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OSHA accuses area Cintas of 30 violations By Michelle Meyers
The Cincinnati-based company, which until recently provided laundry services for the city of Hayward, has been in the spotlight lately because of a local lawsuit employees filed against the company claiming it violated Hayward's living-wage law.

Employees, who are in the process of unionizing, may have triggered the visit from Cal/OSHA by requesting documentation on past injuries at the facility, said Jason Oringer, an organizer for the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees.

Occupational Hazards Magazine Honors America's Safest Companies
According to Joseph Van Houten, Ph.D., CSP, worldwide director of Planning, Process Design and Delivery, Johnson & Johnson Safety & Industrial Hygiene, New Brunswick, NJ, "Safety is a key indicator of organizational excellence. A safe plant typically has high employee morale, high productivity and minimal product defects."

Others acknowledge that business success would not be possible without a safe workplace and safe workers.

Des Moines Register-Events Center accidents cost Polk $38,000 By BERT DALMER
Nearly 50 construction accidents - including four linked to drug violations - have occurred at the Iowa Events Center since work on the project began in earnest in January. Taxpayers have been held liable for many of the resulting costs.
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The Iowa Events Center has yet to receive an OSHA citation in 22 months of sporadic construction, records show.

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