This 2011 video includes comments by CSA Standards President Bonnie Rose and others during a news conference about the importance of a new CBRN protective equipment standard for firefighters, police, paramedics, and health care workers.
Ford begins one of the world's first research projects to build a digital human model of a child with near-lifelike skeletal structure, internal organs, and brain for future, computer-based crash testing. The goal is to enhance future safety technologies, explains Stephen Rouhana, Ph.D., senior technical leader for safety and group leader, biometrics and occupant protection for Ford.
Two families take the Ten Minute Challenge to see whether they can evacuate their homes in just 10 minutes. Erica and Jason Bish have prepared ahead of time and know what to pack and who will do it. Alex and Steve Gorman have not. The Insurance Information Institute says the key is to plan ahead. Gather insurance policies, wills and deeds, marriage licenses, home inventory, and other financial documents in one place. Be sure to pack medicines, toiletries, and clothing for three days. Candysse Miller of the Insurance Information Network of California says families should ask themselves, "If I had just ten minutes to get out, what would I take?"
In this March 2011 video on NFPA's YouTube channel, association President James M. Shannon discusses NFPA's response to the Triangle Waist Co. fire in 1911, including the development of the Life Safety Code. "We hear about workplaces all the time with the exact same problems that created the tragedy at the Triangle Shirtwaist a hundred years ago," he says.
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The video features a detailed computer animation showing how a series of errors and deficiencies during a lengthy startup process resulted in a runaway chemical reaction inside a residue treater pressure vessel.
Construction is England's biggest employment sector, with 2.2 million workers, and the sector with the largest number of work fatalities -- 42 deaths in 2009/10. Philip White, Head of Construction at the Health and Safety Executive, explains the Construction Division's focus on smaller sites in its 2010/2011 Plan of Work.
Jay Peterson, reliability manager at Chevron's Richmond, Calif., refinery, and Gary Yesavage, president of manufacturing, discuss the importance of standardized best practices in achieving excellent reliability there and at other refineries the company operates around the world.
Making Safety Personal: Patch Specialist safety profile with Baker Concrete. Fausto Guzman discusses life as a Patch Specialist with Baker Concrete, and explains how PPE equipment protects against daily hazards such as concrete dust and silica. Fausto uses a range of PPE, everything from respiratory protection to hand protection, which is so effective that, even with his allergy to concrete, he can work safely every day.
Making Safety Personal: Construction Safety with Baker Concrete. Grant Johnson, Regional Safety Manager at Baker Concrete, talks about life as a safety manager and the daily challenges of workplace construction safety.
Working on a large construction project like an elevated railway requires the full range of head-to-toe PPE, from general-purpose construction safety equipment such as safety glasses, hand protection and safety shoes, to fall and respiratory protection.
Grant's job isn't just about safety equipment: it's also about understanding the pressures on his team and communicating safety best-practices made necessary by such a uniquely challenging environment
Making Safety Personal: Carpenter Foreman safety profile with Baker Concrete. David Brownstein discusses life as a Carpenter Foreman working with Baker Concrete, and the PPE required for working at height on an elevated railway. In day-to-day use comfort is important, but David also credits fall protection equipment with having saved his life.