1.
OSHA Revises Field Operations Manual for Compliance Officers
A revised OSHA Field Operations Manual now provides OSHA compliance
officers with a single source of updated information and guidance to
more effectively protect employees from occupational injuries,
illnesses, and fatalities.
Coastal
Training Technologies Takes an In-Your-Face Look at Distracted
Driving
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Coastal that is sure to raise the awareness of the danger of distracted
driving. This unique program features a narrator who is the
personification of all the distractions drivers face – cell
phones, mp3 players, eating and drinking, children, maps, and many more.
He candidly demonstrates how distractions can sneak in on every ride
with tragic results.
Driven To Distraction drives home the fact that talking on the
cell phone is as detrimental to one’s ability to drive as two shots of
liquor. At certain speeds, it takes only two seconds of distracted
driving for accidents to happen. What makes this program particularly
engrossing is watching the main character at work with two drivers who
are destined to meet. You see how easy it is to distract them as he sits
back to enjoy his work. The result? A new appreciation for staying
focused behind the wheel.
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2.
CSB to Investigate Utah Refinery Explosion
A Jan. 12 explosion at the Silver Eagle Refinery in Woods Cross,
Utah, injured four workers and prompted a four-member team from the U.S.
Chemical Safety Board (CSB) to investigate the cause of the incident.
3.
Study: Worker Lead Exposure Linked to Cognitive Problems Later in
Life
A new study in the January issue of Neuropsychology suggests that
cumulative lead exposure may result in cognitive problems for workers
later in life.
4.
EPA Revises Air Permit Policy for Aggregating Facility Changes
EPA has issued a final rule under the New Source Review (NSR)
program that revises the agency’s policy on aggregation. Under the new
rule, a facility should only group together, or aggregate, emissions
from multiple related changes into one single project if those
activities are substantially related.
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5.
MSHA: Mine Deaths Fell to All-Time Low in 2008
On Jan. 8, MSHA released preliminary data showing that mine
fatalities in 2008 declined 31 percent from 2007 to drop to an all-time
low. Metal/nonmetal mines recorded the lowest level of fatalities in
that sector of mining since statistics were first recorded in 1910, and
the fatality level in coal mines was the lowest recorded number since
2005.
6. How
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it
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Blue-Green Coalitions and “Green”
Driving
In this Podcast, EHS Today Publisher and Editorial Director Steve
Minter interviews Brian Mayer, author of Blue-Green Coalitions:
Fighting for Safe Workplaces and Healthy Communities, about these
powerful labor-environmental coalitions and their prospects in an Obama
administration. Phil Moser from Advanced Driving Training Services
discusses how safer and greener driving goes hand-in-hand. Plus,
Associate Editor Laura Walter shares some tips to celebrate the
holidays safely.
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