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PHMSA Meeting with Pipeline Advisory Committees in June

The June 1-3 meeting will consider proposed rules that would strengthen federal pipeline safety programs.

Workplace Amputation Prompts Investigation at Furniture Manufacturer

OSHA has proposed more than $58,000 in penalties.

Lack of Emergency Training Cited After Shift Supervisor Asphyxiates on Deadly Gas

Atlantic Coffee Industrial Solutions was issued nine serious citations as a result.

'Game of IH Life' Trivia Games Await #AIHce2016 Attendees

All AIHce attendees can play the Basic game version, according to AIHA's announcement, while attendees who downloaded and are using the AIHce app can also participate in the Advanced game version. There is also a special virtual version for those who are participating in the Virtual Conference.

Amtrak announced May 26 it will install inward-looking cameras on the locomotives used on its Northeast Corridor trains, following the May 12 derailment near Philadelphia, its aftermath shown here.

NTSB Sets Meeting on 2015 Amtrak Crash

The key question is why the passenger train that derailed near Philadelphia on May 12, 2015, was traveling 102 mph at the time on a curved section of track where speed is restricted to 50 mph.

BSEE Reports 2,100-Barrel Spill in Gulf of Mexico

The operator, Shell Offshore Inc., reported the oil sheen was observed in the area of its Glider Field. It was about 97 miles south of Port Fourchon, La.

FMCSA Issues Safety Advisory for TYTAL Cargo Tanks

The advisory calls for the immediate repair and retesting of the tanks.

BSEE Director and U.S. Coast Guard Rear Admiral Discuss Joint Operations

The discussions took place during a luncheon panel at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston.



Challenge III winners are developing new materials to reduce head impact forces on sports professionals, military members, and others who wear protective gear.

Retired NFL Players Not at Greater Suicide Risk, Study Finds

NIOSH researchers found that from 1979 to 2013, the suicide rate among those former players was less than half of what would be expected compared with the general population: The NFL group experienced 12 suicide deaths, compared with 25 that would be expected in a comparable gender/race/age sector of the population.

MSHA Stakeholder Meeting Taking Place May 12

The agenda includes opening remarks, rules to live by, a fatality review, Q&A, and a breakout into coal (proximity detection system update and dust rule update) and metal and nonmetal (upcoming initiatives review) sessions.

The explosion in West, Texas, prompted President Obama

ATF Lab Determines West Fire Deliberately Set

The ATF Fire Research Laboratory has determined that the West Fertilizer fire on April 17, 2013, that caused a massive explosion of ammonium nitrate fertilizer and killed 15 people, was deliberately set. ATF personnel conducted more than 400 interviews and their investigation of the fire's origin cost more than $2 million.

Ammonia Leak and Alarm Failure Highlight Chemical Hazard at Food Distribution Center

Reinhart Food Service LLC faces $72K in OSHA penalties.

HHS Pursues Nasal Spray Anthrax Vaccine

The Centers for Innovation in Advanced Development and Manufacturing will be taking on the project

Legionnaires' Disease Outbreak Linked to Cooling Towers in Downtown Sydney

A total of five patients have been confirmed as having the disease in this outbreak by NSW Health.

West Virginia Health Department Expands HCV Notification

Four cases were identified as a result of the Bureau for Public Health's hotline, but they cannot be conclusively linked to the Raleigh Heart Clinic in Beckley, W.Va., State Health Officer Dr. Rahul Gupta said.

The parasites that cause malaria are transmitted to humans through the bite of an infected mosquito. The PfSPZ Vaccine is composed of live, but weakened P. falciparum sporozoites — the early developmental form of the parasite.

Investigational Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise: NIH

The data showed that the vaccine provided malaria protection for more than one year in 55 percent of people without prior malaria infection. In those individuals, the PfSPZ Vaccine appeared to confer sterile protection, meaning the individuals would be protected against disease and could not further transmit malaria.

Quebec Research Group Develops App for Designing Horizontal Lifeline Systems

IRSST developed the web-based tool for engineers.

NPPTL Issues Counterfeit Respirator Notice

The agency has issued a counterfeit N95 respirator notice for the second time since early April.

$4.6 Million in OSHA Harwood Grants Available

Nonprofit organizations including community and faith-based organizations, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations, Indian tribes, and colleges and universities are eligible and encouraged by DOL to apply for the grants.

The Coast Guard

Coast Guard Opens Science & Tech Innovation Center

Researchers at the New London, Conn., center will develop devices from existing commercial technology and host technology capability demonstrations to counter threats. One of the first projects is about tracking jettisoned objects and hazards to navigation at sea.

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