Sentences with phrase «protect worker safety»

Moving beyond laissez - faire, democratic governments have also formed safety nets for those who can not compete effectively, regulated workplaces to protect worker safety, and guaranteed universal access to education and health services.

Not exact matches

The software is used by EHS professionals — doctors, nurses, safety and environmental professionals, and industrial hygienists employed by corporations — to protect workers by analyzing hazards in these dangerous workplaces.

Years of pressure from laborer organizers, along with changes from companies like Ford Motor, reformed working conditions in the U.S. and protected workers from schedules that endangered their health and safety.

Workers in such industries are not only inadequately protected as regards health and safety, but they also do not enjoy security of employment in view of the tendency of such investors to move offshore to cut costs.

DuPont vehicle safety solutions are helping protect people across the vehicle value chain, from improved worker safety to better airbags and tougher automotive glass.

«We are pleased to continue to work with all parties to protect patients and ensure the safety and well - being of thousands of hospital workers and other health care professionals across the state,» the statement issued Wednesday afternoon read.

«Over the past year, city workers and their unions have had to fight major battles to protect rights that we fought hard to win as well as to preserve the vital safety - net services we provide to an ever - growing clientele.

«These reforms will improve the lives of struggling restaurant owners, the workers they employ and the families they support, while preserving a system that protects the safety of New Yorkers.»

His support and leadership on labor issues, including the worker safety bill to protect utility workers and his support of paid family leave made a difference in the lives of working people.

He also spoke at the meeting about maintaining provisions that protect the safety of highway workers and bus operators, as well as maintaining «Safe Streets» language, which, according to the release, aims to ensure that new infrastructure is designed in a manner that helps protect pedestrians.

It protects high standards in food, animal welfare, pharmaceuticals, chemicals, consumer safety, worker rights and countless other areas.

«We're delivering these petition cards to call on the New York State Workers» Compensation Board to protect New York's injured workers,» said Charlene Obernauer, the executive director of New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Workers» Compensation Board to protect New York's injured workers,» said Charlene Obernauer, the executive director of New York Committee for Occupational Safety and workers,» said Charlene Obernauer, the executive director of New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.

It paved the way for the unyielding efforts to protect workers on the job and reminds us that we must not take work place safety for granted.

Business News of Wednesday, 16 May 2018 Source: Myjoyonline.com File photo Labour Think tank, Health and Safety Ghana, is calling on Parliament to as a matter of urgency ratify the major International Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions to protect the rights of workers in the country.

«We are pleased to continue to work with all parties to protect patients and ensure the safety and well - being of thousands of hospital workers and other health care professionals across the state.

The federal government has shown its power to raise lab - safety standards and protect the lives and well - being of lab workers in federal installations.

«Programs that educate both mining operators and employees about the Part 50 program and workers» compensation, and policies designed to protect reporting workers from being punished or even fired, would help improve reporting rates, but more importantly, improve safety for those working in mines.»

With interviews, she hopes to learn from companies» safety and health managers and directors, whose roles are dedicated to protecting workers» well - being.

The Cleaning Guys workers who operated in the apartment wore full - face respirators and Level B Saranac suits, which are completely enclosed to protect against particulates and liquids, as per Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations.

In view of the characteristics of our business, caring for and protecting the health and safety of all workers has been a top priority for ENUSA since the very beginnings of our activity.

In October 2009, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said it would soon issue a «compliance directive» to ensure that health - care facilities have controls in place to protect workers from occupational exposures to swine flu.

The British Safety Council's International Safety Awards recognise and celebrate organisations who have demonstrated a real commitment to protecting their workers from the risk of injury and ill health during the 2015 calendar year.

Similarly, the devices are supporting manufacturing organisations with lone workers in hazardous remote locations — helping them both protect employees and comply with Health & Safety legislation.

But with safety, particularly fire safety, at the top of everyone's agenda, how do you ensure that your next project places the welfare of staff, students and construction workers first, while protecting precious buildings and assets.

School safety has been a hotly - debated topic in Harrisburg in recent weeks with the House and Senate Education Committees holding hearings on how best to protect students and education workers.

(a) In order to protect the health and safety of an animal, any animal control officer, animal cruelty investigator appointed under G.S. 19A - 45, law enforcement officer, firefighter, or rescue squad worker, who has probable cause to believe that an animal is confined in amotor vehicle under conditions that are likely to cause suffering, injury, or death to the animal due to heat, cold, lack of adequate ventilation, or under other endangering conditions, may enter the motor vehicle by any reasonable means under the circumstances after making a reasonable effort to locate the owner or other person responsible for the animal.

Crates provide safety, protect dogs from escaping when visitors come over or repair workers enter the home, and protect household furniture and belongings from mischievous puppies or dogs when pet parents are away.

The federal Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration has said it will be sending an advisory bulletin to owners and operators of underground natural gas storage facilities with recommendations to protect the public and workers and the environment and plans to release a natural gas transmission rule for existing pipelines.

Safety is a core value of the oil and natural gas industry — safety for workers, communities near active operations and the environment, from protecting plants and animals to reducing emissions for cleaneSafety is a core value of the oil and natural gas industry — safety for workers, communities near active operations and the environment, from protecting plants and animals to reducing emissions for cleanesafety for workers, communities near active operations and the environment, from protecting plants and animals to reducing emissions for cleaner air.

The American Lung Association supports continued research to identify the impacts on lung health and to identify improved pollution control measures to protect public health and safety, particularly the health and safety of workers and communities affected by these activities.

They guide industry in protecting the personal safety of workers as they deal with task - specific hazards, and they establish process safety measures, covering the equipment, procedures, and training concerned with avoiding major events.

Meanwhile, API - member refineries comply with safety regulations that help protect workers.

CG, the world I would like is one of laws that include those that protect the safety of the people against profiteers who don't care about pollution, the environment, or the safety of their products or workers.

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.

There are strict laws in place to protect workers that employers must abide by to ensure employee safety.

While welding may seem dangerous to many (and in some cases it can be), it's important to understand that modern safety and worker protection standards exist to protect welders from such foreseeable occupational injuries.

Standard safety practices are in place to protect workers.

Minister Bains» letter also makes reference to increasing compliance with «laws and standards put in place to protect the lives and safety of workers.»

The Supreme Court of Canada unanimously decided that the interpretation suggested by the school board would put precarious workers in the untenable position of having to choose between getting as well as keeping the job, and protecting their health and safety.

These include laws on information and consultation on collective redundancies; rules on working time; some of the EU - derived health and safety regulations; parts of the regulations which protect workers in the event of a transfer of undertaking; legislation protecting agency workers and other «atypical» workers; and, some elements of discrimination law to which businesses object most strongly such as liability for equal pay.

In response, lawmakers have enacted special statutes and regulations to protect construction workers and enforce strict safety rules on construction sites.

He pled guilty to a charge under the general duty provision for failing, as a worker, to take reasonable care to protect the health and safety of other workers.

Nevertheless, this particular recommendation has antagonised certain key stakeholders, who insist that existing health and safety rules and regulations have protected hundreds of thousands of workers over the years.

Injuries can happen when the plant or its contractors have not taken proper safety measures to protect workers.

Falls: A safe worksite should use appropriate equipment such as guardrails and safety nets that protect workers from falls.

A 2015 report by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration — «Adding Inequality to Injury: The Costs of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job» — outlined how work - related injuries have devastating impacts on workers and their faWorkers on the Job» — outlined how work - related injuries have devastating impacts on workers and their faworkers and their families.

That's our public safety laws, building codes, electrical codes, fire codes, safety of workers in factories, eye - protecting equipment, safety of hearing aids, these are all subject to standards that have been incorporated into law, and those laws are copyright.

Under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (the «OHSA»), employers have a general duty to protect their workers from workplace hazards and occupational illnesses.

Valerie Scott said sex workers should be able to work with the Canada Revenue Agency, be protected by occupational health and safety rules and workers» compensation and «pension plans!

The OHSA's main purpose is to protect workers from health and safety hazards while on the job.