Wood industry vacationers around the U.S. Independence Day holiday may have missed woodworking news: A tablesaw safety hearing report at the Consumer Products Safety Commission (consumers experienced 600,000 tablesaw accidents last year) and Comedy Central-The Daily Show's wry video report on a
a union organizer's complaints about Swedwood working conditions, Hickory Chair's $1799 French provincial side chairs, and why bathroom breaks should be restricted for line woodworkers.
CPSC mulls table saw safety rule
Jul 05, 2011 By Rich Christianson
Daily Show Video: Swedwood Versus Hickory ChairJuly 2, 2011 Posted by Bill Esler
Hickory Chair's factory and Jay Reardon appears in a segment on The Daily Show contrasting working conditions and product quality at Hickory with those from IKEA's Swedwood. The Comedy Central reporter suggests Hickory Chair should follow IKEA's example and make ready-to-assemble furnishings.
Jul 06, 2011 by Karen Koenig
Jul 04, 2011 posted by Rich Christianson
SAN ANTONIO â Delta Granite and
Marble Inc., a custom fabricator of countertops, has been cited with 10
serious and one other than serious violations by the U.S. Occupational
Safety and Health Administration.
Most viewed wood industry stories in June included:
The woodworking industry realigned and retrenched in June, with layoffs at Universal Forest Products as it CEO departs, Roseburg buying one panel plant and plans to close two others; Northwest Hardwoods is sold by Weyerhaeuser; plus OSHA takes action against more wood firms. Read these plus other top stories, including a massive wood plant fire, and record OSHA fines against wood firms.
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