Occupational Safety & Health Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

UNDOCUMENTED WORKERS

– Farm labor contractor faces charges for pregnant teen farmworker death (Cal. Super. Ct.), 350

UNIONS

– ACLU alleges Cal. failure to protect workers from heat stress (Cal. Super. Ct.), 739
– AFL-CIO

– – Crane inspectors, qualification should not require certification, comments say, 544
– – H1N1 virus, unions meet with federal agencies to discuss protective measures, 635
– – Injury and illness underreporting continues, AFL-CIO report says calling for OSH Act reforms, 346
– – Mass. chapter, state, federal OSHA to train alternative high school students, In Brief, 82
– – Respiratory protective device fit testing

– – – Bitrex protocol, OSHA withdraws proposal, union supports decision, 548
– – – PortaCount quantitative method, OSHA urged to reevaluate 2 proposed protocols, 238

– – Safety and health initiatives for 2009 outlined at meeting, ergonomics remains top priority, 75
– – Strategic shift for worker safety and health needed, Barab tells Wis. branch, 830

– AFSCME, unions meet with federal agencies to discuss H1N1 virus protective measures, 635
– Employee Free Choice Act, NYCOSH urges passage, 154
– European Trade Union Confederation calls for expansion of list of chemicals subject to REACH restrictions, 263
– Farm Workers alleges Cal. failure to protect workers from heat stress (Cal. Super. Ct.), 739
– Government Employees (AFGE), prison guards

– – Nonlethal weaponry, union supports arming guards in light of understaffing, overcrowding, 617
– – Protective clothing, union urges Bureau of Prisons to allow guards to wear stab-proof vests, 493

– Health care coalition survey finds preparation for influenza pandemic lacking, urges OSHA rulemaking to protect workers, 325
– Labor agreements on large-scale construction projects, Obama order promotes worker safety, officials say, 133
– National Council of Field Labor Locals, revised Field Operations Manual released without input, temporarily on hold, 97
– National Network of Committees on Occupational Safety and Health, green jobs programs must provide training, O'Connor says, 640
– National Treasury Employees Union, Customs and Border Protection agency reach agreement to allow officers to voluntarily use respirators to protect from H1N1 exposure, 660
– Nurses' unions oppose mandatory H1N1 vaccinations, Special Report, 881
– OSH Act reform, groups urge Kennedy (D-Mass) to reintroduce bill, 28
– Service Employees critical of CDC guidance on respiratory protection for health care workers exposed to H1N1 virus, 344; union finds state health departments disregarding guidance, 384; union urges federal OSHA to follow Cal. lead in issuing airborne diseases rule, 422; unions urge retention of current guidelines, 518; unions meet with federal agencies to discuss protective measures, 635
– Steelworkers leaves talks on ANSI standards for process safety performance indicators, worker fatigue management, 680
– Teamsters challenge driver hours-of-service rule (D.C. Cir.), 201
– Workers United

– – Frumin joins newly formed union, 449
– – Partnership with SEIU could advance worker safety, representatives say, 243

UNITED KINGDOM (UK)

– Nanotechnology, government issues risk management guidelines for carbon nanotubes, 198

UNIVERSITIES

See EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

UTAH

– Coal company faces fine after miner injured in vehicle rollover due to faulty brakes, 243
– Toxic substances, intent to injure needs no motive, suit reinstatement (Utah), 181