Don't Miss the 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar

Registration continues for the 2010 Feed Mill Management Seminar. This years program is designed to provide mill managers with updates on Best Practices and other vital information to make feed mills operate at peak performance. Sponsored by U.S. Poultry & Egg Association’s Poultry & Egg Institute, the conference will be held March 10-11, at the Renaissance Hotel in Nashville, TN. Register by February 19 to assure room availability and special rate. Go to http://www.poultryegginstitute.org/educationprograms/index.cfm#env to register now.

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Choosing and Maintaining Emergency Eyewashes/Showers

In many industrial workplaces, the threat of eye, face and skin contamination is an ongoing concern. Chemical exposure can take place even when the best processes and equipment are put into place to avoid such incidents. The ANSI Z358.1 standard is one of numerous standards from the American National Standards Institute created to prevent and treat the many threats to workers. OSHA standard 29 CRF 1910.151 mandates that emergency shower and eyewash equipment must be provided any time exposure to chemicals is a threat.

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Court Approves Largest ADA Award in EEOC History

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently announced court approval of the distribution of a $6,200,000 compensation fund in the landmark Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) litigation between the EEOC and Sears, Roebuck & Co. In its lawsuit against Sears, the EEOC had alleged that Sears maintained an inflexible workers’ compensation leave exhaustion policy and terminated employees instead of providing them with reasonable accommodations for their disabilities, in violation of the ADA. The case resulted in the largest ADA settlement in a single lawsuit in EEOC history.

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Wellness Programs: Does Your Health-risk Questionnaire Violate the new Genetic-bias Law?

Are you one of the 64% of employers currently offering incentives for employees to complete health risk assessments? If your answer is yes then it’s time to take a fresh look at the health questionnaires you hand out to employees as part of your wellness program. Asking the wrong questions can cost you organization as much as $50,000 for each violation.

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Proper Use of Disposable Respirators

NIOSH has a new poster on the proper techniques on how to put on and take off a disposable respirator. Ensure your employees are trained on these techniques.

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