1.
EPA: Industry Makes Green While Going Green
A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reveals
that major manufacturing and business sectors are improving
environmental performance to cut waste, improve economic competitiveness
and gain other important benefits.
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Coastal Training Technologies has released a timely program to address
an issue that puts thousands of facilities and their surrounding
communities at risk. Combustible Dust: Up In A Flash explores the
nature of dust explosions and examines how they can be prevented.
Providing superb introduction to the problem, Combustible Dust: Up In
A Flash pinpoints the types of dust prone to ignition and cites the
five elements needed for an explosion: oxygen, heat, fuel, dispersion
and confinement. The program explores where and how explosions can occur
and examines the focus of the hazard assessment process: materials,
operations, physical spaces (hidden or otherwise) and potential ignition
sources. Combustible Dust: Up In A Flash also advocates the use
of MSDS as part of a hazard communication program as well as hotwork and
confined space permits. Most importantly, it illustrates ways to prevent
dust explosions, citing housekeeping measures, proper ventilation,
engineering controls, personal protective equipment, and
injury-and-damage regulation.
For more information on Combustible Dust: Up In A Flash, call
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Coastal Training Technologies Corp. is the world’s leading publisher
of safety, industrial skills and employee development training programs.
Since 1984, more than 200,000 training professionals have relied on
Coastal’s award-winning products to enrich the lives of more than 30
million employees worldwide.
2.
Watch Out: The Importance of Protecting Your Eyes In the Industrial
Workplace
To anyone who thinks eye protection may not be a crucial component
of PPE in the workplace, think again. Nearly three out of five injured
workers were not wearing eye protection at the time of the accident or
were wearing the wrong kind of eye protection for the job. Eye injuries
alone cost more than $300 million per year in lost production time,
medical expenses and worker compensation.
3. OSHA: Falls,
Electrical, Scaffold and Rigging Violations Top Cited Hazards in NYC
Fall hazards were the most frequently cited violation found at New
York City construction sites by OSHA during a two-week enhanced
enforcement effort this past summer.
4.
International Safety: ILO Calls for Urgent Measures to Address Global
Financial Crisis
International Labour Office (ILO) Director-General Juan Somavia
called for a series of coordinated financial, social, regulatory and
development measures to avert a slide into recession and address the
“grave” consequences of the global financial crisis that could
include fewer resources for worker safety and training.
5. EPA, DOJ
and State of Illinois Reach Agreement with Crane Composites on Clean Air
Act Violations
The Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Justice
and the state of Illinois have reached an agreement with Crane
Composites, a fiberglass panel manufacturer formerly known as Kemlite
Inc., on alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at the company's
plastics manufacturing plant in Channahon, Ill.
6.
TECO Employees Flip for Safety Coins
TECO Peoples Gas in Florida employs nearly 600 workers. Since many
of these employees work with natural gas, their jobs inherently are
dangerous. So, safety is very important. In fact, safety is so important
that it is one of TECO's five core values.
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The Carhartt Flame-Resistant Duck Active Jacket. A quilt lining,
protective flaps and two interior pockets make this jacket an essential
tool of the trade. NFPA 70E compliant.
Visit CarharttFR.com to learn more.
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 NEW Podcast: Safety Culture
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