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Traffic Accidents Falling at NY/NJ Port Authority

The authority credits broadcasted highway advisory radio messages, signage, pavement and crosswalk markings, new traffic signals, and continued enforcement for the recent 12 percent decline.

NTSB Alerts Pilots on Weather Radar Display Problem

The safety alert issued on June 19 warns pilots using in-cockpit FIS-B and Satellite Weather display systems that the NEXRAD "age indicator" can be misleading.

New Cranes Continue Port of Baltimore's Expansion

Officials celebrated the delivery of four Super-Post Panamax cranes from China on June 20. Installed in a new 50-foot berth, they will be operational by September.



AIHA Pledges $90K to TLV/BEI Fund

The Foundation for Occupational Health and Safety created the fund in 2008 to ensure financial support for the ACGIH-developed Threshold Limit Values and Biological Exposure Indices.

Brush Up on Your French for AIHce 2013

Montreal is the destination and May 18-23 are the dates of next year's American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo.

Don't Dismantle OSHA: AIHA

The American Industrial Hygiene Association®'s new white paper suggesting directions for the agency's next five years is also an endorsement of its mandate.

Metal Recycler Cited in Workers' Overexposure to Lead, Arsenic

OSHA initiated a December 2011 inspection following a referral from the Pennsylvania State Department of Health indicating that employees had high levels of lead in their blood.

NOAA Kicks Off Lightning Safety Campaign

The U.S. has seen four lightning deaths so far this year—all male—with three struck while fishing.

Hospitals' Chemical Control Lacking?

Calling their safety culture "poor," Dr. George Byrns details two surveys that identified many shortcomings.

Workers' Finger Amputations Lead to Truck Maker's $90K Fine

A worker had several fingers amputated while operating an unguarded press break March 19 at the company’s Wooster, Ohio, plant. A second amputation injury occurred April 19 at the plant.

Fuller Story of H5N1 Mutations Studies Now Publicly Available

The journal Science has published the second of two papers describing methods to make mutated H5N1 influenza transmissible between humans.

ASSE Offers Tips on Preventing Heat-Related Illness

Each year, thousands of outdoor workers experience heat illness, which often manifests as heat exhaustion. If not quickly addressed, heat exhaustion can become heat stroke.

CDC Develops New Test to Detect Dengue Virus

The new test will help diagnose dengue within the first seven days after symptoms of the illness appear.

OSHA ComDust Standard Sorely Needed, Imperial Sugar's CEO Says

John C. Sheptor detailed his company's four-year recovery process from a devastating explosion to an AIHce audience June 20 and said their 18,000-item action plan will be finished this year.

$702,300 Fine Issued to Firm after Fatality at Hummus-Making Plant

A contract employee who was cleaning and sanitizing a machine used in the hummus manufacturing process was caught, pulled into the machine, and crushed to death between two rotating augers.

High Interest in August Nano Workshop

Development of and manufacturing with safer nano molecules is the focus of the workshop in Albany, N.Y., which is the first joint effort of NIOSH's Nanotechnology Research Center and its Prevention through Design program.

Think Globally, Howard Tells AIHce Crowd

The NIOSH director always draws an appreciative audience at safety and health conferences. He urged the industrial hygienists to involve themselves in international standards and to prepare for new challenges.

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