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Union's "No-Lift" Policy Reduces Worker-Patient Injuries
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December 1, 2009
Lifting patients in hospitals and other care facilities is one of the leading causes of neck and back injuries suffered by health care workers in the United States. It also is a leading cause of injury to patients.
When the Office is a NYC Traffic Intersection
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December 1, 2009
"One of the reasons it took so long to get this law is that TEAs were thought of as 'meter maids,'" Huntley said. "In the 1960s, the first agents were women, and that's what they were called. The name stuck. They were seen as doing clerical work that didn't require protection."
Ergonomics, Nine Years Later
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December 1, 2009
Almost nine years ago, one of the first actions taken by the Bush administration was the repeal of a federal ergonomics standard issued just months earlier by the outgoing Clinton administration. Left in place, the OSHA standard, some 10 years in the making, could have prevented tens of millions of work-related injuries. Among those most vulnerable are CWA members in customer service, manufacturing, health care and related occupations.
Hazard Mapping Reduces Injuries at GE
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December 1, 2009
Workplace and hazard mapping is a tool that a number of unions are now using to identify unsafe job areas by literally producing a floor map of the worksite.
UPTE Fights for Lab Safety In Wake of Young Chemist's Death
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December 1, 2009
Sheri Sangji was 23 years old, a bright, talented young woman with twinkling brown eyes and a joyful spirit. A science enthusiast who dreamed of being a lawyer, she took a job in a UCLA biochemistry lab while applying to law schools.