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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Professor Nominated To Head OSHA
"Michaels, an epidemiologist, has been a notable advocate for workers to be compensated for health risks from chemicals and has also exposed attempts from businesses to block health regulations by making scientific research appear less certain than it is."
"Last year, he published the book 'Doubt is their Product' about industries' use of misleading public relations campaigns to create scientific doubt and block governmental efforts to regulate health risks."
You can read the complete Las Vegas Sun article here.
Labels: Department Of Labor, OSHA, politics, safety politics
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Declining Work-Related Fatalities
The BLS Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries has produced comprehensive counts and rates of fatal work injuries since 1992. The census shows that the rate of fatal work injuries declined between 1992 and 2007, with much of the decline occurring during the first 10 years of the period.
(The latest data available is for 2007. Preliminary fatality data for 2008 will be released in August 2009.) A total of 5,657 workers were fatally injured on the job in 2007.
Differing Rates of Fatal Work Injuries by Age
While the overall rate of fatal work injuries was 3.8 per 100,000 workers in 2007, there were differences in fatality rates by age. Workers age 45 and older had above-average fatality rates while those younger than 45 had below-average rates. Differences were most notable among the youngest and oldest age groups. Fatality rates are expressed in terms of employed workers and not adjusted for hours worked.
Labor laws prohibit the youngest workers from being employed in many hazardous occupations; in addition, the youngest workers typically work part time. In contrast to younger workers, workers age 65 and over may be more likely to be employed in certain occupations with higher-than-average fatality rates. For example, farmers and ranchers have an above-average fatality rate, and in 2007 over 25 percent of farmers and ranchers were 65 and over, whereas 4 percent of all workers were 65 and over (both of these employment figures are from the Current Population Survey). Also, older workers may be less likely to survive a severe workplace injury.
The above information is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics report on worker safety and health. read the complete report on the BLS web site.
Labels: Department Of Labor, workplace fatalities
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Lock Up Building Sites For Christmas
"Victorian building sites must be well secured before the annual Christmas / New Year shutdown, WorkSafe has warned.
WorkSafe’s Construction and utility program director, Chris Webb said although building sites could be an adventure playground for children, they could also be extremely dangerous."
Read the entire article here.
Labels: Construction Safety, Department Of Labor
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
U.S. Labor Department Economic Resources Are On-Line
The U.S. Department of Labor today announced its participation in a one-stop Web tool offering a number of resources to assist those negatively impacted by the recent turmoil in the worldwide economy.
"We want to make information easily accessible and quickly available to American workers affected by the economic downturn," said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. "The new www.EconomicRecovery.gov one-stop Web page gives workers easy access to Department of Labor resources including unemployment insurance, local job openings and retirement security information as well as help available at other government agencies."
Affected workers and employers are encouraged to visit the federal government's Economic Recovery Web site at http://www.EconomicRecovery.gov. Useful information and links will assist Americans with questions about benefits, eligibility, locations of operating One-Stop Career Centers and career service centers, unemployment insurance information by state, and available assistance from other government departments and agencies.
Workers can call the department's toll-free number at 866-4-USA-DOL (487-2365) to obtain the latest information on where to file a claim and access temporary job information. Impacted workers can place their calls from anywhere and will be directed to sites near them that can take their claims.
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