TOSHA's safety tips for National Fire Prevention Month include controlling combustible dust, ensuring exits are available and workers are informed about hazards, and keeping heat producing equipment clean and maintained.
Held every October, the public awareness campaign highlights the importance of working drug free to prevent accidents, improve productivity, and reduce costs while also encouraging people with alcohol and drug problems to seek help.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control is reminding the public that National Teen Driver Safety Week begins today and runs through Oct. 25. According to CDC, in 2006, a total of 4,144 teens aged 16-19 years old died, and nearly 400,000 were treated in emergency departments for injuries sustained in motor-vehicle crashes in the United States.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association will co-sponsor the 2008 National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Direct-Reading Exposure Assessment Methods (DREAM) Workshop that will take place Nov. 13-14, 2008, at the Hilton Crystal City in Washington, D.C.
MSHA's Safety Targets Training Program will focus on addressing and eliminating the most common causes of repeat fatal accidents that occurred from 2000 to 2008
The Federal Railroad Administration says the final rule on electronically controlled pneumatic (ECP) brakes will enable locomotive engineers to have better train control, lower the risk of derailment, and allow trains to safely travel longer distances between required brake tests.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association will host "Cell Phones, Microwaves, Pacemakers and More . . .Nonionizing Radiation Myths and Realities," an introductory TeleWeb Virtual Seminar on Oct. 22, 2008, from 2-4:30 p.m. ET.
The strategic partnership has developed outreach training courses and decreased fatality rates in several industries
A new CDC-funded study in the October issue of Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness says medical professionals, emergency departments, and hospitals aren't trained sufficiently to respond to a radiological attack.
Approved applications for the fourth President's Community-Based Job Training Grants can expect to be awarded between $500,000 to $2 million.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has launched its food defense awareness training kit for first line food industry employees.
A national poll conducted by the Heart Rhythm Society found nearly 40 percent of respondents didn't realize most people who die from sudden cardiac arrest have no outward warning signs, and only one-third of respondents knew SCA victims need CPR or a shock from an automated external defibrillator within 4-6 minutes to have a chance of surviving.
The proposed rule would require drug and alcohol testing programs and cost the mining industry about $16 million in year one alone.
The rule is set for public hearings Oct. 14 and now is generating more opposition than support, at least in the comments posted at www.regulations.gov.
The agency detailed 12 inspectors to conduct 96 safety inspections at 46 construction sites throughout the city from June 23 to July 3. Citations were issued to 60 contractors for 129 violations with a total of $247,400 in proposed fines during the period.
"What's particularly disturbing is that this employer--who has been cited for fall protection violations in the past--allowed these hazards to continue even in the midst of an ongoing OSHA inspection," said Robert Kowalski, OSHA's area director in Bridgeport, Conn.
The long-awaited new OSHA rule governing use of cranes and derricks has been published in today's Federal Register. Comments and hearing requests are due by Dec. 8, 2008. The rule is a complete revision of Section 1926.550 of Subpart N of 29 CFR part 1926, the construction standards; Subpart N is one of the originally adopted OSHA regulations.
"It is our intention that our efforts through the Academic Research Initiative, combined with the support efforts of other federal agencies, to help cultivate the nuclear scientists and engineers of the future," said Vayl Oxfod, director of the DHS Domestic Nuclear Detection Office.
As part of the initiative, firefighters this week are giving students a full demonstration of the fire truck and imparting practical fire safety tips they can use to make sure they have fire-safe homes. The experience will be capped off with a fire-safety poster contest.
The agency plans to recruit and hire more than 17,000 new air traffic controllers over the next 10 years. Over the last three years, it has hired 5,000 new controllers and plans to hire more than 2,000 in fiscal year 2009.
In separate ceremonies, the facilities were presented with a VPP star flag in recognition of their excellent workplace safety and health records, maintaining an injury and illness rate below their industries' average for three years.