Risk Management


Let Communities Volunteer to Host Waste Facilities: DOE Panel

The Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future also says currently available revenues are sufficient and a new, non-DOE nuclear waste management program should be established.

Propane Trimmer Recalled in Canada

Health Canada and Fiskars Canada announced the voluntary recall of SmartPower™ Propane 4-Cycle Curved Shaft String Trimmers on July 29 because the machine can pose flammability, burn, and laceration hazards.

Pallet racking should be regularly assessed to ensure it is in proper condition, with no threats to structural integrity. (Storage Solutions photo)

Safety and Warehouse Storage

Emergency preparedness is equally as important as prevention in maintaining a safe workplace.

Public Workshop Set on Drug Shortages

The Food and Drug Administration will host it from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept. 26 in Silver Spring, Md.

Very Long Term Concerns

What I'm wondering is, how good will the industry's safety record be in 2300?

Using containment trays will help to control the mess, but avoiding it in the first place helps save time and money and minimizes exposure. (New Pig Corp. photo)

Eight Tips for Chemical Safety

These tips allow laboratories to maintain effective chemical hygiene plans that will minimize spills, leaks, and potentially harmful chemical exposures.

What Can Go Wrong in Confined Space Rescues, Part 2

We need to revise fire service training to include awareness training on many different topics, just like this one.

Approximately 92 percent of people who experience an out-of-hospital cardiac event die.

Study: 92 Percent of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Victims Die

The majority of people who experience an OHCA event do not receive bystander-assisted cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other timely interventions that improve the likelihood of survival to hospital discharge.



Storms Cause 2Q Loss for Liberty Mutual

Liberty Mutual Group was profitable in the first quarter but posted a $170 million 2Q loss due to "unprecedented" storms and tornadoes.

Children left alone in vehicles during hot weather are at risk of a serious injury or death from hyperthermia.

NHTSA Steps Up Efforts to Prevent Child Deaths in Hot Cars

With record high temperatures nationwide and reports of 21 hyperthermia-related child deaths already this summer, NHTSA recently convened a roundtable with key stakeholders to help step up efforts to prevent these deaths.

Corrections Officer's Death at Washington Prison Leads to $26,000 Fine

Washington Department of Corrections Officer Jayme Biendl was killed on Jan. 29, 2011, allegedly by Byron Scherf, an inmate at a Monroe, Wash., prison.

Mining Deaths at All-Time Low

MSHA's chief said the 14 deaths were still too many. Its fatality prevention program has had an impact, he said.

NIOSH Releases First World Trade Center Scientific, Medical Review

This first periodic review provides a summary of the current scientific and medical findings in the peer-reviewed literature about exposures resulting from the Sept.11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City and cancer studies.

Prepare for Severe Floods, Pipeline Operators Reminded

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration's new advisory bulletin for owners and operators of gas and hazardous liquid pipelines says the Yellowstone River spill that began July 1 shows the risks.

Conference Asks, 'Are We Prepared for the Next 9/11?'

NIOSH's Dr. John Howard and OSHA's Dr. David Michaels are among the speakers at the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health's Sept. 16 conference in New York City.

Nuclear Plant Operators Getting Flexibility on Fatigue Rule

NRC published an amendment to its fitness-for-duty rule, making it effective Aug. 22.

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.

41,000 Power Washer Attachments Recalled

They were sold at Home Depot stores from February 2010 through June 2011, according to the CPSC recall announcement.

Eyes on Spent Fuel Pools at Reactor Safety Public Meeting

The July 28 meeting in Rockville, Md., to discuss recommendations of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Japan Task Force gives Public Citizen and others the chance to say they don't go far enough.

DOT Wants New Authority to Inspect Motorcoaches

Eight out-of-service orders in the past four months are part of FMCSA's increased efforts to promote safety in the industry, and DOT wants new tools to do even more.

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