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    [an error occurred while processing this directive] Minn. Workplace Injuries Continue to Drop Nov 17, 2005
    ...during 2004, resulting in a rate of 5.3 cases per 100 full-time-equivalent (FTE) workers, according to the annual "Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses ...
    - Insurance Journal

    Workplace Injuries Fall Nov 20, 2005
    ...per 100 workers. Of the 4.3 million nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses in 2004, 4.0 million were injuries. There were ...
    - BenefitsNext

    Texas job deaths down 10 percent Nov 18, 2005
    ...lost their lives through injuries at work, the second-lowest number of fatalities since 1992, when the bureau launched the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries ...
    - Houston Chronicle,

    Sosco docs under fire Nov 18, 2005
    An occupational disease is defined as any abnormal condition or disorder with the exception of occupational injuries, caused by exposure to factors associated ...
    - New Straits Times,

    Vedanta Undermines Indian Communities Nov 15, 2005
    ...reports and testimony from workers. [See box on “Occupational Injuries and Deaths at Sterlite�]. Complaints about the company ...
    - CorpWatch.org,

    Forum on migrants' benefits Nov 19, 2005
    Espinosa, Reverend Bruno Ciceri of the Stella Maris International Center in Kaohsiung, and TAVOI's Lin Hsien-yi (Benefits of Victims of Occupational Injuries).
    - eTaiwan News,

    Protecting a Multilingual Work Force Oct 26, 2005
    In August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics jolted those working with foreign-born workers when it released a census of fatal occupational injuries for 2004 ...
    - Occupational Hazards,

    ASSE Urges Employers to Make Accommodations for Aging Work Force Nov 3, 2005
    ..."An estimated 3.9 million occupational injuries and illnesses were treated in hospital emergency departments among all industry and occupation groups for ...
    - Occupational Hazards,

    Taming the timber Nov 6, 2005
    According to a national census of fatal occupational injuries from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, released in September, logging workers and aircraft pilots ...
    - York Daily Record,

    LWCC Addresses Disaster Recovery Issues Oct 24, 2005
    Since workers with less than one year's experience account for almost a third of all occupational injuries each year, LWCC stresses to its policyholders the ...
    - Insurance Journal

    Crossing guard hit by car near Mahwah school Nov 3, 2005
    From 1993 through 2002, 10 of the 142 fatal occupational injuries for public employees were crossing guard deaths - just three fewer than for firefighters and ...
    - NorthJersey.com,

    BWXT puts foot down at Y-12 on sensible shoes Nov 2, 2005
    Bill Wilburn, a plant spokesman, said between January and September there were 32 occupational injuries as a result of slips, trips and falls. ...
    - Knoxville News Sentinel (subscription),

    Chugai Obtained the First OHSAS 18001 and Additional ISO 14001 ... Oct 26, 2005
    ...employees can work in safe and better conditions by establishing systematic health and safety programs in order to prevent occupational injuries, diseases and ...
    - Biotech Intelligence (press release),

    Y-12 cracking down on employee shoe choices after rash of ... Nov 3, 2005
    Plant spokesman Bill Wilburn says there have been 32 occupational injuries this year through September. Twelve were related to inappropriate shoes.
    - WBIR-TV,

    $2 million FELA suit filed by Tennessee Oct 26, 2005
    He is seeking $2 million for permanent occupational injuries to his arms, hands and back, past lost wages, future lost wages and fringe benefits, impairment of ...
    - Madison County Record,

    State denounces safety measures at Dinwiddie Water Authority Oct 28, 2005
    Not determined to be serious, but still noted by the state investigators were, "The OSHA log of recordable occupational injuries and illnesses had not been ...
    - Petersburg Progress Index,

    How big business gets away with environmental violations Oct 24, 2005
    According to workers and ex-workers, most of the occupational injuries and fatalities go unreported, and the local police and even the district administration ...
    - Mines and Communities,

    Injuries among poultry workers Sep 30, 2005
    Face-to-face interviews with 200 poultry workers found that 119 workers (60 percent) reported having one or more of these occupational injuries or illnesses in ...
    - Medical News Today (press release)

    Injury Rates for NC Latino Poultry Workers Higher than Reported Sep 27, 2005
    Latino of Caldwell County Inc., 119 of 200 Latino poultry workers – 60 percent – reported having one or more of these occupational injuries or illnesses in ...
    - Occupational Hazards

    BP hit with record $21 million fine Sep 29, 2005
    Submit to OSHA and BP Products’ authorized employee representative, every six months for three years, logs of occupational injuries and illnesses. ...
    - People's Weekly World

    Fatal Work Injuries by Occupation In 2004 Sep 14, 2005
    The Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, part of the BLS Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities program, provides the most complete count of fatal work injuries ...
    - Community Dispatch (press release)

    Business Briefs - Sept. 28 Sep 28, 2005
    University. She has treated a variety of disorders ranging from orthopedic to occupational injuries, including repetitive strain injuries. ...
    - Broomfield Enterprise (subscription)

    Workplace Homicides Geclined in 2004 Sep 2, 2005
    Workplace homicides were down sharply in 2004 to the lowest level ever recorded by the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries, which has been conducted each ...
    - Community Dispatch (press release)

    New Study Shows 2.2 Million People Die Worldwide of Work-Related ... Sep 18, 2005
    Men tend to die as a result of accidents, lung diseases and work-related cancers, such as those caused by asbestos. -- Occupational injuries are more prevalent ...
    - U.S. Newswire (press release)

    How likely is your job to kill you? Sep 5, 2005
    The Bureau of Labor Statistics has tracked fatal occupational injuries annually since 1992, providing a detailed picture of the dangers that can go along with ...
    - Chicago Sun-Times

    Industrial accident victim's rights were protected, MECO labor ... Sep 17, 2005
    Tajonera, Alice Librea of the Migrant Workers Concern Desk, and a representative from the Taiwan Association for Victims of Occupational Injuries asked Gopez ...
    - eTaiwan News

    Calendar I Sep 19, 2005
    Develop skills needed to accurately report occupational injuries and illnesses. 9 am-noon September 23 at Conn-OSHA, 200 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield. Free. ...
    - Connecticut Business News Journal

    State official says emphasis on workplace safety bearing fruit Sep 15, 2005
    For the second year in a row, 39 Montanans suffered work-related fatalities in 2004, according to the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released by the ...
    - Great Falls Tribune

    39 Montanans die on the job in '04 Sep 13, 2005
    The results are part of a federal Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries study released this week by the Montana Department of Labor and Industry's Research and ...
    - Billings Gazette

    Violent Scotland: Life on the A&E frontline: an alcohol fuelled ... Sep 24, 2005
    ...their careers. Three-quarters of all occupational injuries experienced by nurses and midwives are violence-related. Anecdotally, A&E ...
    - The Sunday Times

    Are You Safe at Work? More than Six Million US Workers Suffer From ... Aug 31, 2005
    The estimated direct costs for occupational injuries and illnesses reached $40.1 billion in 1999, with over $200 billion of indirect costs. ...
    - PR Newswire (press release)

    Congressmen React to Rising Fatalities: Is OSHA Responsible Sep 14, 2005
    For the second year in a row, fatal occupational injuries rose in 2004: Such injuries killed 5,703 workers last year, 128 more than the year before, according ...
    - Occupational Hazards

    Labor Day Report: Immigrant Workers at Risk Sep 2, 2005
    Although the share of foreign-born employment increased by 22 percent between 1996 and 2000, the share of fatal occupational injuries for this population ...
    - OMB Watch

    OSHA Fines BP Over $21 Million Following Texas City Explosion -5- Sep 22, 2005
    The company will also have to submit logs of occupational injuries and illnesses every six months to OSHA at the Texas City facility; and notify any incident ...
    - Business Online

    Gold miners return to Lesotho to die Sep 12, 2005
    Richard Spoor is a lawyer concerned with occupational injuries and disease. ... I am a lawyer concerned with occupational injuries and disease. ...
    - Mines and Communities

    Calendar: Speakers and Education Sep 6, 2005
    Conn-OSHA presents Recordkeeping: What Does & Does Not Need To Be Recorded. Develop skills needed to accurately report occupational injuries and illnesses. ...
    - Connecticut Business News Journal

    IRS provides for mileage deduction Sep 14, 2005
    ...down sharply in 2004, but fatal work injuries increased by 2 percent over 2003, according to the 13th annual census of fatal occupational injuries compiled by ...
    - Orlando Sentinel

    Guest opinion:'Look, listen, live' still applies at rural RR ... Sep 24, 2005
    Transportation accidents of all kinds last year accounted for two-thirds of the 39 deaths from occupational injuries in Montana, according to an annual report ...
    - Billings Gazette

    Long work hours affect medical residents Sep 7, 2005
    ...illnesses (August 17, 2005) -- US researchers say there's new evidence that overtime and long work hours result in more occupational injuries and illnesses. ...
    - Science Daily (press release)

    Most dangerous job in America Aug 31, 2005
    The BLS released the "National Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries in 2004" Aug. 25. The study summarizes the most dangerous jobs in America. ...
    - Old Colony Memorial

    On the picket line Sep 10, 2005
    The study shows that between 1996 and 2000 foreign-born workers increased by 22 percent, but their share of fatal occupational injuries nearly doubled, to 43 ...
    - Workers World

    Fatal Workplace Injury Rate Rises, Reversing 10-year Trend Aug 31, 2005
    A total of 5,703 US workers died from occupational injuries in 2004, an increase of two percent from the revised total of 5,575 fatalities reported in 2003 ...
    - Occupational Hazards

    Over 100,000 Fatalities Occur Worldwide, Says Lam Thye Sep 2, 2005
    He said Socso statistics showed that 99 per cent of compensated cases were related to occupational injuries and only a fraction was associated with ...
    - Bernama

    The “Chindia� syndrome Sep 4, 2005
    That would amount to 40 people dying per year in Malta from occupational injuries; unacceptable even in our accident-prone island! ...
    - Malta Independent

    Orton's dad instilled confidence to son Aug 31, 2005
    Under both a Republican and Democratic governor, he toiled tirelessly to help prevent occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities and improve workers ...
    - Chicago Tribune

    Investigator gets tough on workers' comp fraudJul 29, 2005
    ..."I was talking with a friend of mine from Roblar," he said, referring to the Santa Maria medical group that specializes in occupational injuries, "and he was ...
    - Lompoc Record

    Bayer Keeps Emissions Level Despite Increased ProductionJul 27, 2005
    ...to improve occupational safety with a whole host of seminars and campaigns are paying further dividends: The MAQ (number of occupational injuries per million ...
    - Earth Vision

    Frazier Sports Medicine and Rehab Center opens on Central AvenueJul 19, 2005
    22nd site where the Jewish Hospital Frazier Rehab Institute staff performs rehab evaluations and programs for sports and occupational injuries, according to a ...
    - Louisville Business First

    3 THEMES STUDIEDJul 25, 2005
    ...sites or in factories in Canada apparently let to 622 fatal accidents and 298 accidents in 1999 involving the loss of a limb (Occupational Injuries and Their ...
    - Prison.eu.org

    Gavin Law Firm Announces New WebsiteJul 22, 2005
    ...accidents, boating accidents, construction accidents, fireworks accidents, railroad accidents, FELA, traumatic injuries, occupational injuries and diseases ...
    - PR Leap

    Immigration Agents, Posing as OSHA Trainers, Arrest WorkersJul 18, 2005
    OSHA and the US Department of Labor (DOL) have placed a tremendous emphasis in recent years on reducing occupational injuries, illnesses and fatalities among ...
    - Occupational Hazards

    NextCare Opens Urgent Care Clinic in MesaJul 21, 2005
    ...flu and lacerations. NextCare also provides drug screens, physicals and treatment for occupational injuries. NextCare Urgent Care ...
    - Business Wire

    Is care lost in translation? Health care workers face daily ...Jul 2, 2005
    ...primary care clinic. She also sees occupational injuries, mostly from working in construction or the poultry plants. "They'll have ...
    - Gainesville Times




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