TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

Health & Safety Weekly News

Vol. 55 August 11th, 2010

 

 

Top of the News

Ø  Cutting workers, demanding shortcuts: recipe for injury and death on the job

 

Ø  OSHA Will Review Flight Attendant Conditions

 

Ø  NTSB investigates deadly school bus accident

 

Ø  U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces up to $25 Million for High-Speed Passenger Rail Research

 

Ø  KLEEN ENERGY: $16.6M in fines proposed in blast

 

Ø  NTSB: Airbus A320 has rudder flaw linked to deadly 2001 N.Y. crash

 

Ø  OSHA Fines Texas Construction Company $136K After Worker Dies

 

Ø  FAA Proposes Hazmat Civil Penalties Against 11 Companies

 

Quote of the Week (click on the quote for entire story)

“The goal of achieving widespread adoption and meaningful use of electronic health records by 2014 is established in the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act of 2009 (HITECH), part of the American recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009”. 

 

By: National Coordinator for Health Information Technology- David Blumenthal, M.D., M.P.P. 

 

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