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2 hrs ago | Insanely Great Mac

Smoking around your make makes it a bio-hazard?

Isolated reports of Apple customers denied warranty repairs due to being smokers.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Computers, Environmental Law, Law

10 hrs ago | Carnal Nation

Victory For HIV-Positive Adult Performers

The adult industry recently won a victory in court against the California division of OSHA, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.

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Related Topix: HIV/AIDS, Health

Fri Nov 27, 2009

Medical News Today

US Labor Department's OSHA Issues Compliance Directive To Address Flu ...

Main Category: Swine Flu Also Included In: Preventive Medicine Article Date: 25 Nov 2009 - 3:00 PST For the protection of frontline health care and emergency medical workers at high risk of infection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a compliance directive to ensure uniform procedures when ...

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health

The Cincinnati Enquirer

Cintas settles shareholder lawsuit

Following the 2007 death of a worker and millions of dollars in fines for workplace safety violations, Cintas Corp.

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Related Topix: Apparel, Cintas, Tulsa Metro, Tulsa, OK, Environmental Law, Law

ZDNet

Apple to smokers: Butt out or void your warranty

Apple just laid down the gauntlet with smokers announcing that it won't honor the warranty on a product that's been exposed to smoke.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Smoking, Medicine, Health, West Des Moines, IA

Thu Nov 26, 2009

Osha.gov

US Labor Department's OSHA proposes more than $128,000 in penalties against Macon, Ga., fiber cement manufacturer for safety and health failures

MACON, Ga. -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has proposed $128,560 in penalties against Nichiha USA Inc.'s Macon plant for 27 safety and health violations.

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Related Topix: Macon, GA

Athens Banner-Herald

Manufacturer to fight OSHA fines

A Wilkes County horse bedding manufacturer will contest the violations and $41,700 in penalties levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration last week.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

KLTV Tyler

OSHA looking at fatal gas well blowout

DESOTO PARISH, LA The federal agency that oversees employee safety has opened an investigation into the deadly gas well blowout in DeSoto Parish.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

Wed Nov 25, 2009

SouthCoastToday.com

National View: This Thanksgiving, let's give a thought to the people who process turkeys

David L. Ostendorf is executive director of the Chicago-based Center for New Community, a national organization dedicated to building community, justice and equality nationwide.

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Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays, Opinion

Nashville Scene

In the guns-in-bars ruling, a tricky maneuver uses handgun-permit...

In their lawsuit against the state's guns-in-bars law, restaurant owners tossed a clusterfluff of weird arguments at Davidson County Chancellor Claudia Bonnyman.

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Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Environmental Law

Trinidad & Tobago Express

The negative charge of crime on electricity --

It certainly is not everything about which labour shouts that the business community will listen to or concur with.

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Related Topix: Outsourcing

The Tennessean Nashville News

Stores work to keep Black Friday crowds calm

After years of stirring up customers to flock into stores on the day after Thanksgiving, retailers and the government this year are working on ways to calm the Black Friday crowds while keeping the buying as feverish as ever.

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Related Topix: Life, Holidays, Day after Thanksgiving, Retail, Wal Mart Stores

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Bit-tech.net main Feed

Smoking voids Apple warranties

The Applecare warranties offered with Apple's equipment appears to be invalidated should your laptop come in contact with cigarette smoke.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Laptops/Notebooks, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Workforce

OSHA Outlines H1N1 Flu Inspection Procedures

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Friday, November 20, issued a compliance directive to ensure uniform inspection procedures to identify and minimize or eliminate high- to very high-risk occupational exposures to H1N1 flu among frontline health care and emergency medical workers.

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Related Topix: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Medicine, Healthcare Industry

KSFY-TV Sioux Falls

OSHA On The Scene Of Fatal Construction Accident

Gabe Koenigsfeld of Sioux Falls died Tuesday at a construction site in Dakota Dunes.

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Related Topix: Environmental Law, Law

Mon Nov 23, 2009

WESH-TV

Universal Orlando Fined In Employee Accident

Universal Orlando has been fined $3,750 by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a result of the injury of an employee over the summer.

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Related Topix: Orlando, FL, Orlando Metro

Denver Post

Colorado grain elevator fined after teen's death

A 17-year-old worker at a Kiowa County grain elevator was killed Friday after being buried alive in a grain bin.

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Related Topix: Colorado, Kiowa County, CO, Wiley, CO, Haswell, CO, Eads, CO

Macworld UK

Health risks of second hand smoke voids Apple warranty claims report

US based Apple customers face having AppleCare warranties made void due to the "health risks of second hand smoke" according to a report.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Computers, Apple Computer, West Des Moines, IA, Smoking, Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 22, 2009

KXMB-TV Bismarck

MN Osha to investigate Rosemount ammonia leak

MN OSHA to investigate Rosemount ammonia leak Eds: UPDATES with fire chief's comments.

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Related Topix: Rosemount, MN, Truckers

Sat Nov 21, 2009

Chillicothe Gazette

PGW employee killed in accident at plant

An early morning accident today at Pittsburgh Glass Works LLC on Southern Avenue has resulted in the death of an employee.

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