his...changed the way it managed hazardous work sites. ``In this instance, had Nelmac not undertaken...section on managing emergency hazards at work sites, such as flooding. ``Both (hazards and...

Hazardous work sites.

The Kiplinger Letter;  April 14, 2000 ;     42 words ...Added scrutiny of high-hazard work sites. OSHA will expand list of who gets comprehensive safety probes. List will include hospitals, dep't stores and farms. OSHA found high injury rates in those areas. Agency also will double its high-hazard inspections this year to 4200.

OSHA inspections of high-hazard work sites.

The Kiplinger Letter;  August 27, 1999 ;     41 words ...OSHA will target 4500 high-hazard work sites by late '00. At the top of the list are manufacturers, meatpackers and nursing homes. Inspections replace a voluntary program OSHA was forced to halt after a court struck it down. Employers argued program was coercive.

Skanska USA asks subcontractors in Oregon for ideas to help prevent falls...

Daily Journal of Commerce (Portland, OR);  November 19, 2008 ;     429 words ...In 2007, falls contributed to about 440 deaths at construction work sites throughout the country. And about half of all falls at work sites are from ladders, scaffolds and roofs, according to the Oregon Occupational Safety...

High-hazard work sites targeted for inspections.(rules & regs)(Brief...

Industrial Safety & Hygiene News;  June 1, 2004 ;     254 words ......plan for 2004 will focus on approximately 4,000 high-hazard work sites for unannounced comprehensive safety and health inspections...effective April 19, will initially cover about 4,000 individual work sites on the primary list that reported 15 or more injuries or illnesses...

Chief gets final say on police details ; Selectmen give police chief power...

The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  October 11, 2008 ;     182 words ......now be able to decide whether police details are needed at work sites to ensure public safety. The change comes in response to a...the chief the power to decide whether officers are needed at work sites for safety reasons. Town Administrator Richard MacDonald said...

OSHA FINES ROUTE 3 CONTRACTOR JOB HAZARDS CITED AT 4 WORK SITES

The Boston Globe;  April 3, 2004 ;     460 words ......Co. for failing to protect workers from job hazards at four work sites along Route 3 North. The Cambridge-based company is the state...agency had informed the company of similar violations at other work sites on the highway job. Matthew Watkins, a spokesman for Modern...