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1. National Police Week Honors Fallen Law
Enforcement Officers
This year, the names of 387 fallen officers are being added to the
National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. These
officers include 133 who died in the line of duty during 2008, plus
another 254 who died in previous years but had been lost to history
until now.
2. House Hearing: Ensuring Preparedness
Against the Flu at School and Work
Protecting health care workers, first responders and other employees
on the frontlines of a pandemic outbreak is key to strengthening the
nation’s ability to fight viral outbreaks and keep the public safe,
experts told the House Education and Labor Committee during a May 7
hearing.
3. Company Pays Settlement for not Providing
Toxic Chemical Info for First Responders
EPA recently reached a $241,290 settlement with the Angelus Sanitary
Can Machinery Corp. of Los Angeles for allegedly failing to submit
required toxic chemical reports, a violation of the Emergency Planning
and Community Right-to-Know Act. The company regularly uses such toxic
chemicals as cobalt, chromium, copper, nickel and manganese in its can
machinery manufacturing operations.
4. CSB: Bayer Explosion Caused by Runaway
Chemical Reaction
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.
5. Supporting Service Members with Combat
Injuries
Service members returning from deployments with combat injuries may
benefit from a recent Department of the Army grant awarded to the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU) and the
Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS).
Coastal - Pop Quiz
Challenge
Welcome to Coastal's Hazard Recognition Challenge! How many hazards do you miss in a day? If
you’ve been on the job a while, it’s probably more than
you think. Sharpen up your hazard recognition skills with this short
quiz. We’ll have a drawing of everyone who scores 100% and give
one lucky winner a free copy of our new DVD hazard recognition training
program Just Another Day.
Just Another Day is Coastal’s newest
hazard recognition training DVD developed especially for the
experienced worker. Here's a sneak peek at questions
3&4.
3. Climbing on a desk to replace a light bulb is
a. Risky
b. Safe
4. An experienced forklift driver can drive and shout orders
to his crew at the same time.
Don't miss the FREEEHS WebExpo & Conference on Thursday, May 14.
This
all day event will bring you and your team the advantages of a
traditional safety and health trade show without any of the travel
cost!
Attend these educational Webinars: 10:00 EDT- Putting VPP Principles into Practice; Leading with Zero
Incident Techniques
Keynote speaker David G. Lynn, CSP, Senior Program
Manager with the
Corporate Health, Safety, and Environmental department at the Fluor
Corporation, will discuss how to take VPP principles and put them into
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:
How to Beat the Rap
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
response to any proposed OSHA citations and penalties.
Arc
Flash Safety Date: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 Time: 2:00pm ET / 11:00am PT Sponsored by:Aramark Do you want your employees to be safe from injuries caused by
electrical incidents? This Webinar offers guidance on how OSHA and
NFPA 70E, the National Electrical Code, can help you achieve that
goal. Register Today!
PODCAST
Changing the Safety Culture Sponsored by: ProAct Safety
Rudy Hagen, the director of strategic planning for global health and
safety at Georgia-Pacific, describes why the company decided to
implement behavior-based safety in its facilities and how culture
assessment and other tools helped decrease injuries, increase employee
ownership and improve company safety culture. Download or Listen Here.
Arc
Flash Safety
Changing the Safety Culture
