Occupational Safety & Health Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

VACCINATIONS

– H1N1 virus

– Seasonal flu

– – N.Y.-issued restraining order preventing requirement for health care workers challenged (N.Y. Sup. Ct.), 907; governor suspends requirement, 919
– – Nurses' groups oppose mandate, Special Report, 881

VANADIUM (7440-62-2)

– ATSDR developing toxicological profile, 639

VENTILATION

– Alcoholic beverage blender, distributor faces fine for violations at Mass. plant, 688
– Indoor water park symptoms likely due to disinfection byproduct and poor ventilation, CDC reports, 118
– Mine controls removed, Aracoma settles charges involving fatalities with $4.2M fine (S.D. W. Va.), 15; Aracoma pleads guilty to willful violations, making false statement, widows object to agreement, 69

VENTILATORS

– Chlorine gas mass exposure, study recommends stockpiling by hospitals, 10

VINYL CHLORIDE (75-01-4)

– Warnings

– – Mass. PVC maker sophisticated user, toxic tort against suppliers dismissed (1st Cir.), 715
– – W. Va. PVC maker sophisticated user, toxic tort against suppliers dismissed (S.D. W.Va.), 797

VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE

– Emergency nurses frequent victims of physical, verbal abuse, report finds, 682
– Fla. health care providers and professional associations alliance with OSHA, In Brief, 200
– Prisons

– – Nonlethal weaponry, Bureau of Prisons opposes arming guards, 617
– – Protective clothing, union urges Bureau of Prisons to allow guards to wear stab-proof vests, 493

– Teachers lack standing to compel expulsion rather than suspension of students who attacked them in classroom (Mich. Ct. App.), 162
– Trampling death at retail store, Wal-Mart faces fine, 429
– Va. fatality increase in 2008 due to increased incidence, report finds, 811

VIRGINIA

– Fatalities, 5% increase in 2008 due to workplace violence, report finds, 811
– Smoking ban, House rejects Senate bill, 137

VOLUNTARY PROTECTION PROGRAM

– Construction firm earns membership, In Brief, 478
– Electric power transmitter and distributor earns membership, In Brief, 478
– GAO report complete, on 30-day hold, 424; GAO reports oversight improvements needed, 515; OSHA issues changes to program in response to GAO report, 699; OSHA to convene task force in Sept. to strengthen program, official tells conference, 725
– Hispanic programming broadcaster earns membership, In Brief, 266
– Improvements, OSHA-industry review to develop strategy to address shortcomings, Barab says, 610
– Or. OSHA teams may visit sites even while enforcement action under way, conference told, 757
– Participation, OSHA announces revisions, 44
– Tile maker earns membership, In Brief, 478