Word: osha
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Employees [on the fifth floor] are exposed to paint vapors and the possibility of fire due to round-the-clock spraying of paint to finish student projects," said the complaint filed with the Occupational Safety and Hazard Administration (OSHA...
...tough asbestos rules released by OSHA tighten exposure levels to the cancerous insulation fibers and mandate rules to protect workers. The tab for private industry: about $360 million annually. Among the savings? An estimated 42 lives, according to OSHA...
...have been when working conditions in the office became so bad that Hirtle went over the heads of human resources and shop officials and called in the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to fine Harvard and order a cleanup...
...addition, the employees only saw changes in lab packaging--which included the use of occasionally leaky brown paper bags to handle blood and semen specimens--after OSHA threatened to investigate...
...which includes HIV, the virus which causes AIDS--were transported in brown paper bags. Two of the employees said an unsealed plastic bag was used inside the paper bag, but said the plastic did nothing to prevent leaks. Gravitt said such packaging, which is less expensive, falls short of OSHA standards...