International Safety


Massive London Tunneling Project Passes 11 Percent Mark

Crossrail Ltd has dug 3 miles of tunnels so far with five tunneling machines working night and day to complete Europe’s biggest construction project.

Skylight Fall to Cost UK Firm $20,000 More

A remodeling firm was fined and ordered to pay court costs in connection with the February 2011 injury of a worker who fell about 20 feet and was seriously injured.

Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Damaged Bodies and Minds

A World Health Organization report warns of widespread mental trauma from the Fukushima nuclear disaster triggered by the 2011 tsunami that devastated Japan.

HSE Revising First Aid Training Requirements

Starting Oct. 1, employers no longer need to utilize trainers approved by the Health and Safety Executive.

EU Officials Draft New Offshore Drilling Safety Law

These new mandates should help prevent offshore drilling disasters like the BP oil spill in 2010.

Cruise Line CEO Now Safe Work Australia Chair

Ann Sherry has been appointed to replace Tom Phillips by the country's minister for employment and workplace relations.

WHO Tries to Quantify Annual Toll of Animal Bites

Its summary indicates as many as 5 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes per year and 4.5 million people in the United States alone are bitten by dogs annually. Worldwide annual human deaths from rabies are estimated at 55,000.

Canada Launches Asteroid Tracking Microsatellite

NEOSSat (the Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite) is the world's first space telescope dedicated to detecting and tracking asteroids and satellites, according to the Canadian Space Agency.



Two Agencies Offer Nanomaterials Exposure Guidance

EU-OSHA and OSHA in the United States both have new documents available addressing safe work with these materials.

Global Water Shortage Detrimental to Mining Operations

The operations that are the most at risk due to water scarcity are the smaller, less-diversified ones.

Congressional Hearing Promised on Asteroid Threat

U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, chairman of the House Science, Space, and Technology Committee, said the meteor explosion above Chelyabinsk, Russia, and the Asteroid 2012 DA 14 flyby justify investment in systems for detecting and diverting asteroids that could threaten Earth.

Broad Smoking Ban Adopted in Russia

Beginning June 1, smoking is prohibited inside state office buildings, universities, hospitals, sports stadiums, restaurants, and on trains, at railway stations, and near entrances to subways.

REACH Improving Chemical Safety, Report Shows

The REACH program, implemented five years ago, has made more than 30,000 documents available about chemicals on the EU market.

Canada Finalizes Plan to Study Wind Turbines' Health Impacts

Health Canada and Statistics Canada are collaborating on the study and expect to complete it in 2014. Initially they'll survey adult inhabitants in 2,000 residences near up to a dozen turbines.

Fine Imposed in Legoland Coaster Repairman's Fall

The worker fell about 10 feet, breaking his shoulder and several ribs, when he stepped on a walkway section that had been removed and replaced but not secured, HSE reports.

Giglio Residents Updated on Costa Concordia Salvage Progress

One underwater platform has been installed and the second is about to be placed. Later this month, the salvors will complete a simulation model predicting how much water inside the ship will be released when it is rotated upright.

TEPCO Agrees to Buy Lean LNG Shipped from Louisiana

The Tokyo utility company will buy about 800,000 tons of it annually starting in 2017 from an export facility to be built by Cameron LNG.

Horse Meat Found in UK Burger King Whoppers

After denying claims that its hamburgers contained trace amounts of horse meat, Burger King has admitted that a supplier provided meat contaminated with horse.

First HSE Invoices Sent to Investigated Companies

The British OSHA agency's chairman announced Jan. 30 that 1,418 Fee for Intervention invoices from October and November totaled $1.15 million.

IOSH Applauds Ireland's New Health and Safety Strategy

The organization said it hopes the Health and Safety Authority's Strategy Statement 2013-2015 can reduce occupational fatalities, particularly in agriculture and the fishing industry.

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