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On-site personnel could not remotely monitor the level inside a tank being filled from a dockside ship, leading to accidental overfilling of the tank, CSB investigators said shortly after the explosion.

CSB Meeting on Bayamon Explosion This Week

Also on the agenda are a staff presentation on the calendared recommendation to BP resulting from CSB's investigation of the 2005 BP America refinery explosion in Texas City, Texas, and staff reports on recommendations related to California's draft Process Safety Management rules and laboratory safety guidelines from the American Chemical Society.

California Agencies' Study Shows More Drivers Using Cell Phones

Details of the study were released July 14 by the California Office of Traffic Safety and the California Highway Patrol.

Teenager Illegally Operates Machine, Loses Hand

OSHA has cited Shady Knob Pallet Co. for 17 serious safety violations.

OSHA Orders Trucking Company to Stop Retaliating Against Sick, Tired Drivers

Oak Harbor Freight Lines has been ordered to comply with federal safety rules.

Second Big Recall of Frozen Raw Chicken Products Under Way

At 1,978,680 pounds, the Aspen Foods recall is even larger than Barber Foods' recall announced a few days earlier.

HHS Proposes to Improve Safety for Nursing Home Residents

The agency's proposed revisions are the first major rewrite since 1991.

After Worker's Hand Crushed in Hydraulic Press, Company Cited for Serious Safety Violations

OSHA says that Lauren Manufacturing ignored machine safety hazards.

DOL, Kentucky Labor Cabinet Leaders Sign Misclassification Pact

Labor agencies in the states of Alabama, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming agencies have signed similar agreements.



SAMHSA says federal agencies that do utilize oral fluid testing will realize several benefits, including faster, on-site collection of specimens.

Most Commenters Endorse Oral Fluid Testing Guidelines

DATIA and some testing companies also submitted comments in response to SAMHSA's proposed mandatory guidelines, which were published May 15, 2015.

CDC Study Highlights Pneumonia Hospitalization Problems

The agency has called for more testing to identify causes.

Study Confirms Higher Injury Rates in Food Industry

Overall, food industry workers had 60 percent higher rate of occupational illness and injury than workers in non-food industries and a lost-time injury rate more than twice as high.

Dr. Jay Butler, chief medical officer of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, called the state

Alaskans' Heroin Use, Deaths Rising Fast

A bulletin issued July 14 by the Department of Health and Social Services says the inpatient hospitalization rate nearly doubled from 2008 to 2012, and deaths more than tripled from 2008 to 2013.

Roofing Contractors Expose Workers to Fall Hazards: OSHA

Hugo's Roofing Contractors Inc. out of Wright City, Mo., have been cited by OSHA.

Investigators Link Technicians' Fatigue to British Airways Emergency Incident

A British Airways crew safely landed their Airbus A319-131 in May 2013 after having to shut down one of the engines. The fan cowl doors from both engines detached during takeoff, causing a fuel spill and a fire in the right engine.

The head-on crash in Orland, Calif., resulted in 10 fatalities, including eight of the bus passengers, and 39 injuries. NTSB

NTSB Calls for Motorcoach Safety Design Improvements

Its recommendations from the Orland, Calif., 2014 crash involving a tractor double trailer and a motorcoach also ask FMCSA to require all passenger coach operators to provide pretrip safety briefings and printed safety information to their passengers.

NSC Calls for Comprehensive Workplace Policies on Painkiller Use

A National Safety Council report shows the negative impact of opioid painkiller use on employees' safety.

OSHA Updates Tuberculosis-Related Health Care Inspection Instructions

The instructions now incorporate guidance from a more recent CDC report.

The commission is charged with completing its report on West Virginia oil and gas workers

WV Governor Creates Oil & Gas Safety Commission

Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin's Executive Order No. 5-15 says the number and severity of personal injuries to workers in the oil and gas industry have increased as fracking and horizontal drilling practices have become more prevalent.

Recall of Raw, Stuffed Chicken Products Tops 1.7 Million Pounds

FSIS was notified of a cluster of Salmonella Enteritidis illnesses on June 24 and, working with the Minnesota Departments of Health and Agriculture, Wisconsin Department of Health Services, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, determined there is a link between the frozen, raw, stuffed chicken products from Barber Foods and the cluster.

London Pub Owner, Manager Given Jail Sentences for Fire Safety Violations

"This premises was a potential death trap, and the fact that the judge sentenced both Mr. Farag and Mr. Wassef to six months in prison should serve as a stark warning to other landlords who choose to ignore their fire safety responsibilities," said Neil Orbell, the London Fire Brigade's assistant commissioner for fire safety. "The courts plainly take fire safety as seriously as we do, and if we find landlords are putting their tenants' lives at risk, we won't hesitate to prosecute."

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