Jan 14, 2010
The Health Hazard Evaluation Program (HHE) Program is run by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). An HHE is an evaluation of possible health hazards at a workplace. Employers, employees, or their union representatives can request an HHE from NIOSH if they have concerns about health hazards at work. NIOSH responds to HHE requests in writing, by phone discussions, or by visiting the workplace to evaluate whether a health hazard to employees caused by exposure to hazardous materials or conditions exist.
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Jan 14, 2010
CWA District 6 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Conference Call - Conducted on Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. (CST)
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Jan 14, 2010
Laid-off workers will be able to keep their group health insurance from former employers at a subsidized rate under a new law signed by President Obama. Last year, the Obama administration's job stimulus program included a COBRA subsidy of 65 percent of the health care premium costs for laid-off workers for up to nine months. That program was set to expire Dec. 31, but has been extended and improved.
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Jan 13, 2010
WASHINGTON – Following a Labor Day announcement from Secretary Hilda Solis, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration will convene a National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety, April 14-15 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston. The conference is co-sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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Jan 13, 2010
CWA District 6 Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Conference Call Conducted on Thursday, December 3, 2009 from 8:30-10:30 a.m. (CST)
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Jan 12, 2010
CWA District 2 and 13 Occupational Safety and Health Conference Call - Conducted Monday, December 14, 2009 from 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
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Jan 6, 2010
See the latest NIOSH E-Newsletter!
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Jan 5, 2010
Soon after she became the nation's labor secretary, Hilda Solis warned corporate America there was "a new sheriff in town." Less than a year into her tenure, her aggressive moves to boost enforcement and crack down on employers for workplace safety violations have some employers scrambling.
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Dec 7, 2009
Check out the latest NIOSH newsletter!
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Dec 3, 2009
On December 3, 1984, thousands of workers employed at a Union Carbide chemical manufacturing plant and nearby community members in Bhopal, India experienced horrific exposures to a deadly chemical product known as methyl isocyanate (MIC). This tragedy, which occurred as a result of plant equipment engineering and maintenance deficiencies, involved the release of some 40 metric tons of MIC gas into the atmosphere. In turn, MIC gas spread throughout the plant and into the nearby community exposing many thousands of women, men, and children. The Indian government reported 3,500 fatalities occurred as a result of the Union Carbide- MIC exposure incident. However, community activists believe more than 25,000 people have died and another 100,000 exposed individuals suffer health problems today as a result of the tragic incident.
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Dec 1, 2009
For workers in just about every private industry workplace, federal and state Occupational Safety and Health laws spell out protections and safeguards to help keep workplaces free from hazards.
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Dec 1, 2009
Lifting patients in hospitals and other care facilities is one of the leading causes of neck and back injuries suffered by health care workers in the United States. It also is a leading cause of injury to patients.
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Dec 1, 2009
"One of the reasons it took so long to get this law is that TEAs were thought of as 'meter maids,'" Huntley said. "In the 1960s, the first agents were women, and that's what they were called. The name stuck. They were seen as doing clerical work that didn't require protection."
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Dec 1, 2009
Almost nine years ago, one of the first actions taken by the Bush administration was the repeal of a federal ergonomics standard issued just months earlier by the outgoing Clinton administration. Left in place, the OSHA standard, some 10 years in the making, could have prevented tens of millions of work-related injuries. Among those most vulnerable are CWA members in customer service, manufacturing, health care and related occupations.
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Dec 1, 2009
Workplace and hazard mapping is a tool that a number of unions are now using to identify unsafe job areas by literally producing a floor map of the worksite.
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Dec 1, 2009
Sheri Sangji was 23 years old, a bright, talented young woman with twinkling brown eyes and a joyful spirit. A science enthusiast who dreamed of being a lawyer, she took a job in a UCLA biochemistry lab while applying to law schools.
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Dec 1, 2009
A landmark university study of CWA technicians at Verizon in California offers proof of what many telecom techs know all too well: They are working long hours, facing heat stress, electrical hazards, physical strain and other conditions that are affecting their health.
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Dec 1, 2009
In the past year, the Obama administration has worked to restore the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's mission to protect workers on the job. It's a real contrast to the previous eight years, when the Bush administration did everything possible to deregulate OSHA, slash funds and hand out jobs to business and management friends.
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Dec 1, 2009
On that dreadful September day eight years ago, Jack Noonan was among the thousands of people running from lower Manhattan through a fog of ash as the sky rained rubble.
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Dec 1, 2009
For CWA, workplace safety and health protection is a top priority. Making up CWA's Occupational Safety and Health program are safety and health coordinators from every district and more than 75 percent of locals have safety and health committees. Across CWA, there are more than 2,500 workplace safety and health activists who work together to advance health and safety efforts for every CWA sector.
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