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Safety 2009: Barab Urges Safety and Health Professionals to Speak Up, Get Involved

Jun 29, 2009 4:10 PM, by Laura Walter

At ASSE 2009, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab outlined some of the key challenges OSHA is addressing and prompted occupational safety and health professionals to take a more aggressive role and let their voices be heard in safety and health issues....

Solis Announces Texas Construction Safety Initiative at ASSE Safety 2009

Jun 29, 2009 11:27 AM, by Laura Walter

U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis addressed thousands of attendees at the opening session of the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2009 in San Antonio, where she introduced a new construction safety initiative in Texas and stressed the importance of workplace health and safety...

OSHA Inspection Program Focuses on Federal Worker Safety

Jun 25, 2009 3:14 PM, by Laura Walter

OSHA announced June 25 that it is continuing its nationwide program to emphasize workplace safety and health for federal workers and for those contractors whose work is supervised on a daily basis by federal agency personnel...

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