Sentences with phrase «including occupational safety»

Again, safety should be highlighted in all good construction resumes, and including Occupational Safety and Health Administration training and certification.

Accordingly, contractors and subcontractors working at construction sites are subject to strict requirements, including Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.

APEN has been a trailblazer in bringing the voices of APA communities to the forefront of environmental health and social justice fights in the Bay Area, winning real policy solutions for the community across a gamut of issues including occupational safety of high - tech workers, affordable housing, transportation and land - use, and challenging multinational corporations to mitigate pollution that is devastating the health and well - being of countless low - income communities of color.

These regulations are handed down from several federal agencies, including the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and various state agencies, which implement laws in the realms of worker's compensation, employee protection, and other areas.

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In 2010, Bill 168 expanded the Occupational Health and Safety Act to include issues of workplace violence and harassment, specifically calling out domestic violence.

Emerging settings include hospitals, rehabilitation centers, the military, occupational health centers, the performing arts, physicians» offices, and public safety settings.

Products manufactured in the UK include coated abrasives, occupational health and environmental safety equipment, adhesive tapes, industrial microbiology products, drug delivery systems, high - performance coatings, secure documents and passport scanners.

The laws include the Fair Labor Standards Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, National Labor Relations Act, Davis - Bacon Act, and Americans with Disabilities Act, among others.

The report makes several recommendations about the renovation, including bringing in professional cleaners, stopping demolition until contractors are trained in Occupational Safety and Health Administration Standards, clearing blocked emergency exists and removing moldy walls.

The FY 2018 request also terminates Education and Research Centers (ERCs) investments, including funding to academic programs focusing on industrial hygiene, occupational health nursing, occupational medicine, and occupational safety.

If enacted, PAWA would bring public employees, including state university workers like Sheri, under the protection of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which currently excludes them.

The guidance paper, jointly published this month in ACOEM's Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM) and AAOHN's journal Workplace Health & Safety, summarizes current evidence regarding marijuana consumption; discusses possible side effects, including temporary impairment as it relates to the workplace; reviews existing federal and state laws that impact employers; and suggests various strategies available for monitoring marijuana use among employees.

But amid this governmental turmoil, another, longer - term development is under way that will affect the lives of everyone in the U.S. and take its toll on others around the world — the loss of critical expertise and capacity in the science agencies of the federal government, including the Environmental Protection Agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, among many others.

The authors provided safety recommendations including conducting a careful reexamination of the allowable lead levels in individuals who frequent firing ranges for occupational reasons, developing better education around lead - exposure risks for recreational users, and continuing the push to find lead - free substitutes for bullets and primer.

Until the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently decided that space is not under its purview, astronauts were officially classified as radiological workers, a category that also includes employees of nuclear power plants.

Lead author, Capt. Leslie MacDonald, Sc.D., senior scientist in the U.S. Public Health Service, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, of the Centers for Disease Control, suggests that employees consider taking small steps to improve their overall cardiovascular health, including: • Going for a walk during lunch or other breaks • Parking farther away from destinations • Taking the stairs instead of elevators • Managing stress through breathing exercises or meditation • Bringing healthy snacks to work such as fruits, nuts and yogurt • Drinking water throughout the day

But there is limited research on occupational health and safety in onshore seafood processing, a food - manufacturing industry that includes cleaning, canning, freezing and other packaging and preparation.

Between 1984 and 2006, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration reported 224 accidents, resulting in 50 fatalities, at ammonia plants around the U.S., and ammonia - based fertilizers and explosives were involved in a variety of intentional attacks, including the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing.

Workers in university labs — including 110,000 graduate students and postdoctoral researchers, plus uncounted undergraduates and technicians — are 11 times more likely to get hurt in a university lab than in an industrial lab, according to U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration statistics.

Other resources include the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Merck Index.

Members of the Pitt research team also include coprincipal investigator Mark S. Redfern, vice provost for research and William Kepler Whiteford Professor of Bioengineering; alumnus Kristin A. Lowry (SHRS» 87,» 02G), a postdoctoral scholar in the School of Medicine's Geriatric Fellowship Training Program; and alumnus Jennica Bellanca (ENGR» 09,» 11G), now an engineer at the Office of Mine Safety and Health Research in the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Staff meetings can replace lectures, and lab skills are taught in the context of production runs, applying a spectrum of industry competencies, including GLP [Good Laboratory Practices] or GMP [Good Manufacturing Practices] and compliance with OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Administration] standards.»

There are some people that are very sensitive to ELF and have various reactions including sleep disruption and agitation and there is some link to cancer as discussed in this Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Bulletin: https://www.osha.gov/SLTC/elfradiation/healtheffects.html

About Site - The latest occupational safety news and best practices, with coverage including workplace safety best practices, workplace safety management practices, risk management, safety leadership and safety trends.

In 2012, the All Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Health and Safety called for the phased removal of all dangerous forms of asbestos from public buildings, including schools, this to be completed by 2028.

Funded through the Social Action Fund and supported by the Cabinet Office, the publication has been endorsed by numerous organisations including the Health and Safety Executive, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and the Association of Play Industries.

The Aviation Technical System Specialist occupation was established to provide an occupational series that require an in - depth technical knowledge of National Airspace System (NAS) equipment, procedures, or safety interventions, including their interrelatedness and functions, in order to design, develop, modify, or evaluate the NAS.

Ethics, animal welfare regulations, state and federal laws are reviewed, including controlled substance laws, occupational safety and health regulations and veterinary practice responsibilities.

The examination requires you to be knowledgeable in many areas, including employment regulations, the AVMA Model Veterinary Practice Act, Drug Enforcement Agency regulations, Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, inventory control, drug calculations for usage, financial reporting, and various other aspects of veterinary medicine and business.

Key regulations governing shale development include: Clean Water Act; Clean Air Act; Safe Drinking Water Act; National Environmental Policy Act; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act; Emergency Planning and Community Right to Know Act; Endangered Species Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

There are 130 API standards referenced in more than 430 citations by government agencies, including Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement, the U.S. Coast Guard, Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Trade Commission, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

Overall, more than 130 API standards are referenced in more than 430 citations by government agencies, including the Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, as well as BSEE.

3E Company was recognized for a number of strategic product rollouts and enhancements in 2012, including its ongoing support for the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) for the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) across all business units and products with 3E's MSDgen SDS authoring platform.

The Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA), a branch of the U.S. Department of Labor, is charged with the colossal effort of protecting American industrial workers, including oil refinery and plant laborers, from negligent employers.

The Plan appears to include proposals to amend the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act («OHSA») to include a specific definition of «sexual harassment» and impose specific investigation obligations on employers.

This $ 41 million, three - year action plan, includes important proposals for new Occupational Health and Safety Act requirements for Ontario workplaces.

If passed, Bill 146 would make significant changes to a number of employment - related statutes, including the Employment Standards Act, 2000 («ESA»), the Occupational Health and Safety Act («OHSA») and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 («WSIA»).

Advice on managing the risks involved in being a licensee, including occupational health and safety concerns, public liability concerns and what to expect from Workers Compensation claims

We provide services to our clients regarding Federal, New Jersey and New York statutes, including: Family and Medical Leave Act, the Fair Labor Standards Act, Americans with Disabilities Act, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, National Labor Relations Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Occupational Safety and Health Act, New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, Conscientious Employee Protection Act, New Jersey Family Leave Act, Civil Rights, ERISA, and Wage and Hour Law.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports that some of the most common causes of these accidents include improperly maintained equipment, lack of adequate safety gear, and falls from great heSafety and Health Administration reports that some of the most common causes of these accidents include improperly maintained equipment, lack of adequate safety gear, and falls from great hesafety gear, and falls from great heights.

Administrative regimes in a number of sectors now include AMPs among their regulatory tools, including transportation, food safety, product safety, occupational health and safety, agriculture, tax, securities regulation, environmental protection, and consumer protection.

Dan has also developed a diverse practice in all areas of employment litigation, including wrongful dismissal actions, unlawful competition by departed employees, occupational health and safety, human rights, judicial reviews, appeals as well as seeking injunctive relief against unlawful picketing activity.

Ryan advises on the treatment of petroleum products and renewable fuels under the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Clean Air Act Mobile Source and Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programs as well as under programs administered by a host of related agencies including the Department of Energy, the Department of Transportation, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

Despite the legal protections that have been put in place to protect employees from workplace harassment, including those found in human rights and occupational health and safety legislation, which require employers to provide employees with a safe and respectful working environment, systemic barriers to reporting these incidents remain.

Importantly, section 3 of the Apology Act outlines exceptions relating to criminal proceedings and proceedings under the Provincial Offences Act, which include Occupational Health and Safety proceedings.

It therefore ruled that Dionne can benefit from the protections of the Act respecting occupational health and safety including access to the preventive withdrawal program.

The firm's areas of practice include: advising the multinational and multi-jurisdictional employer; Industrial Relations Board proceedings; collective agreements and bargaining; compensation and benefits plans; construction labour relations; employee relations; executive employment agreements and compensation; grievance arbitration; human rights and accommodation; injunctive court proceedings and judicial review; interest arbitration; Labour Relations Board proceedings; management training; mediation and alternative dispute resolution; occupational health and safety; outsourcing; pay equity; privacy; responding to union organizing and applications for certification sale or closure; strike or lock - out preparation and business continuity planning; workplace investigations; workplace safety and insurance; wrongful and constructive dismissal litigation.

The Year in Review will highlight the most significant developments in occupational health and safety (OHS) law including:

He represents clients in proceedings before state and federal courts and administrative agencies, including state human rights commissions, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Department of Labor, and the National Labor Relations Board.

Bill 177 is omnibus legislation which, among other things, includes several changes relating to the enforcement of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA») and amends the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (the «WSIA») to include transition provisions for Workplace Safety and Insurance Board («WSIB») benefits claims due to chronic mental stress.