OSHA proposes fining New Bedford fish plant $279k
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NEW BEDFORD, MA - July 15, 2010 - A waterfront seafood processing facility is facing $279,000 in federal fines for alleged workplace hazards.
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Mustard gas-contaminated fishing boat is clean
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BOSTON—The Coast Guard says a clam boat that dragged up canisters of mustard gas earlier this month off the coast of Long Island, N.Y., has been decontaminated.
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Maritime Industry Explosive Safety Guide
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In the wake of the recent incident involving a New Bedford fishing vessel's encounter with WWI mustard gas munitions, the New England Fisheries Management Council is circulating this Maritime Industry Explosive Safety Guide.
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Safety problems systemic with paid 'observers'
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The regional coordinator of the federal "on-board
observer program" — whose operation has become a flashpoint complaint of
fishermen in problem-solving meetings called by the government —
withheld from the industry that observers interfering with life-saving
electronics — the EPIRB signals — has become a systemic pattern.
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New England Fishermen say inexperienced observers interfering with EPIRBs
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One of the issues discussed between fishermen and NOAA in both Gloucester and New Bedford was the repeated instances of inexperienced observers interfering with safety systems.
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