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USDOL launches tech competition to improve worker hearing safety
The U.S. Department of Labor recently launched the “Hear and Now – Noise Safety Challenge,” a competition that it hopes will encourage investors and entrepreneurs to develop a technological solution to hearing-related workplace noise hazards, EHS Today reports. The competition, a partnership between the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and […]
August 5, 2016
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ARTBA and AGC file suit to block OSHA’s revised crystalline silica rule
Two major industry associations, the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Louisiana chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), filed suit in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on April 4th, challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) revised crystalline silica rule. “OSHA’s silica regulation is based on flawed […]
April 6, 2016
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DOT seeks innovative transportation tools
The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking innovative tools that address challenges in transportation and improve the transportation system. The DOT is offering a challenge to innovators to create web-based tools, data visualizations and mobile apps or to find innovative uses of technology that access publicly-available federal or local DOT datasets. The contest features three […]
February 27, 2014
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