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Education and Activism Opportunity!!

H and S community in Denver on Nov. 4-7

USMWF was able to bring 13 family members to attend the National COSH meeting the Health and Safety Summit and meet with an amazing team at the Denver OSHA office, Region 8 . The Denver visit was a very unique because USMWF members have never meet with a Labor Liaison or a Solicitor of Labor.  USMWF has enjoyed many events and meetings with OSHA offices but felt this particular visit was a good start for new relationships and very informative.

   

 

Press

 

Response to OSHA Citations against Haasbach, LLC in Death of Two Young Workers - Catherine Rylatt Speaks Out About Findings

OSHA Press Release

January 24, 2011

US Department of Labor's OSHA publishes final rule on cranes and derricks in construction

DOL Press Release

July 21, 2010

Video of Diane Lillicrap Discusses the Importance of Crane Safety

Statement of US Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on passage of Miner Safety and Health Act of 2010 by House Committee on Education and Labor

DOL Press Release

July 21, 2010

Danger in School Labs

Scientific American Magazine

Aug,2010

MGM Grand bypassed 911 after showroom accident

Las Vegas Review-Journal

July,21 2010

2009 DEATH AT MGM GRAND: Family remembers worker as officials close files on fatal fall

Video

Las Vegas Review-Journal

July,11 2010

News Release PAWA

USMWF

July 2010

Visions - Workplace Fatalities, Disabling Injuries Trigger Personal, Regulatory Response

The Periodical of the National Association of Occupational Health Professionals

May-Jun. 2010

College professor knows pain of losing family to oil disaster She and her student are studying BP's response to current oil disaster June

caller.com

June 10, 2010

WORKPLACE SAFETY: Panel OKs safety-rule proposals, Draft bills to call for higher fines, authority for state officials

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Jun. 08, 2010

Fatal plunge by stagehand stirs questions of safety, fines

Las Vegas Review-Journal

Jun. 04, 2010

Tammy Miser Won’t Be Stopped, Part 2

USW TMC

May 27th, 2010

Tammy Miser Won’t Be Stopped, Part 1

USW TMC

May 26th, 2010

Mother calls for criminal probes in workplace safety cases

Las Vegas Review-Journal

May 19, 2010

Workplace dangers lurk in every job May

heraldbulletin.com

May 12, 2010

Workers' Memorial Day 2010

Created by Donna Puleio

May 1, 2010

Helping Workers Stay Safe

PWF

April 30, 2010

Memorial ceremony calls on reducing workplace dangers

heraldbulletin.com

April 30, 2010

Workforce Protections subcommittee hearing video

Education and Labor

Apr 29, 2010

Are OSHA's Penalties Adequate to Deter Health and Safety Violations?: Rebecca Foster Testimony

The Education and Labor Committee

April 28, 2009

Safety Stakeholders Testify at House Hearing on Whistleblower and Victim Rights

ehstoday.com

Apr 29, 2010

House Holds Hearing on Protecting America's Workers Act: Celeste’s testimony

National Whistleblower Legal Defense and Education Fund

April 29, 2010

Whistleblower and Victims Rights Provisions of the Protecting Americas Workers Act: Tonya Ford

The Education and Labor Committee

April 28, 2010

City honors those who never came home

heraldbulletin.com

April 28, 2010

President’s proclamation for WMD

The White House

April 28, 2010

Full Committee Hearing - Putting Safety First: Strengthening Enforcement and Creating a Culture of Compliance at Mines and Other Dangerous Workplaces: Holy Shaw

Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions

April 27 2010

Worker Memorial Day

The Charleston Gazette

April 27, 2010

It’s Not Just Mines

FEL Work in progress

April 15, 2010

Candlelight Vigil held for workplace deaths

WorldNow and KLKN

April 2010

Widowed school board member to honor husband, workers Tobi Jones to host memorial picnic

heraldbulletin.com

March 23, 2010

Making OSHA work, Bills in Congress would take important steps to help ensure worker safety

lasvegassun.com

March 18, 2010

Bill sharpens OSHA teeth in states with lax workplace safety Titus says measure would give federal agency new options

lvrj.com

Mar. 16, 2010

Photo Gallery: Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) holds a public meeting, OSHA Listens

OSHA

March 4,2010

OSHA Listens

OSHA

March 4,2010

Grieving niece from Lincoln gets OSHA ear

Journalstar.com.

March 4, 2010

Protected or Neglected: Workplace Safety

KCET Productions

January 14, 2010

Families and worker safety: in for the long haul

thepumphandle.wordpress.com

January 4, 2010

Grieving family seeks workplace safety

journalstar.com

January 3, 2010

Nevada's Workplace Health and Safety Enforcement Program: Debi Koehler-Fergen

The Education and Labor Committee

October 29, 2009

OSHA plans new Vegas office to monitor workplace safety

lasvegassun.com

Oct. 29, 2009

Rare study by feds may prompt OSHA changes

lasvegassun

July 31, 2009

Protecting American Workers Act (PAWA) Allows Criminal Prosecution for Willful Violators, Covers More Workers, Protects Whistleblowers and Includes Family Members of Victims in OSHA Proceedings

Front Lines

Volume 1 l Issue 5, July 1, 2009

Giving Workplace Fatalities a Face

LIFELINES ONLINE

Published: June, 2009; Vol. 6, Num. 1

Senate and House Hold Workers’ Memorial Day Hearings to Underscore Need for Greater Employer Accountability

Front Lines

Volume 1 l Issue 3, May 19, 2009

Philadelphia Fox 29-has Workers' Memorial Day 2008 + interviews with 2 family members

Fox News

Jul 14, 2008

60 Minutes Is Enough Done To Stop Explosive Dust?

Sugar Plant Blast In February That Killed 13 Is The Latest Preventable Tragedy

Correspondent Scott Pelly and Produced by Joel Bach and David Gelber

June 8, 2008 video

Blast victim's sister to appear on ‘60 Minutes'

By Rebecca S. Green

The Journal Gazette

June 8, 2008

Laura Flanders Radio Nation

Workers Memorial Day

Esther Kaplan of The Nation and Tammy Miser

May 29, 2008

Workers Memorial Day

by Esther Kaplan

The Nation

May 12, 2008

Reps Demand Bush OSHA Act Against Combustible Dust

Nobody should die on the job, and, especially nobody should die the painful, searing way Shawn Boone died almost five years ago in Huntington, Ind.

by PAI

March 28, 2008

Tempers Flare Over Combustible Dust

OSHA refuses to issue mandatory standards, but House members introduce legislation

Jeff Johnson of the Chemical and Engineering News - A service of the American Chemical Society.

March 24, 2008

Education and Labor Hearing on Combustible Dust

by Jesse Lee of The Gavel

March 12th, 2008

Mine Safety Advocates Press MSHA for Better Miners’ Rights Training

To view the Petition for Rulemaking on the at Appalachian Center

February, 05, 2008

Remember the 15

IBCTV

March 23,2007

Remember the 15

Occupational Health and Safety Section Newsletter APHA 2007: OHS Awards Luncheon

Fall 2007

Congratulations to Occupational Health and Safety Awardees

by Liz Borkowski

The Pump Handle in Confined Space @ TPH, Occupational Health and Safety

November 7, 2007

Family Bill of Rights

USMWF

November 1, 2007

Workplace Health and Safety Dirty Dozen Report

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health

April 25, 20006

Feds weigh in on deadly Huntington plant explosion

by Rebecca S. Green of The Journal Gazette

October 06, 2005

A year later, grief is replaced by activism

by Rebecca S. Green of The Journal Gazette

October 31, 2004

Aluminum dust blamed in blast, Plant worker, 33, dies; feds join probe

by Rebecca S. Green of The Journal Gazette

November 01, 2003