Chemical Emergencies: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Don’t kid yourself. Just because we don’t hear about Bhopal-sized chemical releases doesn’t mean our workplaces are safe from chemical emergencies...
Chemical Safety Board Initiates Investigation of DuPont Facility in Belle, W.Va.
The U.S. Chemical Safety and Accident Investigation Board (CSB) voted to initiate an investigation of recent accidents at the DuPont chemical complex in Belle, W.Va., following a release of highly toxic phosgene on Jan. 23 that fatally injured a veteran operator...
CSB Investigates Lab Explosion at Texas Tech University
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) recently announced it will investigate the causes of a Jan. 7 explosion that severely injured a graduate student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas...
ISEA Announces Updated Standard for High-Vis Safety Apparel
An updated national consensus standard for high-visibility safety apparel from the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) now includes service-life guidelines and provides criteria and test requirements for garments marked as flame- or water-resistant...
Fire Fighters Applaud Bill Banning Hazardous Flame Retardant
The International Association of Fire Fighters applauded Rep. Chellie Pingree (D- ME) for introducing a bill to ban decabromine, a flame retardant. Pingree’s bill coincided with an announcement by EPA on a scheduled withdrawal of decabromine from the domestic marketplace...
Federal And State Agencies Plan To Rebuild Public Facilities Smarter
Future storm damage is less likely to occur when the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM) join forces and provide extra funding to mitigate public facilities so that they are better prepared to face and withstand impending disasters...
New OSHA Videos Offer Respirator, Facemask Safety Guidance
OSHA has developed two new videos for health care workers that feature training and guidance on respirator safety...
Symposium Puts Focus on War Injuries
A new paper summarizing the findings of the fourth annual Extremity War Injuries Symposium examines the challenges faced by U.S. medical personnel working in Iraq and Afghanistan and considers ways to synergize resources and improve care for wounded warriors...
H1N1: Spreading the Message
As EHS professionals, what steps should you take to deal with the H1N1 virus, and what should you be doing to plan for future pandemics...
What You Need to Know about Dust Explosions and Your Facility, Part 2
This two-part series examines the causes of dust explosions, their devastating impact and the measures suggested by OSHA, the National Fire Protection Agency and the Chemical Safety and Hazard Review Board to eliminate them...
2009 Holiday Safety: Top Holiday Hazards
It is common knowledge that more accidents occur during the holiday season than any other time of the year. The best way to prevent an injury is to learn the most common reasons that bring a person into the ER...
2009 Holiday Safety: Cooking Safety Tips
Safety in the kitchen will save a perfect holiday dinner from ending with the fire department hosing down your Christmas ham...
First Responders and Emotional Distress
Professional first responders are prepared, equipped and trained to handle various emergency situations, from car accidents to terrorist attacks and other major disasters. This great responsibility, however, can trigger emotional distress...
CSB Issues Urgent Safety Recommendations Following CITGO Refinery Accident
On Dec. 9, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) issued urgent safety recommendations calling on CITGO Petroleum Corp. to conduct third-party safety audits and improve its emergency water mitigation system in the event of another release of potentially deadly hydrogen fluoride (HF) vapor, as occurred last July at the company’s Corpus Christi, Texas, refinery...
Coalition Calls for Improved Chemical Plant Safety
Corresponding with the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal, India, disaster, a coalition of labor and environment groups called for increased safety at U.S. chemical plants through improved processes and reduced onsite hazardous chemical storage...
OSHA Releases Guidance on Training, PPE for EMS Responders
OSHA issued the guidance document Best Practices for Protecting EMS Responders During Treatment and Transport of Victims of Hazardous Substance Releases to address adequate training and PPE for emergency medical services responders who assist victims of hazardous substance release incidents...
What You Need to Know About Dust Explosions
This two-part series examines the causes of dust explosions, their devastating impact and the measures suggested by OSHA, the National Fire Protection Agency and the Chemical Safety and Hazard Review Board to eliminate them...
GHS: The Power of One
As the United States creeps closer to adopting the Globally Harmonized Hazard Communication System (GHS), companies must be prepared to comply with the new provisions...
MMWR: CDC Examines Antimony Toxicity Outbreak in Firefighters
Following an analysis of 65 firefighters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that wearing fabric containing antimony oxides is not connected with elevated concentrations of urinary antimony, according to the Nov. 27 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...
The Chemical Safety Board Continues Investigation of Gas Explosion in Woods Cross, Utah
Preliminary findings from the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) of a hydrogen gas explosion at the Silver Eagle refinery in Woods Cross, Utah on Nov. 4 indicate that the explosion occurred when a 10-inch pipe failed catastrophically...
IAFC, IAFF Support Fire Service-Based EMS
The International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) and the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) on Nov. 2 reaffirmed their support for fire service-based emergency medical service and urged public officials to support all efforts to broaden emergency medical care and ambulance transport by the fire service to better protect the public...
9/11 Responders Twice as Likely to Have Asthma
First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according to Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers....
GHS: What You Need to Know
On Sept. 30, acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan Barab announced a proposed rule to align OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard (hazcom standard) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)...
CSB Releases Imperial Sugar Dust Explosion Safety Video
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a new, 9-minute safety video on the combustible dust explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., which claimed the lives of 14 workers, injured 36 and caused extensive property damage on Feb. 7, 2008...
Nurses to Strike to Protest Hospital Swine Flu Safety Gaps
Some 16,000 registered nurses at 39 hospitals at three Catholic hospital chains in California and Nevada will join a 1-day strike and picket October 30 to protest poor readiness by many hospitals to confront the H1N1 pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced...
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