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Workplace Safety Checks, Profit Loss Not Linked - Green Bay Press Gazette - 5/20/2012 4:08am
ClaimsJournal.comWorkplace safety checks, profit loss not linkedGreen Bay Press GazetteAP WASHINGTON — While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line. The findings come from a decade-long look at ...Workplace Safety Inspections Don't Affect Companies' Bottom Lines: ReportHuffington PostNew study shows that workplace inspections save lives, don't destroy jobsPhys.OrgUS Department of Labor's OSHA Establishes Whistleblower Protection Advisory ...Food Poisoning BulletinHealth.com -ClaimsJournal.comall 14 news articles »
Study: Safety Inspections Don't Hurt Profits - BusinessWeek - 5/17/2012 4:37pm
Study: Safety inspections don't hurt profitsBusinessWeekBy SAM HANANEL While businesses bemoan the cost of regulations, a new study suggests that government enforcement of workplace health and safety rules can save lives without sapping a company's bottom line. The findings come from a decade-long look at ...and more »
MSHA Workers Not As Safe As Miners? - Beckley Register-Herald - 5/19/2012 11:15pm
MSHA workers not as safe as miners?Beckley Register-HeraldHouse Republican John Kline has written to the Mine Safety and Health Administration looking for answers, the Charleston Gazette reported. Kline cited US Labor Department data showing MSHA had a rate of 5.69 injuries and illnesses per 100 employees ...and more »
Best And Worst Jobs For Your Health - Fox News - 5/19/2012 5:12am
Best and worst jobs for your healthFox NewsEmployees need respect, benefits, wellness incentives, and control over their work, says L. Casey Chosewood, MD, senior medical officer for the Total Worker Health program at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Study: Safety Inspections Don't Hurt Profits - WREX-TV - 5/17/2012 5:05pm
Study: Safety inspections don't hurt profitsWREX-TVCritics of the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration have argued that the agency should spend fewer resources on inspections and focus instead on voluntary safety programs. "These inspections ironically appear to be creating value for ...and more »