Safety
Ranks Highest of What Workers Seek From Workplace
CHICAGO
-- Workplace safety ranks first in importance among
labor standards for more than 80 percent of workers,
according to a new study from the National Opinion
Research Center at the University of Chicago.
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CSB Seeing
Too Many Ammonia Releases, Assessment Underway
WASHINGTON -- A three-member
assessment team led by Johnnie Banks from the U.S.
Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has deployed to the
scene of Monday’s anhydrous ammonia release at
Millard Refrigerated Services, a warehouse and
distribution center in Theodore, Ala., 15 miles
south of Mobile.
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NFPA Offering 70E Certificate
of Educational Achievement
QUINCY, MA -- Starting in September, the National
Fire Protection Association, developer and publisher
of NFPA 70E, Standard for Electrical Safety in the
Workplace, will offer the opportunity to earn the
new NFPA 70E Certificate of Educational Achievement
by attending a three-day seminar that concludes with
an exam.
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NoCal Alliance Expands
Workplace Safety Training Programs
DUBLIN, CA -- The OSHA Training Center, located at
Chabot-Las Politas Community College, has formed an
alliance with Safety Center Inc. of Sacramento to
expand each organization's
workplace safety training programs.
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GP Hygiene Campaign Focuses on
Hand Washing for Wellness
ATLANTA – In today’s climate of
flu and communicable disease scares, hygiene and
wellness education is more imperative than ever.
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NC HazMat Responders
Choose RAE Systems
SAN JOSE, CA – The
North Carolina Hazardous
Material Regional Response Teams (RRT) have added RAE
Systems’ AreaRAE wireless toxic-gas- and
radiation-detection monitors to their equipment base,
serving six of its seven regionally placed teams.
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Bravo! Group Services Receives
Association’s Top Safety Award
PISCATAWAY, NJ -- Bravo! Group Services, a provider of
building services, has been awarded its industry’s
highest safety award.
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EPA
Denies Petition for Lead Ammunition Ban
WASHINGTON -- The EPA has denied a petition
calling for a ban on the production and distribution of
lead hunting ammunition, which was submitted by several
outside groups for the agency to implement a ban on the
production and distribution of lead hunting ammunition.
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CSB Seeks
Strengthened Confined Space Entry Regulations
DENVER, CO -- The tragic
accident that took the lives of five industrial painting
contractors deep inside an Xcel Energy hydroelectric
plant tunnel in Georgetown, Colorado, was the result of
several vital safety failures, the U.S. Chemical Safety
Board (CSB) determined in a final investigation report
issued this week in Denver.
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EPA Settles With Air Products on
Acid Waste from Texas Plant
WASHINGTON -- The EPA and the
Justice Dept. have announced that Air Products LLC has
agreed to pay nearly $1.5 million in civil penalties to
resolve hazardous waste mismanagement violations at its
Pasadena, Texas chemical manufacturing facility.
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Number & Rate of Workplace
Fatalities Decline, Due to Slow Economy
WASHINGTON -- Counts and Rates of
fatal workplace injuries were down in 2009 to a
preliminary total of 4,340 workplace fatalities and a
rate of 3.3 per 100,000 full time equivalents. [full
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CSB Wants Safeguards at Oil and Gas Sites Across
Mississippi;
JACKSON, MS – Citing a 2009 tragedy in which two teens
died, the Chemical Safety Board is calling on
Mississippi legislators and officials to increase
safeguards at oil and gas sites across the state. [full
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California Revises Standard on Heat Illness Prevention
SACRAMENTO, CA –
California's Occupational Safety and Health Standards
Board has approved revisions to its Heat Illness
Prevention Standard, addressing high-heat procedure
requirements for five industries, clarifying shade
requirements including temperature triggers, and a
provision for flexibility to employers under this
requirement.
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Who's Responsible for Workplace Safety?
CHICAGO – Who is
responsible for safety on the jobsite: the individual,
the government, the safety director, the worker, or all
of the above?
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OSHA Seeks Input on Hazardous
Chemicals in Need of Agency Action
WASHINGTON -- OSHA seeks stakeholder input in
identifying hazardous chemicals for which OSHA should
develop exposure reduction strategies.
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