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U Of Washington Wins $1.45 Million for Ag Safety Center
From WesternFarmerStockMan.com, Staff, 1 Nov 2011. NIOSH helps UW operate health unit for ag, fish & forestry. Fatality rates in ag, fishing and forestry are 10 times that of other industries,...
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Worker Loses Fingers at Egg Farm
From SunJournal.com, Kathryn Skelton, Staff Writer, 10 Nov 2011. TURNER, ME — Federal safety officials are investigating after a worker lost two fingers at an egg farm Sunday morning. Bill Coffin, area...
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Farmers Worry New Child Labor Rules Will Hurt
From WSLS.com,Associated Press, 14 Nov 2011. DENVER (AP) Colorado family farmers are worried about a proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor to change child labor laws, saying they could cripple...
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Child Safety Farm Rules under Fire
From DurangoHerald.com, 16 Nov 2011. Farmers worry proposed labor regulations will hurt operation Colorado family farmers are worried about a proposal by the U.S. Department of Labor to change...
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Number of Suffocation Deaths in Grain Bins is Increasing
From KansasCity.com, Kansas City Star, Mike McGraw, 25 Nov 2011. Source: Purdue University. Kansas City Star The image of Patrick Hayes’ face after he suffocated in a grain bin under 60 tons of corn...
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Dangerous Dust: Shame on the Feds
From SavannahNow.com, 28 Nov 2011. IT’S SHAMEFUL that the federal government is taking its sweet time in protecting American workers from combustible dust — the same stuff that ignited and blew up the...
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After Oahu Farm Workers Fall Ill, State Inspectors Look Into Workers’ Safety,...
From HawaiiReporter, “After Oahu Farm Workers Fall Ill, State Inspectors Look Into Workers’ Safety, Food Security” by by Jim Dooley and Malia Zimmerman, 16 Dec 2011. The Hawaii state Department of...
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Keeping Kids Out of Silo Deathtraps: Labor Dept. on Verge of Rule Change
From InTheseTimes.com, Mike Elk, 19 Dec 2011. When it’s humid during the summer, corn in storage will often get so caked together that it won’t fall to the bottom of silos. When this happens, silo...
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Cal-OSHA Cites, Fines Company for Farmworker Death
From SacBee.com, The Sacramento Bee, Associated Press, 11 Jan 2012. OAKLAND, Calif. – California workplace regulators have fined a labor contracting company $74,125 in the death of a farmworker last...
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Labor Policy in the 2012 Farm Bill
From PulitzerCenter.org, Kate Furgurson, 25 Feb 2012. U.S. Rep. George Miller of the 7th District of California speaks at a Farm Bill listening session hosted by the Food Bank of Contra Costa and...
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