Will Safety Suffer From a Divided Labor Movement? Part 3: Will Cooperation Continue?
In Part 3 of our series, labor's safety leaders vow to cooperate on safety. To find out what leaders in labor's safety and health community think will...
Proposed Regulations Could Include Coverage for Heart Attack and Stroke
The regulations provide that if a public safety officer dies as a result of a heart attack or stroke, the death may be presumed to have been the result...
Stakeholders Urge President to Name Leaders For OSHA, MSHA, Chemical Board
The top job at MSHA has been vacant since November, former OSHA Administrator John Henshaw left the agency in December, and there are now two empty positions...
Cal/OSHA Board Approves Emergency Heat Illness Rules
The new rules, approved Aug. 12, focus on actions that can be taken immediately by employers and employees to prevent further heat stress illnesses and...
IAFC Launches Near-Miss Reporting System for the Fire Service
Reports can be made at http://www.firefighternearmiss.comwww.firefighternearmiss.com, the Web-based National Fire Fighter Near-Miss Reporting System....
CSB Issues 'Urgent' Safety Recommendation to BP Global Board
BP plans to appoint an independent panel to review the safety management systems and corporate safety culture of BP Products North America Inc., the subsidiary...
Florida 2004 Hurricane Recovery Passes $5.6 Billion Mark
"As we mark this occasion, we reaffirm our commitment to the ongoing recovery effort and appreciate the work that has been done and the challenges that...
IAFC Offers Tips on How to Deal With Extreme Temperatures
The IAFC spoke with several fire departments that regularly experience temperatures over 100 degrees to compile the following suggested actions: 1. Keep...
OSHA Extends Comment Period On Revisions to Ionizing Radiation Rule
Because the NAS study, "Health Risks from Exposure to Low Levels of Ionizing Radiation: BEIR VII Phase 2 (2005)," was not issued until June 29, members...
Will Safety Suffer From a Divided Labor Movement? Part Two: Monitoring OSHA
First, the AFL-CIO eliminated its safety and health department along with two of the department's four professional positions. More recently, several...
OSHA Drops Health Inspections From Targeted Inspection Plan
Since 1999, OSHA has used a site-specific targeting inspection program in order to focus programmed inspections on establishments with the highest reported...
Family of Louisiana Paper Mill Worker Awarded $4.5 Million
The jury of three men and nine women delivered the unanimous verdict earlier this month in the courtroom of James Boddie Jr. in the Fourth Judicial District...
Preparing for Hurricane Season 2005
Every household and business should build a disaster supplies kit and develop a communication plan well in advance of an impending storm. As disaster...
Energy Bill Provides for Enhanced Security at Commercial Nuclear Facilities
"This wide-ranging legislation enhances our ability to ensure the protection of public health, safety and the common defense," said NRC Chairman Nils...
ACLU: Airline Procedures Would Further Violate Privacy
Chertoff commented that the average American gives out more information to obtain store discount cards and video rental cards than the information required...
BART Launches New Anti-Terrorism Awareness Campaign
BART officials unveiled a new poster modeled on the London Underground's attention-getting signs during a recent news conference at BART's San Francisco...
Crime Fighting and Terrorism Prevention Initiative Goes Live in Orange County
Knowledge Computing Corp. says Phase I of the Orange County Integrated Law and Justice (OCILJ) Project, powered by COPLINK, is fully operational. The...
Will Safety Suffer From a Divided Labor Movement?
First, the AFL-CIO eliminated its safety and health department along with two of the department's four professional positions. More recently, several...
No Injuries Reported After Explosions Rock Detroit-Area Chemical Plant
Even though the blasts produced a raging fire that engulfed much of the plant and still had not been extinguished as of Wednesday morning, no serious...
Volunteer Groups Must Create Safety Policies
The study, which analyzed data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries from 1993 through 2002 and other government...
Fatality Rates Lower for Volunteer Workers 35 and Over
The rates among volunteers in the 20-24 age range and 25-34 age range were 7.4 and 6.5 per 100,000 FTE (full-time equivalent) population, respectively....
OSHA Cites Florida Company for Alleged Trenching Hazards
"This employer was aware of safe trenching practices but chose not to implement them," said James Borders, OSHA's Jacksonville area director. Borders...
InterNoise 2005The 34th International Congress and Exposition on Noise Control Engineering
EHS stakeholders will be able to exchange information withtheir international colleagues and explore the rich market for noise and vibration control engineering...
Disaster Safety Group Adds Tools to Web Site
IBHS is a national nonprofit initiative of the insurance industry based in Tampa, Fla. The group's Web site www.disastersafety.org attracted more than...
Agroterrorism Worries Surface; U.S. Agriculture Responding
A Senate Agriculture Committee reviewing protection for U.S. agriculture recently heard testimony suggesting that sabotaging the nation's agriculture...
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