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DOE Launches Contest to Encourage Fuel Efficiency

With the Apps for Vehicles Challenge, the public is encouraged to submit ideas for apps that would help drivers reach the next level of fuel efficiency.

Hazard Scale Assesses Wildfire Risks

NIST and the U.S. Forest Service created the Wildland Urban Interface Hazard Scale to help communities prepare for fires that occur where developed and undeveloped areas meet.

NYC Buildings Commissioner Spreads Escalator Safety Message

Robert LiMandri on Dec. 3 started the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Elevator Escalator Safety Awareness Week by visiting a Brooklyn public school to teach children in first, second, and third grades how to safely ride elevators and escalators and what to do in an emergency.



OSHA Joins with Wisconsin Agri-business Association to Improve Field Safety

This new alliance will emphasize safety in some of the grain and feed industry’s danger areas.

NTSB Meeting Dec. 11 on Wrong-Way Driving Special Report

These are among the most serious collisions to occur on U.S. highways, according to the agency. A June 2011 railroad grade-crossing accident in Nevada also is on the agenda.

Locked Exits Contributed to Bangladesh Factory Fire's Death Toll

Exit doors of the eight-story building were locked, and its owner claims he was never advised to install emergency exits.

Michaels, Howard Cite Upstream Industries' High Fatality Rate

Both mentioned it during Dec. 4 presentations at the 2012 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety Conference in Dallas.

More than 2,200 Lives Saved by Electronic Stability Control, NHTSA Estimates

That many people were saved just from 2008 to 2010, the agency reported Nov. 30.

Panel Finds OSHA Lead Exposure Standard Inadequate

A new report from a National Research Council committee says the current standard sets limits that do not protect personnel working on military firing ranges from harmful exposures.

DOE Invests Millions in Battery Research

This grant, distributed over five years should improve both electric-powered transportation and sustainable energy usage.

Director of Washington State's L&I Stepping Down

Judy Schurke's resignation as director of the parent agency of the state's Division of Occupational Safety and Health will be effective Dec. 31

Michaels, Howard Speaking at Oil & Gas Safety Conference

More than 1,400 industry professionals are expected to attend the sold-out conference taking place at a downtown Dallas hotel Dec. 4-5.

Safest Fleets Check Mobile Phones After All Collisions: NETS

The latest study involved a total of 521,000 vehicles and 9.8 billion miles traveled.

OSHA Steps In on Flight Attendant Safety Issues

FAA and OSHA proposed the new policy on Nov. 30.

Railroad Company Ordered to Compensate Employee for Retaliating after Reported Work Injury

After the employee followed the company's injury report policy, he was wrong accused of falsifying the injury report.

Gulf Drill Auction Leases Mostly Deepwater Tracts

The auction in New Orleans brings the year’s total Gulf drilling lease revenues to $2 billion.

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