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 <title>How To Help Your Return-to-Work Program Succeed</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/public/2376.cfm</link>
 <description>A return-to-work program means lower workers' comp costs for employers, as well as the ability to retain the use of a valuable employee with training and experience. The employee also benefits because</description>
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 <title>Planning for Shift Work</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/public/2336.cfm</link>
 <description>In the past, work primarily took place during the day. Now, particularly with the development of information technology, work happens around the clock.    While this type of schedule may allow </description>
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 <title>Tips to Make HazCom Compliance a Little Easier</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/public/2329.cfm</link>
 <description>A hazard communications (hazcom) program is a way of making sure employees are given the information they need to protect themselves from hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Violations of the hazcom</description>
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 <title>Your Medical History, In Brief and In Detail</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2328.cfm</link>
 <description> It's a bitter irony: at the moment when someone has his or her greatest need for medical care, he or she is unlikely to be able to assist medical personnel in providing that care.  That's why it's essential that your medical history be available even if you are incapacitated.</description>
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 <title>Are Your Employees in for a Shock?</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/public/2313.cfm</link>
 <description>Electricity is ubiquitous both in the workplace and in our everyday lives. We tend to take it for granted, but it can be deadly. In California each year, an average of 28 workers are killed and more t</description>
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 <title>Drop, Cover, and Hold On</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/public/2293.cfm</link>
 <description>On October 15 at 10:15 am, Californians are being asked to drop, cover, and hold on as part of The Great California ShakeOut drill.     The ShakeOut was developed by the California Emergency Ma</description>
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 <title>Cell Phone Policy</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2284.cfm</link>
 <description> This sample policy has been newly updated to reflect the latest technology changes, including texting
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 <title>Bulletin: Last chance for the 2009 California Employment Law Update conference!</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2281.cfm</link>
 <description>The fourth-annual California Employment Law Update conference is coming up early next month, from Nov. 4-6 in San Francisco. Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to get all of your niggling questions answered</description>
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 <title>Bulletin: WCAB issues new decision following reconsideration of Almaraz/Guzman</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2280.cfm</link>
 <description>This past July, we reported on a controversial decision issued by the state Workers' Compensation Appeals Board relating to settlement amounts. The case has now been revisited, and a new decision released</description>
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 <title>Bulletin: Special Report included with this issue: 5 Vital Elements of a Defensive Driving Program</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2278.cfm</link>
 <description>Motor vehicle accidents are the number one cause of death in the United States--both on and off the job. The most current California Highway Patrol (CHP) figures show that there were nearly 185,000 nonfatal crashes in California in 2007</description>
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 <title>Hazard Identification:  Are 'Green' Jobs Hazardous to Workers? NIOSH Initiative Encourages Integrati</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2277.cfm</link>
 <description>An organic farming operation provides safe and healthy food to the local community--but puts workers at risk of ergonomic injuries and heat illness during harvesting. Another company boasts in press releases about its newly constructed "green" office building--but not about the workers who were injured while building it</description>
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 <title>Fleet Safety:  Are Your Workers All Thumbs Behind the Wheel? Prevent Illegal (and Deadly) Texting Wh</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2276.cfm</link>
 <description>Robert Sanchez was at the controls of a Metrolink commuter train in Los Angeles on Sept. 12, 2008, when he ran through a red light on the tracks and collided head-on with a freight train</description>
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 <title>Workplace Violence, Part III:  Guards! Guards! Expert Advice on Creating an Effective Relationship B</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2275.cfm</link>
 <description>Emergency medical personnel know the drill: when they arrive on scene with the ambulance, if there are any reports of violence, weapons, or gunfire, they have to wait for the police to arrive and go in first, even if someone might be dying</description>
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 <title>Indoor Air Quality:  New WHO Guidelines Address Dampness and Mold Indoors</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2274.cfm</link>
 <description>There's no such thing as a mold-free building. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mold spores can even be found in surgical operating rooms. But indoor environments that are persistently damp may encourage mold growth to the point that the health of the building's occupants is affected</description>
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 <title>Appeals Board Decisions:  Employer Liable for Falling Tank Even Though Own Workers Didn't Cause Haza</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2273.cfm</link>
 <description>A four-man work crew with Paradiso Mechanical, Inc., of San Leandro, was installing a gasoline tank for the Novato Unified School District in the Bay Area</description>
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 <title>Hazardous Chemicals:  Mishandling Pyrophoric Chemicals Kills Lab Research Assistant; Chemical  Safet</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2272.cfm</link>
 <description>The University of California at Los Angeles was on Christmas break, and most university offices were closed on Dec. 29, 2008, when 23-year-old research assistant Sheharbano Sangji--Sheri, to her friends--was working in a biochemistry lab. The university allows its researchers to continue operating during breaks</description>
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 <title>News Note: Home-Work Conflict Increases Sick Days</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2271.cfm</link>
 <description>Employees who feel that issues with home and family life are interfering with their work take more sick leave, more often, according to a study in the August Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine</description>
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 <title>News Note: Work Zone Safety Information Available in Six Languages</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2270.cfm</link>
 <description>The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse has launched a multilingual database providing road construction zone safety resources in Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian. The materials provide information on laws, regulations, standards, guidelines, research publications</description>
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 <title>Sample Incident and Near Miss Reporting Policy</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2246.cfm</link>
 <description> In order to ensure a safe, healthful, and efficient work environment for our employees, the Company has established the following incident and near miss reporting policy as a condition of employment and continued employment<br><br></description>
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 <title>Infectious Diseases: Applicability Checklist for California's Aerosol Transmissible Diseases Standar</title>
 <link>http://www.ca-safety.com/members/2245.cfm</link>
 <description> In order to ensure a safe, healthful, and efficient work environment for our employees, the Company has established the following incident and near miss reporting policy as a condition of employment and continued employment</description>
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