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When Sarah Wheelan started a new job in a delicatessen, she didn’t know how to refuse to do a task that she knew was "very unsafe" -cleaning a meat slicer while the blade was rotating.

"When I tried to talk to my supervisor about it, I found it very difficult. I didn’t know how to approach him," she said in an interview recently, after helping to launch a safety campaign aimed at young workers by the Industrial Accident Prevention Association.

And so she did as instructed. She would remove the guard on the machine, spray cleaner on the blade, and hold a cloth up against the blade while it was spinning.

Niagara Falls Review - Ontario, CA

MIDDLETOWN – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has cited a Middletown manufacturer of wire, sheet metal and other types of displays for 28 alleged willful, serious and other-than-serious violations of safety and health standards.

Flanagan Design and Display Inc. faces $70,750 in proposed fines following OSHA inspections of its Midland Avenue production facility conducted in March and April of this year.

The company has 15 business days from receipt of its citations to contest them before the independent Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. The inspection was conducted by OSHA’s Albany Area Office.

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The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Pepsi-Cola and National Brand Beverage Ltd. of Pennsauken with $195,000 in penalties for alleged workplace safety and health violations.

Pennsauken firm gets OSHA citation | Philadelphia Inquirer | 10/02/2008

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Created: Monday, 18 Aug 2008, 10:00 AM EDT

MkyFox was over the scene of a man apparently buried in a trench in Philadelphia’s Roxborough section on Wednesday.

MyFox Philadelphia | Plummer Buried In Trench After Industrial Accident

October 02, 2008

OSHA Cites Beverage Company for Exposing employees to Machine Hazards

OSHA has cited a New Jersey beverage company with $195,000 in proposed penalties for alleged workplace safety and health violations.

OSHA initiated its investigation on April 1 in response to a complaint alleging that employees were exposed to hazards when clearing jams on the machine used to stack and transport pallets. As a result of the investigation, OSHA issued three willful citations.

State safety officials have released the findings of their investigation into a June construction accident in Johnson County that killed three masonry workers.

Indiana Occupational Safety and Health Administration officials concluded that Cornerstone Masonry and Division IV Masonry violated numerous OSHA regulations in the June 26 accident at the Dayton Freight construction site at the Precedent South Business Center in Greenwood.

3 firms fined in fatal construction accident | IndyStar.com | The Indianapolis Star

TORONTO — When Sarah Wheelan started a new job in a delicatessen, she didn’t know how to refuse to do a task that she knew was "very unsafe" - cleaning a meat slicer while the blade was rotating.

"When I tried to talk to my supervisor about it, I found it very difficult. I didn’t know how to approach him," she said in an interview Monday, after helping to launch a safety campaign aimed at young workers by the Industrial Accident Prevention Association.

And so she did as instructed. She would remove the guard on the machine, spray cleaner on the blade, and hold a cloth up against the blade while it was spinning.

The Canadian Press: Accident prevention group aims new awareness campaign at young workers

Posted Sunday, September 28, 2008 by bill reynolds 

According to OSHA your organization must save the OSHA 300 Log, and Annual Summary, and the OSHA 301 Incident Report forms for five years following the end of the calendar year that these records cover.

If, during the 5-year retention period, there is a change in the extent or outcome of an injury or illness which affects an entry on a previous year’s log, then the first entry should be lined out and a corrected entry made on that log. Also, new entries should be made for previously unrecorded cases that are discovered or for cases that initially weren’t recorded but were found to be recordable after the end of the year in which the case occurred. The entire entry should be lined out for recorded cases that are later found non-recordable.

Reynolds Blog - Focus On OSHA Recordkeeping

Medics have rushed a man to the hospital after an industrial accident in Sharonville this morning.
Police tell Local 12 the 32 year old worker got his arm stuck in a machine at Cincinnati Preserving around 8:15 a.m..  The factory is on East Kemper and Reading Roads.  Cincinnati Preserving manufactures canned fruit pie mixes and fruit fillings under the brand name Clearbrook Farms.

Man Gets Arm Stuck at Sharonville Factory - :: Cincinnati news story :: LOCAL 12 WKRC-TV in Cincinnati

Pat Lohmann

Issue date: 9/30/08 Section: News

Two New Mexican scientists are determined to find a natural cure for cancer.
The National Institutes of Health commissioned Tim Lowrey and Wim Steelant to research the effects of two plants - Ligusticum porteri, or "Osha," and Anemopsis californicai, or "Yerba Mansa" ­- which New Mexicans have traditionally used to treat illnesses.

"They’ve been used by the Native Americans and Hispanic populations for centuries, not necessarily for cancer, but against other diseases such as colds," said Lowrey, who is a botanist and biology professor at UNM.
"The goal of this study is to find naturally occurring active compounds in plants against cancer and bacteria," he said.

Scientists search for cancer cure in NM plants – News