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OSHA and Health Canada plan to come up with a common label and SDS to help stakeholders comply with their Hazard Communication standards.

OSHA Working with Health Canada on GHS Alignment

The agencies plan to implement a system allowing the use of one label and one safety data sheet that would be acceptable in both countries.

Boeing forecasts global demand for commercial airline pilots to top 700,000 during the next 20 years. Airbus

FAA Announces Pilot Fitness Study

A joint FAA and industry group called the Commercial Aviation Safety Team recommended the study based on two recent major losses, the disappearance on March 8, 2014, of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the apparently deliberate crashing of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps by its co-pilot on March 24, 2015.

Amtrak announced May 26 it will install inward-looking cameras on the locomotives used on its Northeast Corridor trains, following the May 12 derailment near Philadelphia, its aftermath shown here.

Amtrak Installing In-Cab Cameras

Ten days after the Federal Railroad Administration ordered the company to take several actions to improve safety in the Northeast Corridor, Amtrak announced May 26 it will install inward-facing cameras in its Northeast Corridor locomotives.



FAA Adds New Modules to Safety Website

FAA Adds New Modules to Safety Website

Six new accident modules have been added. The library is available to the public and captures information learned from some of the world's most historically significant accidents.

DOT Announces Steps to Address Takata Air Bag Defects

DOT Announces Steps to Address Takata Air Bag Defects

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will coordinate a remedy program.

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NIOSH Launches Nano Health & Safety Consortium with SUNY Poly CNSE

The collaboration will address research for occupational safety and health in the nanotechnology industry.

The world

AWEA's WindPower 2015 Conference Under Way

Thousands of wind energy professionals are meeting in Orlando to see and discuss the latest technology, the U.S. wind energy market, and safety in the industry.

The Firetrace photo shows its E4S system installed. (Firetrace photo)

Greening Trends Are Red Hot in Fire Safety

Regardless of the agent or system used, fire systems are taking on a new look with the newest technology.

The OSHA/NIOSH toolkit contains an appendix that is an editable document any hospital can use to draw up its respiratory protection program.

OSHA and NIOSH Release Hospital Respiratory Toolkit

It covers respirator use, public health guidance on respirator use during exposure to infectious diseases, and hazard assessment, with an appendix being an editable document a hospital can customize to meet its specific needs.

The NFPA 96 committee in May 2015 will consider adding language to the standard

NFPA Tackling Food Trucks' Fire Safety

The NFPA 96 technical committee is reviewing language this month that could be included in that standard’s 2017 edition, according to an NFPA Journal article.

An ANSI member association

ANSI Members Mark Building Safety Month

The American Wood Council released a guide on deck safety to encourage compliance with the latest building codes.

The public has 45 additional days to file comments about the BSEE proposed rule affecting offshore oil and gas operations.

BSEE Chief Says Most-Serious Offshore Incidents Declining

He spoke at last week's Offshore Technology Conference in Houston, where BSEE launched SafeOCS, an Outer Continental Shelf near-miss reporting system.

This photo taken in Delhi, Iowa, on July 27, 2010, by FEMA

FEMA Encouraging Dam Safety Awareness on May 31

Since 1998, the number of high hazard-potential dams has increased from 9,281 to more than 14,700, according to the 2013 update of the National Inventory of Dams.

The agency reminds Texans to prepare for hurricane season this year.

Get Ready for Hurricane Season, Texas DPS Advises

"Adequate and advance preparation is one of the most significant ways Texans can help mitigate the unpredictable and dangerous nature of hurricanes," said DPS Director Steven McCraw.

The report by NIOSH and ASSE examines what it calls overlapping vulnerability of immigrant Latino workers employed by small construction firms.

NIOSH, ASSE Release 'Overlapping Vulnerabilities' Report

It examines why Latino immigrants under age 25 are at increased risk for injury and death when working for small firms in the construction industry.

The U.S. Capitol

Stand-Down 2015 Comes to the Capitol Dome

Representatives of Turner Construction, OSHA, and Deputy Labor Secretary Christopher Lu will speak at the site May 6 about the importance of preventing falls.

Video systems in buses should be optimized, and the NTSB Safety Alert contains several recommendations for accomplishing this.

NTSB Alert Offers Recommendations for Commercial Vehicle Video Systems

The agency cited the video from two recent crashes involving buses and tractor-trailers, which did not provide needed information about those crashes.

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