International Safety


$10,000 Prize in DoD First Responder Kit Contest

The entry deadline is Aug. 15, so inventors have little time if they haven't already begun.

Modern tower cranes and workers wearing PPE are raising the Sagrada Familia spires ever higher.

La Sagrada's Second Century

Seeing modern tower cranes at work and scaffolding surrounding the soaring spires of Barcelona's Sagrada Familia, Antoni Gaudi's magnificent basilica, is a reminder of safety's worldwide importance and progress.

New Standard Helps Users Choose Clothing for Pesticide Work

The ISO 27065:2011 standard defines specific protection levels, allowing pesticide manufacturers to display the required level of protection needed on their products' labels.

WHO Appoints Patient Safety Envoy

The World Health Organization's director-general appointed Sir Liam Donaldson to the post on July 21.

AF447 Report Triggers Alarm Bells

The first new safety recommendation from French investigators July 29 is to make sure pilots receive training on manually flying planes at high altitude and recovering from stalls.

Depression Rates More Common in High-Income Countries, Study Says

Women were twice as likely as men to suffer depression, and the major contributing factor was loss of a partner because of death, divorce, or separation.

MSA Posts Record 2Q 2011 Profit

Sales in each segment -- North America, Europe, and international -- rose by 18 percent, 33 percent, and 28 percent, respectively, year-over-year.

WHO Warns Against Use of TB Blood Tests

More than a million of these inaccurate blood tests are carried out annually to diagnose active TB, often at great financial cost to patients.



RoSPA Provides Fire, Carbon Monoxide Safety Tips for Summer Camping

"Rarely does a summer pass without reports of serious burns sustained during camping trips, and sadly we do hear about fatalities from fires that have ripped through tents or caravans, often accelerated due to the explosion of fuel canisters," said Peter Cornall, RoSPA’s head of leisure safety.

Tall Women at Heightened Risk for Cancer, Study Says

Possible reasons for the link between height and cancer risk include hormone levels related to childhood growth, and in turn to cancer risk in later life. It was also suggested that the link could simply be down to the fact that taller people have more cells in their bodies, and so a greater chance of developing cancerous cell changes.

2010 Review Shows EU Runway Incursions Climbing

The report says better reporting by member states and a change in ICAO's definition of runway incursion caused the a 25 percent increase in major incursions, according to preliminary 2010 data.

Nurse Charged in UK Hospital Deaths

Greater Manchester Police have referred five recent deaths at Stepping Hill Hospital to the coroner. Nurse Rebecca Leighton was charged July 22 with six counts of causing criminal damage with intent to endanger life or being reckless as to whether life would be endangered and one count of theft of medicine from the hospital.

EU Firms Get Chemical Safety Assist

The European Chemical Industry Council, cefic, recently released its first Responsible Care toolkit to help small and medium-size businesses with EHS issues, accident prevention, and reporting.

New Leader, Site for Korea's OSHA

Baek Hun Ki, who previously chaired a national federation of labor unions, became president of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency on July 15.

Leading UK Retailer Convicted in Asbestos Case

Marks and Spencer plc will be sentenced Sept. 26 after being found guilty along with contractors of violating asbestos control regulations during reconstruction work.

Combination of Viruses Could Create New Flu Strain: Study

In their current study, the researchers looked at the compatibility of the 2009 pandemic pH1N1 virus—which has some genetic characteristics that may allow it to reassort more easily than other influenza viruses—with an influenza strain known as H9N2.

Lufthansa Starts Daily Passenger Flights Using Biofuels

They will continue initially for six months as part of a project studying the long-term impact of sustainable biofuels on aircraft performance.

This Macarthur Coal photo shows work at its Coppabella Mine. Macarthur, based in Brisbane, announced July 11 that Peabody Energy and ArcelorMittal S.A. have submitted a takeover bid for a controlling interest in Macarthur.

Australia Updating Mine Safety Regs

The mining sector is a high-risk industry responsible for 2 percent of all serious worker's compensation claims and some of the highest injury and fatality rates nationwide.

An awareness campaign is planned to ensure the 2013 registration deadline is met.

First ECHA Report Says REACH Succeeding

Fears that REACH was too complex and set overly demanding deadlines for industry and regulators were overblown, says the first required report on how the REACH and CLP regulations are working.

Most types of injuries and illnesses will have to be reported online, HSE said.

HSE Shifts Injury Reporting Online

The exception is that businesses still will be able to report fatal and major incidents and injuries by phone, however.

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