One Year Later: Inadequate Progress on America's Leading Cause of Workplace Injury : Hearing Before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, Second Session, on Examining Workplace Injury Issues, Focusing on Musculoskeletal Disorders (MSDs) and Ergonomics, April 18, 2002 |
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Page 39 - States in their efforts to assure safe and healthful working conditions; by providing for research, information, education, and training in the field of occupational safety and health; and for other purposes.
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Page 75 - Act, or (2) even though the employer was not consciously violating the Act, he was aware that a hazardous condition existed and made no reasonable effort to eliminate the condition.
Page 17 - Mr. Chairman. First, I would like to ask unanimous consent that my opening statement be made a part of the record at the appropriate point.
Page 6 - OSHAct states that employers are obligated to provide a workplace free of recognized hazards that are likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees.
Page 68 - Number of private industry nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses involving three or more days away from work. Days- a»ay f rom-work cases include those which result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity. Source: BLS State data for 1992, 1993, 1994 and "Oregon Workers' Compensation Characteristics Calendar Year 1995," Research 8 Analysis Section, Oregon Department of Consumer & Business Services, June 1997.
Page 67 - Days away from work include those that result in days away from work with or without restricted work activity or/ob transfer bExc/udes farms with fewer than t 1 employees cln the fatalities column.
Page 39 - There is no way in the world that we are going to be able to accommodate all those automobiles in the Atlantic City area.
Page 83 - The incidence rates represent the number of injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers and were calculated as: (N/EH) x 200,000, where N = number of injuries and illnesses; EH = total hours worked by all employees during the calendar year; 200,000...
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