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Safety Lines is a quarterly publication of the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Its purpose is to promote occupational safety and health and to inform readers of the purpose, plans and progress of Minnesota OSHA.

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2011

April

• SOII sauce:  Marble floors are slippery and hard:  injuries, illnesses in the Financial Activities industry

January

• SOII sauce:  'Got a license for that thing?'
• Recordkeeping 201, part 10:  Recording cases and reporting claims -- A tale of two systems
• Research highlights:  2009 injury and illness survey statistics now available

2010

October

• Recordkeeping 201, part 9:  Matching workplace and workers to OSHA logs
• SOII sauce:  Interesting findings from the Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses

July

• Research highlights:  Minnesota safety report
• SOII sauce:  Median days away from work, 2008; private industry
• Research highlights:  Nursing home ergonomics services evaluation now available

April

• Recordkeeping 201, part 8:  'And a one, and a two' -- Counting employees and hours
• Announcement:  Software tools help employers show need for safety and benefits and costs of health and safety programs

January

• Research highlights:  Positive direction:  Survey shows Minnesota workplace injuries continue to decrease

2009

October

• Recordkeeping 201, part 7:  A close look at first aid

April

• Recordkeeping 201, part 6:  What are 'other recordable cases'?
• Research highlights:  Minnesota Workplace Safety Report summary

January

• Recordkeeping 201, part 5:  Needlesticks and sharps injuries, contact with bodily fluids

2008

July

• Recordkeeping 201, part 4:  New or deja vu? When to record injury recurrences and episodic illnesses

January

• Announcement:  Injury and illness survey team now collecting data for 2007
• Recordkeeping 201, part 3:  Job transfer and restricted work

2007

Fall

• Announcement:  Injury and illness survey gearing up for new year
• Recordkeeping 201, part 2:  Records access, information disclosure

Summer

• Announcement:  Minnesota workers' compensation claim statistics-at-a-glance
• Table:  Top 10 most common disabling accident events in the construction industry in Minnesota, 2004 through 2006

Spring

• Recordkeeping 201, part 1:  Privacy concern cases -- when not to write a name

Winter

• Announcement:  Department thanks employers for survey participation