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WA Washington State Department of Labor Industries, Safety Health Assessment Research Program All Levels... 

Hu, Howard, M.D., M.P.H., ScD., Associate Professor, Harvard School of Public Health, SPECT Scans and MCS, presentation at a University of Washington and Washington State Department of Labor and Industry conference, Chemicals, the Environment and Disease A Research Perspective, May 7, 1999, Seattle, Washington. 

States that have implemented their own asbestos regulations can independently enforce them. State regulations must be at least as stringent as AHERA, and therefore an AHERA violation also will be a state violation. For example, the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries penalized a consultant for violating AHERA and the Washington Industrial Safety and Health Act in Prezant Assocs. v. Labor Indus. In that case, an asbestos... 

Michael A. Silverstein, Assistant Director for Industrial Safety and Health (retired), Washington State Department of Labor and Industries (committee member) ... 

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries is asked to perform verification audits and to participate in the refinery s process safely culture oversight committee. 

The Washington State Department of Labor and Industries set up an investigation that lasted 8 months. Their report criticized the Equilon plant managers for allowing the coking drum to be opened when it had only air-cooled for some 37 hours, instead of the normal steam- and water-cooling process. 

Hazard Assessment for PPE. (n.d.).Washington State Department of Labor and Industries, Public Domain, Based on and Adapted for Use. Retrieved from http //l.usa.gov/lDJTwtA Job Hazard Analysis, 3071. (2002). Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Public Domain, Modified and/or Adapt as necessary. Retrieved from http //l.usa. 

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