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A special worker health and safety program that targets
employers that repeatedly put their workers in harms way is not working
and needs to be refocused, witnesses told the Workforce Protections
Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee during an April
30 hearing.
A large explosion and fire that took the lives of two workers
at the Bayer CropScience plant in August 2008 was caused by a thermal
runaway reaction during the production of an insecticide. The event
likely resulted from significant lapses in chemical process safety
management at the plant, said U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB)
investigators after their preliminary findings.
A new report from the National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH) shows workers in Las Vegas casinos are exposed
to dangerous levels of secondhand smoke at work. NIOSH recommends making
casinos 100 percent smoke-free to ensure indoor air within casinos is
safe for workers to breathe.
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The theme of this year's North American Occupational Safety
and Health (NAOSH) Week, held May 3-9 to help raise awareness about the
importance of workplace safety, health and the environment, is "Safety
Means Always Coming Home."
According to a new study appearing in the May/June issue of
the American Journal of Health Promotion, obese workers with type 2
diabetes report less productivity on the job than their normal-weight
co-workers, and diabetes itself also has an effect on work
impairment.
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) recently announced its
2008 Safety Award winners, who were recognized for their dedication in
making the industry safer for employees, distributors and the
public.
When health experts recently raised the threat level of the
swine flu to five, indicating "a strong signal that a pandemic is
imminent," some U.S. businesses were just beginning to consider ways to
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1. Opening two file drawers in a tall cabinet at the same time
is
a. Risky
b. Safe
2. If someone asks to have a piece of machinery you are
operating shut down, there is no need to lock or tag it.
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Attend these educational Webinars: 10:00 EDT- Putting VPP Principles into Practice; Leading with Zero
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Keynote speaker David G. Lynn, CSP, Senior Program
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practice using Zero Incident techniques by emphasizing five strategic
principles that will give your safety program purpose and drive a
culture that believes all injuries are preventable.
1:00 EDT - OSHA Citations and Proposed Penalties:
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Attorney Michael T. Taylor of Arent Fox LLP, Washington, D.C., advises
taking a proactive approach to safety and health to not only ensure a
safer workplace, but help employers mount a successful defense in
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