NIOSH is reminding the public that it is conducting a public review of a draft NIOSH document titled, "NIOSH Alert: Preventing Chronic Beryllium Disease and Beryllium Sensitization." The draft alert describes the nature of chronic beryllium disease and other health effects that can occur from exposure to beryllium and beryllium-containing materials. Recommendations for companies and workers to minimize the health risk to workers are also provided.
Measles is contagious from approximately four days before through four days after the rash appears. Symptoms begin seven to 21 days after the exposure to the disease occurred.
Gamewell-FCI by Honeywell is voluntarily recalling approximately 3,000 Gamewell-FCI 7100 Series fire alarm control panels. The panels provide control, display, and annunciation information.
Replacement of the driver and front passenger door glass bolts will be done at no charge, Toyota said.
Monday's notice cites two counterfeit valves at a facility near Baxley, Ga., and four circuit breakers removed from stock by a facility in Rock Hill, S.C.
The document lists good practices that can prevent excessive exposure to lead and noise by officers using indoor firing ranges and by employees of the ranges who clean up.
Not according to a new study entitled "Impact of Homeland Security Alert Level on Calls to a Law Enforcement Peer Support Hotline." The jury's still out on the civilian population.
A U.S. under secretary of energy co-chaired a meeting in New Delhi on Friday that concluded a week of discussions on expanding cooperation in research and clean energy production.
The authors warn that female vets of childbearing age "should be fully informed of the possible reproductive effects of ionising radiation, unscavenged anaesthetic gases, and exposure to pesticides."
"The technology should be developed in a way that minimizes potential risks to human health and helps preserve the potential market for the technology," said Jack N. Gerard, president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council.
Canadian Pacific Railway is now participating in a rail safety pilot program designed to allow employees to anonymously report "close call" incidents.
Saying casualty rates "remain unacceptably high," the U.S. Coast Guard published its ANPRM today, calling for more crew safety training and regular stability assessments of vessels as they age.
Because consumer-grade generators are not weatherproof, they can pose the risk of electrocution and shock when used in wet conditions, so keep generators dry and wait for the rain to pass before using one.
The company, managing contractor for the Idaho National Laboratory, is the target of the the first enforcement under a worker safety and health rule that took effect last February.
The incident occurred on March 23, 2005, during the startup of the refinery's octane-boosting isomerization unit, when a distillation tower and attached blowdown drum were overfilled with flammable liquid hydrocarbons.
NIOSH has nominated 10 outstanding studies by the agency's researchers for a prestigious scientific award for 2008, and one nomination for the award's lifetime scientific achievement category.
"This tragic accident occurred because several employees of the railroad failed to do a very important part of their job," said NTSB Chairman Mark V. Rosenker.
American National Standards Institute officials are reminding the public that the review and comment period for a new safety assurance program for toys will end March 24, 2008.
Given as free gifts with the purchase of various children's footwear, charm bracelets like the one shown were later found to contain toxic levels of lead.
"Each year, more deaths occur due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm-related hazard. Why? The main reason is people underestimate the force and power of water," according to FLASH, a safety coalition.