“The Salina Fire Department Hazmat Response Team is a proven leader in community involvement, education, emergency communications, and implementing cutting edge technologies,” said Ken Isman, chair of the Warren E. Isman Task Force.
“These incidents, including a tragic death, highlight the need for employers at outdoor worksites to be diligent and monitor their workers for signs of heat illness,” said California Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker.
The employees were performing maintenance work inside a large rotating drum used to sort scrap material for recycling when the drum activated, injuring them.
The winning companies were selected through a national competition. They can deliver online construction 10-hour and 30-hour, general industry 10-hour and 30-hour, and maritime training through the Outreach Training Program.
In the 2010 resuscitation guidelines, the American Heart Association advised 911 dispatchers to help bystanders assess anyone who may have had a cardiac arrest and then direct them to begin CPR. “I think it’s a call to arms,” said E. Brooke Lerner, Ph.D., lead author of the statement and associate professor of emergency medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
The 10,000-square-foot Mabee EMS Training Center located in Grand Prairie includes a hangar for helicopter training, a vehicle bay for ground ambulance training, patient simulator labs, and classrooms.
Violations related to OSHA's process safety management standards allegedly resulted in an ammonia release at the facility on June 30.
"The A10 standards play an important role in providing technical guidance to the construction and demolition industry in order to prevent occupational fatalities, injuries, and illnesses,” said Richard King, chair of the A10 Committee.
The CSB investigation found that significant amounts of fine iron powder had accumulated over time at the Hoeganaes facility, and that while the company knew from its own testing and experience with flash fires in the plant that the dust was combustible, it did not take the necessary action to reduce the hazards through engineering controls and basic housekeeping.
Of the 37 fatalities reported, 12 occurred at surface coal mines, 11 at surface metal/nonmetal mines, nine at underground coal mines, and five at underground metal/nonmetal mines.
A worker at a grain handling facility was caught in a moving bin sweep auger and suffered severe injuries to his leg and arm.
Three willful violations have been issued for failing to provide fall protection on commercial and/or residential roofs at the three inspected sites. Each violation carries a proposed penalty of $30,800.
This employee fatality was the company's second in 2011. The first fatality occurred in Pennsylvania on Feb. 24 under similar circumstances and resulted in similar citations.
The latest knowledge in resuscitation science guides AED/CPR programs and training.
"We teach our client how to engage their people in continuous improvement teams. And then the employees start solving their own problems."
The security professional needs help from a process safety expert to understand and prioritize what needs to be protected on the site.
Make the training interesting. Get your employees engaged and keep them safe.
More than 140 fire and electric safety professionals gathered at the meeting to review and refine the current implementation plan for electric vehicles and identify and address any obstacles related to fire and electrical safety standards.
The revised classifications may have a significant effect on business operations.
Three of the year's big trade shows take place in Denver, Indianapolis, and Orlando. It's not too early to make plans or to register for some of them and for other must-attend events.