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Because going to work shouldn't be a grave mistake!

 

FACE to FACE

 

Standing FACE to FACE and getting the full picture.

NIOSH provides grants to nine State agencies for its Fatality Assessment and Control Evaluation Program (FACE), which provides in-depth investigation reports for a small number of work-related fatality incidents. USMWF will be aligning the photos and tributes from our Faces campaign with these State-FACE reports. Although only a small fraction of all work-related fatalities are assessed through this FACE program, we do want to make the connections to give an identity to the deceased worker and to increase the opportunity to learn lessons from a family's loss.

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    News and Updates

    Stay informed and up to date with news, events and opinions with just a quick look. We now have a Twitter, Facebook Fan Page and Facebook Causes Page and we continue to list our lost loves on the Weekly Toll.

       

     

    Events

     

    Training

    When: Monday, July 26 – Thursday, July 29, 2010 Where: George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services How: Travel, shared accommodations, and meals will be provided Why: To become advocates for your family and others dealing with workplace health and safety issues. Details here.

    Facilitators/Instructors: Peter Dooley and Dr. Celeste Monforton

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    Press

     

    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