Facility Safety


New NIOSH Web Site Explains BLS Injury, Illness Coding System

The site provides a graphical tree interface for each of the four unique coding schemes used by the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS) and includes descriptive details of the types of injuries that fall under each category.

Oklahoma Oil Production Facility Fined for Spill Prevention Violations

A federal inspection on April 6, 2009, found the site's field drainage system, oil traps, sumps, and skimmers were not regularly inspected and oil not properly removed, among other violations.

Philips Signs with NY Yankees to Provide X-Rays, AEDs

"Determining the extent of an injury quickly and effectively is critical to getting the player the best course of action and onto the road to recovery," said Yankees team physician Christopher Ahmad, M.D.

Juneau Post Office Gets OSHA Stamp of Approval for Delivering Safety, Health

"Management and labor working together has resulted in an injury and illness rate that is 86 percent below the national average for the postal industry," said Richard S. Terrill, OSHA's regional administrator in Seattle.

Florida Firm Fined $105,000 for Repeat Saw Hazards, 9 Serious Violations

"The penalties being proposed are larger because the company had been warned of these violations at two of its locations but chose not to make the needed corrections at all of its plants," said Les Grove, OSHA's area director in Tampa, Fla.

OSHA Fines East Central Machine & Tool Co. Nearly $120,000 Following Accident

OSHA has cited East Central Machine & Tool Co., St. Clair, Mo., for alleged safety and health violations and proposed $117,900 in penalties following an investigation into an accident where an employee lost two fingers in a mechanical power press. The inspection found one alleged willful and 11 alleged serious violations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act.

Africanized bees aggressively defend their nests and sting quickly.

ASSE Sends 'Killer Bees' Alert

"This is a major threat," says Teresa Dwyer, CSP. "It can cost several hundreds of dollars to have a professional remove an AHB hive and, without the correct protective equipment and training, the potential rescuer may become an additional victim."



NTSB Hearing Has Safety on the Radar

In its examination of how US Airways Flight 1549 was able to avoid tragedy after striking geese and safely ditching in the Hudson River on Jan. 15, the hearing will focus in part on developments in technologies such as radar for bird tracking.

Workers Need at Least 11 Hours Off Between Shifts

Studies have shown that rest periods of 10 hours or less between consecutive shifts result in short sleep episodes, sometimes lasting only three to five hours.

OSHA Awards 'Star' Recognition to Entergy Transmission and Substations

Entergy Transmission and Substations, Louisiana Grid, in Destrehan, La. has earned "star" membership in OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP), the highest level possible for achieving three years of excellence in employee health and safety.

America's Greenest Campus Contest Underway; U of Maryland Leads

"Our nation's youth has the potential to make a significant impact on climate change through individual sustainable choices, and this contest was set up to help facilitate that," said Climate Culture CEO Tom Scaramellino.

Navy Agrees to Reduce Copper Discharges into Puget Sound

According to EPA, the copper in the naval shipyard's wastewater comes from sandblasting and painting of vessels in dry dock at the shipyard. The shipyard is allowed to discharge its wastewater into Sinclair Inlet, but only if the wastewater complies with the site's NPDES permit.

Asphalt Plant Owner Fined for Failing to Protect Emergency Responders, Public

The Phoenix-based facility stores asphalt cement, boiler oil, and diesel fuel at levels requiring reporting, but it failed to provide chemical hazard information and submit a chemical inventory to local authorities, EPA said.

Idaho Mine Operator Pays for NPDES Permit Violations

Water quality within the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River is severely degraded due to dissolved metals from historic mining activities, EPA said, noting that major tributaries are devoid of aquatic life due to high concentrations of dissolved metals.

Lessons Learned from Las Vegas

June 3, 2008, was not just another hot day on the Las Vegas Strip. After 12 workers died in 18 months on Strip construction projects (an average of one worker every six weeks), some 7,000 construction workers on the CityCenter and Cosmopolitan work sites walked off the job over safety concerns.

NY Giants, Jets Sign with EPA for 'Greenest'-Ever Meadowlands

NY Giants, Jets Sign with EPA for 'Greenest'-Ever Meadowlands "This ambitious, comprehensive plan set forth by the two team ownership groups is a blueprint for new sports venues everywhere," said EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou.

Washington State Airs Safety Ads Emphasizing 'Homecomings'

The state's safety administration purchased and repurposed the campaign from Australia, where surveys showed that about 85 percent of viewers thought it was quite or very effective. Also, 24 percent of employers and 18 percent of employees said they had personally taken action as a result of the ads. L&I said this was considered a very strong result in a low-interest category such as occupational safety and health.

the cover page of the NFPA 70E standards 2009 edition

Qualified or Just Experienced?

Painters, janitors, helpers, apprentices, and any other worker who may come in contact with equipment that could be exposed and energized will require electrical safety training.

Buying an AED is Just the First Step

For many organizations, buying automated external defibrillators (AEDs) is the purchase of a bigticket item. For most consumers, a car is a big-ticket item. But buying AEDs is not at all like buying cars, where the effort ends when you park it in your garage for the first time. From then on, all you need to do is drive it around and put oil in it.

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