OSHA Releases Respiratory Protection Video for Health Care Workers
OSHA recently produced a training video for health care employers and employees that explains proper respirator use and procedures to assure that workers are protected from airborne hazards in healthcare settings...
NIOSH Seeks Comment on Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance Recommendations
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites public comment on “Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance,” a draft document developed by a consortium of federal agencies, state health departments and volunteer organizations to propose a more comprehensive, systematic approach to worker safety and health for emergency responders...
CSB: Multiple Deficiencies Led to 2008 Bayer CropScience Explosion
In its final report on the Aug. 28, 2008, Bayer CropScience pesticide manufacturing unit explosion that killed two workers and injured eight others, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) found multiple deficiencies during a lengthy startup process that resulted in a runaway chemical reaction inside a residue treater pressure vessel...
The End of an Era?
The U.S. Department of Transportation begins the phase out of the exception for Other Regulated Materials-Domestic...
NIOSH Stakeholder Meeting to Address PPE, Safety Issues
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Personal Protective Technology Program (NIOSH PPT) and National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) are hosting an annual stakeholder meeting March 29, where attendees can communicate directly with NIOSH employees and grant recipients about their current research projects as well as other workplace safety and health activities...
Hands-On Training Effective in Dangerous Work Environments
Hands-on safety training for workers in highly hazardous jobs is most effective at improving safe work behavior, according to psychologists who analyzed close to 40 years of research. However, less engaging training can be just as effective in preparing workers to avoid accidents when jobs are less dangerous...
K-State, Mercy Regional Partner to Create Safer Work Environment for Bioscientists
A partnership between Kansas State University and Mercy Regional Health Center is ready to provide medical care oversight and occupational health response plans for high profile biosecurity laboratories in Manhattan, Kan...
West Virginia Takes Action on CSB Recommendation for Propane Technicians to be Trained, Licensed
On Jan. 12, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso commended West Virginia for its effective response to a CSB recommendation that propane technicians in the state be trained, certified and licensed...
Study: Long Working Hours for Nurses Can Lead to Increase in Patient Mortality
According to new research, patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where nurses reported schedules with long work hours...
Disaster Preparedness Lags for Disabled, Those with Chronic Illness
According to a new study by researchers from the Department of Public Health at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., people who are disabled or suffer from chronic diseases were less likely to be prepared for a natural disaster than those who did not have health issues...
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate Encourages Americans To Resolve To Be Ready In 2011
With the new year already here, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging all Americans to make emergency preparedness one of their New Year's resolutions...
Will Shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Lead to Increased Protection for Public Officials?
As U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D, Az) continues to fight for her life in a Tucson hospital and the families of Chief United States District Court Judge John Roll, Gifford’s staffer Gabriel Zimmerman and others make funeral arrangements, some officials have begun to question if the constituent meetings such as the one held Saturday are a good idea...
Obama Signs 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
On Jan. 2, President Barack Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act into law. This legislation establishes the World Trade Center Health Program and extends and expands eligibility for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001...
OSHA Releases Fall Regulatory Agenda
OSHA’s fall semi-annual regulatory agenda was published in the Federal Register Dec. 20, featuring updates on regulatory actions including the Injury and Illness Prevention Program, modernizing recording and reporting requirements, infectious diseases, hazard communication, combustible dust and more...
NIST: Moisture is Main Ingredient in a Safe Christmas Tree
Once ignited, a dry Fraser fir, one of the most popular Christmas tree choices, bursts into flames in less than 7 seconds and is consumed by fire in about a minute. When a well-watered Fraser fir ignites, however, the flame soon dies. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) researchers videotaped this experiment to demonstrate why keeping a Christmas tree moist can be of life-and-death importance...
NIOSH Seeks Comment on List of Diseases that May Pose Risk for Emergency Responders
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites public comment on a proposed list of infectious diseases that may pose life-threatening health risks to emergency response employees through bloodborne or airborne transmission...
Local and Federal Investigators on Scene of Fatal Accident in West Virginia
OSHA investigators, a four-member investigation team from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) and local police and state fire marshals have deployed to the scene of a fatal accident at the AL Solutions Inc. titanium and zirconium processing facility in New Cumberland, in the northern panhandle area of West Virginia...
OSHA Fines U.S. Minerals $396,000 for Alleged Hazardous Dust, PPE and Training Violations
On Dec. 7, OSHA cited U.S. Minerals LLC with willfully exposing its workers to dangerously high levels of hazardous dust and not providing adequate breathing protection and training for workers at its facility in Coffeen, Ill. The company, however, is contesting the violations and called OSHA’s allegations “incomplete, overstated and/or inaccurate.”...
Survey: Natural Disasters, Terrorist Threats Top Americans’ Public Safety Concerns
Three in five Americans are most concerned about emergencies involving a natural disaster or terrorist attack, with a health pandemic closely following as a top concern among 46 percent of respondents, according to Federals Signal’s 2010 Public Safety survey...
Education Campaign Launched to Warn Responders of Occupational Hazards of Carbon Monoxide
Masimo, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) have launched “The Silent Killer” educational campaign, aimed at raising awareness of the duty-related dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and reducing the known risk factors that unnecessarily kill or injure fire fighters each year...
NIST Develops New Guidance for First Responders Collecting Suspected Biothreat Agents
To help first responders at all levels of government deal safely and more effectively with suspected biothreat agents, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and a broad team of federal, state and local agencies and other organizations updated an existing standard for sample collection and developed overall guidance for when to collect a sample and how to coordinate with other agencies and organizations...
CSB to Hold Hearing on Regulation of Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Practices
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will hold a public hearing, “Regulatory Approaches to Offshore Oil and Gas Safety,” on Dec. 15 in Washington, D.C., as part of CSB’s ongoing investigation into the April 20 fire and explosion on the Deepwater Horizon that killed 11 workers...
OSHA Reissues Shipbreaking National Emphasis Program, Updates Shipyard PPE Directive
OSHA issued two directives on Nov. 4 to update its National Emphasis Program on Shipbreaking and its Enforcement Guidance for Personal Protective Equipment in Shipyard Employment...
China Miners Rescued; New Zealand Miners Remain Trapped
This week brought good news for the 29 miners in China who were trapped underground Nov. 21 when their mine flooded – all miners were rescued a day later and appear to be in stable condition. But for another 29 miners in New Zealand, the outlook isn’t as bright...
ASSE Stresses the Importance of Zoo Safety
With nearly 300 zoos in the United States and more than 1,000 worldwide, zoos represent a form of entertainment and educational activity that has been around for centuries. From the design of animal habitats to procedures for fall protection, fire plans and more, a zoo safety professional’s work is critical to the success of the park, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) pointed out...
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