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• Newberg winery makes safety a priority
• Administrator's message: O[yes] - a partnership for the future
• Using pesticides - 10 ways to stay out of trouble
• Oregon announces 2012 workplace deaths
• Going the Distance: Meet the owner of Red's Mountain Blueberries

• Preparing for the worst. Is your business ready?
• Emergency plans - does your workplace need them?
• Administrator's message: Stretching our perspective and challenging our assumptions.
• Safety Notes: A worker is caught in a six-foot-deep excavation while repairing a leaking water main.
• Going the Distance: Meet the safety manager at NW Natural.

• Making sense of tragedy, an Oregon OSHA investigator's mission
• A problem with accident investigations.
• Administrator's message: Learning from failure is expensive, but not doing so costs even more.
• Safety notes: An ambulance service technician checking an oxygen cylinder is the victim of an explosion.
• Going the Distance: Meet the Ombudsman for Injured Workers.

• Safety achievement - a continuous journey
• Small business and obstacles to workplace safety
• Administrator's Message
• News Briefs: Oregon OSHA partners with Mexican Consulate during Labor Rights Week
• Going the Distance: Meet the environmental and safety manager of Covanta Marion, Inc.

• Cover Story: Milwaukie glass supplier creates accident-free culture
• Administrator's Message: Working together produces better results
• Managing a small business and managing safety
• Safety Notes: A garbage truck driver's arm was caught by the truck's compactor blade
• Going the Distance: Meet the owner of Loving Care Providers

• Cover Story: Enchanted opportunities
• Administrator's Message: Incentives - be careful what you ask for
• Protecting young workers after the Great Recession
• Safety Notes: Young workers are exposed to poisonous chemicals while working on a Christmas tree farm
• Going the Distance: Meet an accident victim who is using his story to educate others

• Cover story: Excavation safety
• Administrator's Message: Measuring success - a challenging proposition
• Safety Notes: A worker's hand is caught in a milling machine
• News Briefs: Finalists in the student video contest are named
• Going the Distance: Meet the safety manager at Eugene's Water & Electric Board

• Cover story: Asbestos making a comeback?
• Administrator's Message: Understanding workplace chemical hazards
• Safety Notes: A worker falls 25 feet through an unguarded skylight
• Share feedback on our new design
• Going the Distance: Meet the safety manager at Walsh Construction

• Cover story: Supervisor responsibilities
• Administrator's Message: Trying to understand indifference to real risks
• Safety Notes: A worker is knocked out by an exploding tire
• Oregon OSHA wins Spotlight Award
• Going the Distance: Meet an occupational safety and health educator

• Cover story: Training program enhances safety culture
• Administrator's Message: Playing games with statistics - and cell phones
• Safety Notes: Worker is severely burned when a drum explodes
• FDA issues warning letter to maker of Brazilian Blowout
• Going the Distance: Meet the health and safety manager at Bend Research

• Cover story: Riding for Safety - Orchard develops program for ATV safety
• Administrator's Message: Taking a firmer line against construction falls
• Safety Notes: A worker is killed in an ATV accident
• Tips for working safely in the heat
• Going the Distance: Meet the safety manager at Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation

• Cover story: Preventing violence in the workplace
• Administrator's Message: Making sense of the hierarchy of controls
• Safety Notes: A construction worker strikes a power line
• Photo recaps - Safety Break and Workers Memorial Day
• Going the Distance: Meet the director of a care facility focused on safe patient handling

• Cover story: Ammonia hazards
• Administrator's Message: Maybe the impossible really is possible
• Safety Notes: A van crash results in the death of a worker, injures others
• Photos and recap on the 2011 Oregon GOSH Conference
• Going the Distance: Meet a construction manager in southern Oregon

• Cover story: Crane oversight - New rules raise bar for employers
• Administrator's Message: Is it really true that "Sure and steady gets it done"?
• Safety Notes: Workers avoid an accident during a beach sand excavation
• New wheel of hazards engages OSHA booth visitors
• Going the Distance: Meet a SAIF consultant who enjoys mentoring others

• Cover story: Preserving safety in a tight economy
• Administrator's Message: Keeping faith and keeping focus
• Safety Notes: A rigger is crushed by a falling load
• New toolkit for small employers now available
• Going the Distance: Meet the safety officer at an Oregon nursery

• Cover story: Serving up Safety (restaurant focus)
• Administrator's Message: Assumptions can be dangerous things
• Safety Notes: A worker caught in machinery suffers an amputation
• Safety values shared at Central Conference
• Going the Distance: Meet the safety manager at a popular Oregon brewery

• Cover story: Communicating across cultures
• Administrator's Message: Preventing fatalities requires focus
• Beware of OSHA-related scams
• Safety Notes: A ladder fall severely injures a worker
• Going the Distance: Meet a safety expert in the agriculture field

• What to expect from an Oregon OSHA inspection
• Oregon OSHA's most-cited rules
• Administrator's message: Oregon OSHA programs feel impact of tight economy
• News Briefs
• Going the distance: Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Jennifer Olson-Morzenti

• Great Heights: Roofing company elevates safety.
• Eliminating fall hazards.
• Administrator's message: What makes Oregon OSHA unique?
• Oregon's workplace deaths continued to decline over past decade.
• Going the distance: Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Gordy Webster

• Machinery Might: Metal worker loses finger after accident
• How amputations happen
• Administrator's message: Oregon OSHA will cite what we find
• News Briefs
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon safety and health professional - Steve Gass

• Invisible threat: Understanding the signs of carbon monoxide poisoning
• Administrator's message: Comparing penalty strategies
• Safety Notes: Electrical shock/burn
• News Briefs: Construction Advisory Committee tackles compressed air hazard
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon safety and health professional - Rebecca Rogie

• Real life safety committees. Who they are, how they work
• Safety committees for small construction businesses
• Ask Technical
• Safety Notes
• Going the distance: Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Tara O'Keeffe

• A fine danger - controlling silica dust
• Administrator's message: The limits of injury and illness rates
• Safety Notes
• Workers' Memorial Scholarship Awards
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Chris Raykovich

• Taking it to the people: A history of workplace safety in Oregon
• Administrator's message: Standing on the shoulders of giants, known and unknown
• 1951 - The deadliest year
• Lifelong loggers reflect on safety in the woods
• Oregon OSHA retrospective: Darrel Douglas; Dianne Mekkers

• Family's grief lingers five years after worker's death
• 2008 fatality report
• Safety Notes
• Oregon GOSH Awards photos
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Shelley Nasby

• Saving your back. The value of ergonomic solutions
• Administrator's message: A good investment during tough times
• Safety Notes
• Oregon OSHA's latest innovation: user-centered publications
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Jeremy Lawson

• Developing a defense against Mother Nature
• Administrator's message: Is the glass half full - or half empty?
• High school students encouraged to enter safety video contest
• Safety Notes
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon health and safety professional - Fred Berman DVM, PhD

• Two young women honored with Workers' Memorial Scholarships
• Administrator's message: Cultivating Safety and Health Leadership
• Safety Notes
• News Briefs
• Oregon OSHA forms alliance with Oregon Restaurant Association

• 2009 GOSH Conference announces call for award nominations
• Administrator's message: Making sense of the hierarchy of controls
• Giants of the sky: Exploring crane safety
• Safety Notes
• Going the distance. Meet a leading Oregon safety professional - Ron Richardson

• Oregon construction deaths increase in 2007
• Dangerous reliance on "common sense"
• News briefs
• Scam alert: OSHA Posters
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• Oregon employers to report fatal vehicle accidents and heart attacks
• The key elements in pursuing worker safety
• GOSH Conference 2007 is fast approaching
• NexCon: Shaping the future of construction safety
• Oregon workers' compensations rates

• Oregon OSHA provides consultation services to help employers
• Willamette Landscape Services is first SHARP landscaping firm
• Safety and health leadership: moving forward at GOSH 2007
• New report examines Oregon workplace deaths in 2004
• Portland Building and City Hall install AEDs to improve safety

• Oregon workplace fatalities hit new record low in 2005
• Construction in downtown Bend: OR-OSHA is there
• GE Security joins VPP safety recognition program
• Portland hosts 2nd HealthCare Ergonomics Conference
• Oregon OSHA joins Portland for Safety Awareness Day

• Oregon OSHA welcomes new administrator Michael Wood
• Oregon OSHA tests disaster response skills
• New law changes inspection notification requirements
• SHARP is about constant improvement
• Oregons Workers' Compensation news

• Oregon OSHA receives Final State Plan approval from U.S. Department of Labor
• Workplace injuries continue to decline in Oregon
• GOSH News
• OTHER VOICES: Electrical shock prevention near water
• Oregon OSHA 2004 Report to Stakeholders

• Terrorism Task Force
• VPP Awards
• Changes to the OSHA 300 form
• Localización de Riesgos
• Hazard Identification

• Safe lift techniques
• New safety videos aim to keep health care workers healthy
• Oregon OSHA issues safety advisory on metal halide lamps
• Two VPP "Star" milestones celebrated
• Skanska recognized for safety at Bend and Redmond hospital projects

• Holding the line on workers' comp rates
• Bend aircraft manufacturer revs up its safety-and-health program
• Oregon OSHA and Portland General Electric collaborate for worker safety
• Oregon OSHA introduces class to improve vehicle safety at work
• A safety video could save your life

• Healthcare Ergonomics
• Safe Jobs, Smart Business
• Consultation services from Oregon OSHA helps employers
• Forklifts are everywhere
• The Danger you can't see: Carbon Monoxide exposure from propane forklifts

• Eugene employer marks eighteen years without a lost-time injury
• What does 'self-sufficiency' look like?
• Marvin Wood Products is the latest addition to Oreogn's Voluntary Protection Program
• Oregon OSHA 2003 Report to Stakeholders
• The Bad Hair Day

• Keeping firefighters safe
• Answering the "Mayday" call
• From dull to SHARP
• Safety Notes
• Spanish "Excavaciones" & English "Excavations"

• On guard: A history of point-of-operation safeguarding
• English "scaffolds" and Spanish "Andamios"
• If it's silica - it's not just dust
• Focus on agriculture
• Don't sell yourself short

• Division One changes take effect in January
• Training and education grants available
• Updated publications now available from Oregon OSHA
• New training courses for small business
• Profiles: Tom Paris

• New ergo resources available
• Prepare for workplace emergencies
• Profile: Dianna Gray
• Safety Notes: Indoor Air Quality Q & A's
• Cold Stress: Spanish & English

• Get Ready for GOSH 2003
• Oregon companies believe in staying SHARP
• An advisory for small-business owners
• Ladder Safety (Spanish/English)
• Oregon OSHA enforces safe living standards for agricultural labor housing

• Work-related deaths in Oregon at record low
• Innovative safety committees for workplaces with 10 or fewer employees
• DPR Construction receives VPP Merit Award from Oregon OSHA
• Fall Protection (Spanish & English)
• You've got eyestrain!

• OR-OSHA Sends Relief to New York
• STEP up to SHARP: Oregon employers receive SHARP recognition
• A shocking experience that could save your life
• Safety and Health for all workers in Oregon
• Newest safety summit serves Central Oregon builders

• New bloodborne-pathogen standard adopted
• Small Businesses: Download manual for safety-program help
• Oregon SHARP Alliance helps new employers
• Profile: Paul Frith
• Voluntary Protection Program undergoes changes

• Georgia-Pacific Pulp and Paper Mill recognized for safety achievement
• Put safety first on the farm
• Your hearing: Use it, don't lose it!
• Work zone safety tips
• I know a shortcut!

• Why have a workplace safety & health program?
• Safety and Small Business Employer 2001 Schedule
• Oregon employers and employees receive safety awards
• Safety at Work: Things young workers should know
• Everything I Ever Needed to Know, I learned in Aisle Nine

• Bechtel?s Airport MAX project earns STAR award
• Construction noise
• Muskuloskeletal injuries riddle health-care workforce
• Students learn how to recognize hazards in mills
• Law changes regarding hazardous substance reporting

• New and changing Oregon OSHA rules
• Oregon SHARP Alliance seeks new board members
• Profile - Chuck McFarland
• OR-OSHA sets goals for 2001
• A victory worth winning

• Permit-required confined spaces: They're not designed to be occupied!
• Oregon OSHA, safety engineers seek award nominees
• Pulp & Paper Worker Conference moves
• Workers' Memorial Scholarships awarded
• Two little words spell DANGER!

• Redesign a worksite to protect a valuable resource - workers
• Bloodborne pathogens standards policy updated
• How well would you measure up?
• The heat equation
• Small business finds a resource in Oregon OSHA

• Portland Airport MAX project - Oregon?s newest VPP site
• AWPPW Awards
• Conferences
• Safety Notes
• SHARP Employees Recognized

• New, temporary, and changing Oregon OSHA rules
• Worksite redesign grants benefit Oregon industries
• Is your workplace prepared for fire hazards?
• The clock is ticking!
• The eyes have. . . (had) it!

• Spirit Communications' founder rallies new association members
• Permit-required confined space standard amended
• A good PPE program reduces injuries
• Do you have questions about crane operator training?
• Court decision ends old legal dispute

• Please . . . be careful out there
• SHARP
• Safety Notes
• Is your farm labor camp registered?
• Stopped before they started

• Scaffolding roundtable
• What can go wrong?
• Worksite redesign project
• Got a problem? Maybe we can help
• Understanding saves the soup!

• Congratulations on a long and successful partnership
• Are you ready for the year 2000?
• Eye hazards in the workplace
• Oregon OSHA's new agriculture standard
• Shared resources help us all

• Respiratory protection standard changed
• Accident alert
• Information for YOU-2-Know
• Publication Spotlight: Fall Protection
• Safety Notes: Rock company, Food processing, Food catering, Farming

• Hazardous energy lockout/tagout, and the working person
• New respiratory protection standard
• Safety notes: Scrap metal recycling, Marine cargo, Backhoe excavation, Plastic pipe corrugation
• Oregon has 13 SHARP employers
• Beware of hot oil

• Publication spotlight/training, written programs
• Publication spotlight/scaffolds
• Films teach effectively
• Safety notes: Construction, Tree service
• New rules for butadiene and methylene chloride

• Oregon OSHA renews its efforts to reduce ergonomics injuries
• Publication spotlight - Printing industry
• Employer Alert - Rebar Covers
• Work related fatality rates announced
• Design of a powered vinyl hinge applicator

• Publication Spotlight - Silicosis
• Emergency Eyewashes & Showers
• SHARP Recipient
• 1996 Safety Awards
• Publication Spotlight - Portable Ladders