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READER SUBMITTED: Energy Systems Sales And Training To Install 174 Solar Panels On Roof Of IMTI In Waterbury
StatewideThe Energy Systems Sales and Training (ESST) division of IMTI, The Industrial Management and Training Institute, in partnership with Motech Industries, Inc. and Motech Inverters of Taiwan, will install a 45kw Solar Photovoltaic System on the roof of the...Tags: Connecticut Labor Markets, Alternative Energy, Renewable Energy, Waterbury, Northeast Utilities
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Tea party tax filings show low-budget activism, with some million-dollar exceptions
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan activities, according to...Tags: Jacksonville (Duval, Florida), Health and Safety at Work, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, FBI, Budgets and Budgeting
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Worker in fatal construction site accident identified
Chicago TribuneA man working at a construction site on the Northwestern University campus in Evanston who died after he was struck by a beam that fell from six stories up this morning has been identified. The beam was knocked loose by a construction crane and struck...Tags: Colleges and Universities, Northwestern University, Evanston, Health and Safety at School, Career and Workplace
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Man Injured While Working On Busway
The Hartford CourantA construction worker was injured Wednesday morning when he fell about 10 feet and hit his head, fire officials said. The man was working on the Hartford-New Britain busway, which is known officially as CTfastrak. The accident happened about 7 a.m. near...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, New Britain
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Unions, not businesses, are responsible for worker safety laws
Paul Carpenter's column in support of John Brinson's anti-union stance is an attack on all workers. In the article, Mr. Brinson stated, "The problem is, we don't really need unions anymore" because of laws that now protect workers. Using that train of...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Laws, Pension and Welfare, Career and Workplace, Business
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Texas firefighters focused concern on toxic gases
WEST, Texas (AP) — When they saw 30-foot flames licking the sky inside a massive fertilizer plant, firefighters in this tiny Texas town rushed to evacuate nearby buildings and raced to spray water on tanks of chemicals, hoping to prevent a...
Tags: Environmental Politics, Chemical Industry, Health and Safety at Work, Fertilizer, Apple iPad
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Jonathan Fielding, the public's MD
If you've got your health, the cliche goes, you've got just about everything. If you've got public health duties, you're responsible for just about everything from mosquitoes (West Nile carriers) to hygiene (wash your hands for as long as it takes to sing...
Tags: Lung Cancer, Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Michael Bloomberg, Pneumonia
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Dangers on the job have one group taking action
selzie@kspr.comBRANSON, Mo. - For some workers taking extreme risks is all a part of the job but sometimes it can lead to injuries or even death. According to the Safety Council of the Ozarks working in construction poses one of the biggest safety threats, but even...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Career and Workplace, Car Safety Tips and Advice, Labor Legislation
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Seniors Idol-ized in township's Senior American Idol contest
Did you feel the ground shaking in Orland Hills May 9? If so, you were feeling the effect of Orland Township's Senior American Idol Scholarship Fundraiser, sponsored by KCM Accounting, at Georgio's Banquets in Orland Hills. The room was ablaze with...Tags: Palos Park, American Idol (tv program), Entertainment, Music Industry, Pat Quinn
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Worker Burned In Blast At Sterling Company
The Hartford CourantA worker at a company that makes industrial explosives is being treated for burns after a blast Friday morning. The explosion stemmed from a chemical reaction at the Austin Powder Co., 332 Ekonk Hill Road, shortly after 10 a.m., said Dennis Schain,...Tags: Norwich, Health and Safety at Work, Disasters and Accidents, FBI, Emergency Incidents
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Accidente en fábrica de explosivos
El Hartford CourantUn trabajador ha sido transportado a un hospital del área tras una explosión en una compañía que fabrica explosivos industriales. La explosión provino de una reacción química en la Compañía de Polvo Austin, 332 Ekonk Hill Road poco después de las 10am,...Tags: Norwich
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An employer's right not to speak
Massing the heavy legal artillery of 1st Amendment principles, a federal appeals court has ruled that the federal government can't order businesses to post signs informing employees that they have a right to join a union and to bargain for better wages....
Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Laws, Civil Rights, Career and Workplace, Justice and Rights
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