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Department of Homeland Security - President George W. Bush declared major disasters for areas impacted by Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is actively managing federal assistance to these affected communities
Workplace fatality results in 25 OSHA citations
Dunn County News - The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Colfax business for 25 serious violations, with fines totaling $20,700. Big Timber Sawmill was the subject of a 10-day OSHA inspection last summer, after the death of an employee
Senate blocks new safety rules for workplace
Detroit News - Tighter restrictions called poison for state reeling from job losses; debate is far from over. LANSING -- With 35,000 Ford Motor Co. layoffs looming, lawmakers Tuesday passed a bill to block the state from adopting new workplace safety rules they say
Police and fire chiefs says staff cuts will jeopardize public safety
Fort Madison Daily Democrat - Fort Madison's police chief and fire chief warned city councilors that recommended staff cuts in the departments will likely jeopardize the safety of Fort Madison residents as well as their officers and firefighters. During the first of a series of
Rush on to probe Daytona blast
Daytona Beach News-Journal - DAYTONA BEACH -- A federal safety agency announced Friday it plans to conduct a full investigation into the city wastewater treatment plant explosion that killed two employees and severely burned a third this week. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard
Former OSHA official pleads guilty in federal bribery case
KXAN - EL PASO, Texas A former federal job safety official in El Paso today pleaded guilty to his role in a bribery case. Prosecutors say Mario Martin Solano was with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Solano pleaded guilty to one count of
New OSHA alliance for non-English speaking workers
Providence Business News - Safer and more healthful working conditions for Haitian, Spanish, and Portuguese speaking health care workers in Boston, southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island is the goal of a new alliance among the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety
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