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Sullenberger Keynote, Expo to Highlight NSC's First Day

Here's your chance to get an early look at new products being exhibited at the Orlando conference.

Congress Celebrates a Century

NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."

DOT Trumpets Safety Apps

The agency says the Safety Data Initiative launched in May is bearing fruit, with tools to help home and car buyers, farmers, and law enforcement officers.

Coast Guard Hazmat Drill Challenges Participants

They included personnel from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May (N.J.) and state and local emergency responders .

There are a wide variety of fume, gases, and organic vapors to be considered when determining exposures during welding operations.

Welding Fume Exposures and Controls: Do We Know Enough?

It is safe to assume that we never know enough, or at least don't know all that we need to know. Recent changes to hexavalent chromium and beryllium protection requirements should teach us this lesson.

Wyoming Sets Hearing on FR Apparel Requirement

The Oct. 5 public hearing in Casper concerns a proposed rule change to require workers on drilling rigs to wear flame-resistant clothing and signs about it to be posted.

Glass Handling Standard Focused on PPE, Risk Assessment

ASTM E2875/E2875M highlights critical risks to the body from glass handling, as well as the need for risk assessment, especially to the neck and other major artery areas.

What's New with Arc Flash Standards

One example: Employees will be required to be retrained at intervals not to exceed three years.



Online Laboratory Safety Training Hub Launched

Although it is currently focused on undergraduate colleges and universities in New Hampshire, free introductory safety training courses at LabSafetyWorkspace.org are open to researchers anywhere.

Steel Fabricator Cited, Fined $132,000

OSHA filed citations for alleged willful violations of electric shock, arc flash, and crushing and laceration hazards at Cives Steel Co.'s Augusta, Maine plant.

Sparklers burn at a temperature of about 2,000 degrees, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Safely Lighting the Fourth

Burns and lacerations to the hands, face, and head were the most commonly reported consumer injuries in 2010, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

OSHA ComDust Standard Sorely Needed, Imperial Sugar's CEO Says

John C. Sheptor detailed his company's four-year recovery process from a devastating explosion to an AIHce audience June 20 and said their 18,000-item action plan will be finished this year.

Airborne Lead Exposure at Gun Range Leads to $111K Fine

OSHA issued citations following a Jan. 21 inspection referred by the Illinois Department of Public Health that found two gun range operators were exposed to airborne lead levels up to 12 times the permissible level.

NFPA Broadcasting Opening Session Live

Award presentations and reports by President James M. Shannon are highlights of the June 11 session in Las Vegas.

Safety 2012 ASSE's Largest Expo on Record

The show features more than 500 exhibitors in 77,600 square feet of sold expo space. This is significant because last year’s record-setting centennial expo in Chicago featured 475 exhibitors, taking up 75,000 square feet in expo space.

Many people incorrectly believe police or fire personnel clean the accident scene after a factory or home accident.

Accident Cleanup

In a larger facility, it may be well worth the investment to have custodial workers trained to handle accident cleanup operations.

Staying hydrated, getting sufficient rest, and staying alert for symptoms of heat illnesses are essential for workers who are exposed to excessive heat.

Are You Ready for Those Pesky Summer Hazards?

Driving, working outside, and even petting animals at county fairs can be dangerous activities during the summer months.

Predicting Comfort of Flame Resistant Clothing

There is simply no substitute for a properly conducted, objectively administered, blind wear test.

Chlorinated Silk Kills Bacillus Spores, ACS Reports

A podcast in the American Chemical Society's Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions series and a journal article describe the simple process for making "killer silk."

SVEP Assignment, $473,000 Penalty Filed in Fatality Case

OSHA has cited Raani Corp. of Bedford Park, Ill., for six alleged willful violations and seven serious violations in connection with a worker's death from chemical burns in November 2011.

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