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safety, health and operational effectiveness of emergency responders -
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1. Emergency Response: The Oil Industry Spills
Its Secrets
With threats from hurricanes, spills, fires and more, the oil and
gas industry presents a multitude of hazards - and just as many
solutions to keep workers, the environment and facilities safe.
2. 9/11 Responders Twice as Likely to Have
Asthma
First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic
pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks
suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S.
population, according to Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers.
3. CSB Releases Imperial Sugar Dust Explosion
Safety Video
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a new,
9-minute safety video on the combustible dust explosion at the Imperial
Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., which claimed the lives of 14
workers, injured 36 and caused extensive property damage on Feb. 7,
2008.
4. Nurses to Strike to Protest Hospital Swine
Flu Safety Gaps
Some 16,000 registered nurses at 39 hospitals at three Catholic
hospital chains in California and Nevada will join a 1-day strike and
picket October 30 to protest poor readiness by many hospitals to
confront the H1N1 pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National
Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced.
5. Pickaway Plains EMS Goes Electronic
The jump from scribbled, handwritten notecards to electronic
recordkeeping improved efficiency by leaps and bounds for this emergency
services provider.
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Welcome! The best emergency care happens before there's an
emergency. Are you prepared? Test your workplace safety savvy and you
could win an Apple® iPod® touch!Here is a sneak peek at questions 3&4.
3. In the case of sudden cardiac arrest, an automatic
external defibrillator (AED) can lead to what survival rate?
a. 20%
b. 40%
c. 60%
d. 80%
4. How many injuries happen on the job every year?
a. 10,000 – 20,000
100,000 – 200,000
c. 1,000,000 – 2,000,000
4,000,000 – 5,000,000
Experts offer tips to improve machine guarding,
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In this special podcast edition, EHS Today turns the microphone over to
the experts at ProAct Safety to discuss how to effectively transition
from safety incentive programs to safety reward programs. OR
