According to the San Antonio Convention & Visitors Bureau, July is the warmest month in San Antonio, with the average high temperature at 95.6 F. For attendees desiring to venture outside the air-conditioned convention hall, Safety 2009 developers have organized a number of technical tours designed to showcase some of the unique sites helping to make San Antonio the third fastest-growing city in America and seventh largest overall.
Technical fabrics maker, Glen Raven, is showcasing its GlenGuard®FR fabrics for industrial protective apparel at Safety 2009 in booth #1843.
National Transportation Safety Board Acting Chairman Mark V. Rosenker recently addressed the Western States Boating Administrators Association Conference (WSBAA) on advancing recreational boating safety on the nation's waterways.
Summit Training Source recently received three awards for their training programs.
"Death by Cell Phone" is the title of a new billboard advertisement the National Safety Council launched recently in 67 markets nationwide, reaching more than 1 million people daily. Sponsored by Nationwide Insurance Co. and Lamar Advertising, the billboards feature Linda, a 61-year-old wife, mother, and grandmother from Oklahoma, and Joe, a 12-year-old boy from Michigan, with one tragic thing in common: both were killed in car crashes caused by drivers using cell phones.
San Antonio is known for its many historic missions, so Safety 2009 attendees may want to make a safety pilgrimage of sorts when they sample what this year's event has to offer.
British economic journalist Stuart Varney delivered this year's general session keynote presentation, "The New Realities of the Global Economy," at 7:45 a.m. today. Varney joined FOX News Channel's business team in 2004 and has been a regular contributor to the network's programming on shows such as "Your World with Neil Cavuto," "Bulls & Bears," and "Cashin' In."
Centennial Contractors Enterprises and the OSHA Region X have signed an alliance establishing a collaborative relationship to foster safer and more healthful American workplaces. Through the alliance, Centennial employees and others will be provided with information, guidance, and access to training resources.
The “ballpark figure” was given Friday by Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in Atlanta. She said five manufacturers are working on vaccines for this strain of influenza, with clinical trials to happen this summer.
This prediction is contained in a new report the Safe Work Australia Council agreed to post at its first meeting earlier this month. The council also created a Strategic Issues Group to write the planned model OSH act.
The awareness campaign "seeks to get impaired boaters off the water, while making them aware of the legal consequences as well as the potentially fatal effects of boating under the influence," says Al Johnson, the First Coast Guard District's recreational boating safety specialist.
An enhanced wind shear across the tropical Pacific coupled with relatively cool temperatures in the Atlantic "will almost certainly result in a less-active season than last year, and could potentially result in an unusually quiet season," said WSI seasonal forecaster Dr. Todd Crawford.
As the world changes, new safety issues emerge. Many of the PDC sessions will focus on new issues facing the profession such as wind turbine safety. In the session titled "Wind Turbine Safety: 200 Feet High in a Fire" the presenters will review a forensic engineering case study of a wind tower fire where workers were trapped and later rescued.
Remember the Alamo? If so, you may recall that it was originally named Misión San Antonio de Valero and became the Shrine of Texas Liberty 173 years ago this month when, on the morning of March 6, 1836, the last of Col. William B. Travis' 189 woefully outnumbered "Texian" and Tejano fighters finally succumbed to what seemed a sea of Mexican soldiers led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna.
Despite the economy, more than 375 leading organizations are scheduled to exhibit at the American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) annual Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition (Safety 2009) in San Antonio from June 28-July 1. ASSE officials said they expect this number to continue to climb in the next few weeks.
At the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2009 conference LJB Inc. and Marathon Pipe Line LLC (MPL) will detail how MPL's new fall protection program, based on the ANSI Z359.2 standard, has reduced fall risks and enhanced employee safety.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced that the ASSE Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) Student Section was awarded the Volunteer Service of the Year Outstanding Organizations Award for 2008-2009 from the IUP Office of Service Learning.
Intelex Technologies Inc. announced recently that they will be exhibiting their web-based environmental, health, and safety management software at Safety 2009.
American Society of Safety Engineers' Manufacturing Practice Specialty Administrator Michael Coleman will discuss how developing and implementing effective work safety programs help manufacturers stay competitive at Safety 2009.
Focusing on the latest developments in process analytical technology, the event will feature a number of short courses, an exhibition, and networking receptions.