A NIOSH regulation for CBRN combination unit respirators is coming in FY2012 and is being timed to coincide with the 2013 edition of NFPA 1981.
In any confined space rescue, some common denominators should be established immediately, including air monitoring.
Putting together an emergency response plan for your company can go a long way toward helping everyone work as a team on many levels.
Available remotely via Live Meeting, the March 29 event will focus on PPE for health care, mining, agriculture, and public safety. Workshops will follow on March 30.
The accident occurred on June 11, 2008, when an overpressure in a heat exchanger led to a violent rupture of the exchanger, hurtling debris that struck and killed a Goodyear employee walking through the area.
This voluntary standard is the first national standard for PPE to be used by fire, police, and paramedics, officials said.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard's $5.6 billion plan announced Jan. 27 is a hot political issue. She calls it a necessary response "to the immense national challenge of rebuilding flood-affected regions across Australia."
Panel discussions during the March 28-29 event will help the transportation industry, the media, and investigative agencies learn how families are helped after accidents around the world.
A spokesman for the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio told a local newspaper that ice in a sensor line caused high-pressure natural gas to reach hundreds of homes in the Village of Fairport Harbor on Monday, causing an explosion and fires.
The San Ramon Valley Fire Protection District released a new location-aware iPhone app on Jan. 25 that will alert users who've indicated they are trained in CPR if someone nearby is having a cardiac emergency and may need help.
In the aftermath of a dirty bomb, hundreds or even thousands of victims could require medical attention. First responders conduct extensive training to prepare for such an event, but planning is difficult without a solid estimate of how many people could be injured.
OSHA's inspection found a variety of emergency response, respirator, electrical, and chemical hazards.
Reports posted by the Itar-Tass news service say about 130 people were injured by the explosion in a baggage claim area at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport at 4:32 p.m. Monday local time.
The individual employees, safety managers, and companies represent a range of industries and hazard solutions, including highly successful first aid iPhone apps and an electrical engineer's contribution toward a national arc flash standard. Winners will be announced April 28.
Secretary Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement Director Michael Bromwich also announced the new structure of what was MMS: Two independent agencies, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement.
A partnership of Kansas State University and Mercy Regional Health Center will be ready by the time the BSL-4 lab opens in 2018, officials say.
The Army Claims Service found ways to shorten the time needed to substantiate, process, and pay claims after a tornado hit Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., on Dec. 31, 2010, and the practices might be used throughout the military soon.
In all, the company was cited for eight serious violations and one other-than-serious violation following the July 2010 explosion that caused two deaths.
MSHA officials met Tuesday night with families of the 29 miners killed in the April 2010 explosion to discuss their theory about its cause, with a mining machine being the focus.
Queensland Premier Anna Bligh has estimated at least 28,000 homes must be rebuilt and many more must be repaired. Australia's prime minister on Tuesday established a business task force to spearhead the effort.