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Summit County Labor News
Akron, Summit County, Ohio
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The President's Committee on Industrial Safety has spurred demand for safety training courses among state agencies. The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Standards has assisted in courses across multiple states, training about 260 personnel this fiscal year, with new programs planned for specific industries.
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A widespread demand for safety training courses has resulted from the program of The President's Committee on Industrial Safety, particularly on the part of State agencies wanting to train their inspectors, according to an article appearing in the December "Labor Information Bulletin."
The article reports that so far this year, the safety-promotion staff of the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Standards has provided technical assistance for safety-training courses in seven States and has scheduled courses in 11 others. State agencies are utilizing the complete series of five one-week training courses to be given at approximately three-month intervals.
The States where courses have been held include Florida, Oregon, Michigan, Georgia, Maryland, Rhode Island and West Virginia. The scheduled courses are to be given in New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Colorado, Iowa and Florida.
Through these classes approximately 260 State personnel will be trained in safety techniques and methods during the first half of this fiscal year.
New special industrial safety programs are being planned for Virginia and West Virginia in the machine shop and sheet metal fabrication industries. Safety staff members of the Bureau of Labor Standards will assist State personnel in these areas in conducting surveys for determining specific hazards and developing safety program materials and safe work methods for use by the States.
Maryland and New York now have special safety programs in effect in the scrap iron and steel industries, and New Jersey plans to start its program in these industries in January.
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approximately 260 state personnel will be trained in safety techniques and methods during the first half of this fiscal year
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A widespread demand for safety training courses has resulted from the program of The President's Committee on Industrial Safety, particularly on the part of State agencies wanting to train their inspectors. The safety-promotion staff of the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Standards has provided technical assistance for safety-training courses in seven States (Florida, Oregon, Michigan, Georgia, Maryland, Rhode Island and West Virginia) and has scheduled courses in 11 others (New Jersey, South Carolina, North Carolina, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Texas, Idaho, Colorado, Iowa and Florida). State agencies are utilizing the complete series of five one-week training courses to be given at approximately three-month intervals. New special industrial safety programs are being planned for Virginia and West Virginia in the machine shop and sheet metal fabrication industries, with assistance from the Bureau of Labor Standards in conducting surveys for hazards and developing safety materials. Maryland and New York now have special safety programs in effect in the scrap iron and steel industries, and New Jersey plans to start its program in these industries in January.