OSHA Offers Assistance for Hurricane Katrina Cleanup and RecoveryWorkers; Public Service Announcement Highlights Worker Safety Issues

U.S. Newswire, August, 2005

WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Jonathan L. Snare, deputy assistant secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (OSHA), is prepared to offer the full resources of the agency to help protect the safety and health of workers responding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina along the Gulf Coast.

"The human toll of this catastrophic storm will not be known for weeks," Snare said. "In the meantime, it is incumbent upon us to offer as much assistance as possible to assure the safety of the thousands of workers who will be working around the clock during cleanup and recovery operations."

Snare issued the following public service announcement related to Hurricane Katrina specifically:

"While Hurricane Katrina has moved on, the danger has not -- especially...

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