Here's one: Don't use kites containing metal or wire parts, which will serve as conductors if they come in contact with electrical equipment.
From 2000 to 2006, Pacific Coast commercial fisheries had a fatality rate 68 percent greater than the average for U.S. commercial fishing as a whole, and twice that of Alaska commercial fisheries, according to a NIOSH report published today.
Today's session focuses on identifying and removing barriers to participation, while a second forum June 26 will look at reimbursement for provided care.
The transaction, expected to close by the end of this year's third quarter, will bump Liberty Mutual up the ladder to fifth-largest U.S. property/casualty insurer.
Witnesses listed for the committee hearing include the Grocery Manufacturers Association's chief scientific offier and Pfizer's vice president of quality and EHS.
Former Administrator Christie Todd Whitman did not engage "in conduct that 'shocks the conscience' in the sense necessary to create constitutional liability for damages to thousands of people under the substantive component of the Due Process Clause," the Second Circuit ruled.
The nation's biggest railroads want relief from their requirement to transport toxic inhalation hazard materials.
Up to two years of crew training and equipment testing would follow conditional acceptance, which could occur by April 30.
Coal miners who wore it for a month did check their dust levels and made adjustments to lower them, a NIOSH team reported.
"It appears the U.S. is guilty of wishful thinking in its assessment of research that will lead to the development of safe nanotechnologies," says PEN Chief Science Advisor Andrew Maynard.
Two plastic surgeons found four infections after face lift surgeries, including two requiring hospitalization -- with both patients having had known contact with another doctor or hospital.
The program would make available funding for campus security response and violence prevention training programs, projects to enhance emergency communications and planning, and execution of campus-wide training exercises.
The rule replaces an Emergency Temporary Standard that required stronger seals blocking off abandoned areas in underground coal mines.
A major challenge facing the industry is "to develop a workforce that will help us meet our safety mission over the coming decades," NRC Chairman Dale E. Klein said April 15. This photo shows the Oconee 1 reactor in Greenville, S.C.
U.S. House Education and Labor Chairman George Miller, D-Calif., said his committee will hold a hearing next month on workplace injury, illness, and fatality numbers.
Four federal agencies headed by NIST are involved in a hazards reduction program to strengthen structures and infrastructure and boost businesses' and communities' preparedness.
As of April 21, industry personnel who apply for qualification, certification, and instructor credentials must register to get a new ID number. THose responsible for maintaining dust sampling units must get a new number to continue sampling.
The report, "Emerging Health and Safety Issues in the Volunteer Fire Service," cites PPE and safety measures as shortcomings that must be overcome to reduce deaths among volunteer firefighters.
For the better part of 30 years, I have been involved in a variety of nuclearrelated projects. This is what I know: For the most part, if you give the craft accurate drawings, the tools they need to perform their work, and clear direction, they will perform for you every time. If your staff has a well-defined scope, open communication, and management support, they will perform, as well. If you are doing all of these things and still find project success elusive, what’s missing? I have found that management credibility in regard to safety is the key.
AAA says its new analysis should spur more state action on graduated driver licensing programs.