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Required Abstract Format
Student Name & Section # Magazine: (Title and Date of Magazine/Publication) Article: (Title of Article and Author) Summary of the article in your own words (minimum 2/3 of a page, maximum of 1 1/2 space and 12 point) Your analysis/synthesis of the article (a minimum 1/4 of a page, maximum 1 1/2 space & 12 point)
Spring 2017 RC-381/581 Article Abstract Options
OSHA's Wall of Shame
Fair Warning, December 19, 2016Labor Secretary Perez: ‘Moral responsibility’ to provide safe workpaces
EHS Today, December 16, 2016Workplace deaths up nationwide in 2015, Labor Department report shows
Charleston (W.V.) Gazette-Mail, December 16, 2016TSA proposes security training for rail, bus workers
Detroit Free Press, December 16, 2016
Railroad industry is split on worth, effects of new mandated safety system
Omaha World-Herald, December 16, 2016
Body of diver who died while inspecting Braintree water tank has been recovered
Boston Globe, December 16, 2016Gap fire mysteries remain: Sprinklers? Photo of burning boxes?
Poughkeepsie Journal, December 17, 2016
OSHA cites Alabama plant for hazards after robotic machine kills woman
Claims Journal, December 19, 2016
Penalties for workplace safety violations get extra cuts in Arizona
Daily Star (Tucson, Ariz.), December 18, 2016
OSHA penalties over 5 years drop nearly 50 percent in Connecticut
New Haven Register, December 19, 2016
Securing your staff's safety
Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration News, December 19, 2016
Auto part supplier and two staffing agencies face $2.5 million in fines after girl crushed by machine
WRBL-TV (Columbus, Ga.), December 15, 2016
OSHA fines Merrifield U.S. postal facility for safety hazards
Falls Church (Va.) Patch, December 15, 2016
Diver in Braintree died in the presence of his teen son
Boston Globe, December 15, 2016
Two injured after workplace accident on York River barge
Williamsburg Yorktown (Va.) Daily, December 14, 2016
A rule too far?
Risk & Insurance, December 14, 2016
Viral video sparks Indiana OSHA investigation
WISH-TV (Indianapolis, Ind.), December 14, 2016
Mountaire cited, fined after worker loses finger
Delmarva Now (Salisbury, Md.), December 12, 2016
L.A. fashion district a fire trap for garment workers, study finds
LA Weekly, December 12, 2016
Suspected carbon monoxide leak at downtown business sends 5 to hospital
Alaska Dispatch News, December 12, 2016
Worker dies in fall at Old Domino Sugar site in Brooklyn
New York Times, December 9, 2016
Murder charge for teen accused of killing worker at Utah troubled youth ranch
CBS News (New York, N.Y.), December 9, 2016
Breathing lead at work: Limit is based on 1978 science
The Oregonian, December 11, 2016
2017 will be a challenging year for pros
Industrial Safety and Hygiene News, December 7, 2016
OSHA Boss: Trump won’t tinker with workplace safety
Bloomberg BNA, December 6, 2016
Republican Congressmen continues information demand on OSHA joint-employer standard
National Law Review, December 6, 2016
Accident inquiry that led to firing was not retaliation
Society for Human Resource Management, December 7, 2016
10 most overlooked chemical handling rules
Pool and Spa News, December 5, 2016
Training helped firefighters rescue man from trench
The Record (Woodland Park, N.J.), December 7, 2016
OSHA issues $25,000 fine in Northern Panhandle chlorine leak
Charleston (W.Va.) Gazette, December 5, 2016
Reflections for the 15th anniversary of the revised OSHA Bloodborne Pathogens Standard
Infection Control Today, December 5, 2016
Senators ask for quick action to address Hanford chemical vapors
Tri-City Herald (Kennewick, Wash.), December 5, 2016
OSHA moving forward with construction crane rule changes
Bloomberg BNA, December 2, 2016
Workers at CDP lab wore no respirators while handling deadly toxin
Anniston (Ala.) Star, December 1, 2016
OSHA's injury reporting rule continues to stir up heated debate
Chem.Info, December 2, 2016
What's ahead for safety and health in 2017?
Occupational Health and Safety, December 2, 2016
Republicans must be smart on how to roll back federal regulations
Dallas Morning News, December 3, 2016
S.C. finds duty to prevent ‘take-home’ asbestos exposure
Los Angeles Metropolitan News-Enterprise, December 3, 2016
New OSHA rules impact privacy, drug screening and incentives
Union-Sun and Journal (Lockport, N.Y.), December 5, 2016
Over a dozen FBI agents hospitalized after million dollar sculpture makes them sick
Gizmodo, December 2, 2016
