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As we mark another Labor Day, all Americans should be proud of how the hard work and sacrifice of so many people have long made U.S. productivity the envy of the world. For our nation’s construction workers, that productivity provides us with new roads and bridges and buildings and other structures...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is urging employers in Guam, American Samoa and the Northern Mariana Islands to enhance safety measures to protect workers against crane hazards following a Nov. 25, 2022 crane-related...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Carl’s Jr. restaurant was reopened after it was shutdown for “maintenance and clean up work” when employees were possibly affected by unidentified fumes and were taken to the hospital on Saturday Nov. 26.  The shutdown was to “ keep in line with [Department of Health’s...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) “is looking into” the “matter” in American Samoa, where Carl’s Jr restaurant closed this past Saturday after employees were possibly affected by unidentified fumes. This is according to the U.S Labor Department...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has closed its investigation, without issuing a citation into the traffic accident in front of StarKist Samoa compound in December of last year that claimed the lives of four cannery workers. OSHA, a bureau of the...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The federal Occupational Safety and Health Act “prohibits employers from taking disciplinary action or in any other way discriminating against an employee for engaging in various occupational safety and health activities,” said a U.S Labor Department spokesperson. “For...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — Following the U.S. Supreme Court decision earlier this month, the U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has withdrawn its vaccination rule, which applies to businesses with at least 100 workers — while at the same time the federal agency encourages...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has closed the inspection and investigation into an industrial accident last year at the Port of Pago Pago that claimed the lives of two male employees of Peter E. Reid Stevedoring after a final penalty of just...
Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S. Supreme Court decision yesterday halted the implementation of a U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) vaccination rule, which applies to businesses with at least 100 workers. A U.S. Labor Department official last week confirmed to Samoa News...
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Pago Pago, AMERICAN SAMOA — The U.S Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has imposed a “current penalty” of just over $18,000 for three “serious” violations against local firm, Peter E. Reid Stevedoring, over an industrial incident at the Port of Pago Pago early this year that...

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