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[ Watch the Video ] Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online A new study by researchers at Durham University in the United Kingdom asserts that landslide deaths have been underestimated by tenfold. The result of their research has been compiled in a new database, the Durham Fatal Landslide Database (DFLD), which shows that 32,000 people died in landslides between 2004 and 2010. Previous estimates pegged the range of fatalities at 3,000 to 7,000. According to their...
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As temperatures soar into the 100s over the next several days throughout the state, the California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (commonly referred to as Cal/OSHA) is reminding all employers of outdoor workers to ensure they have effective procedures and equipment in place to prevent, recognize and appropriately handle heat illness. "During this heat wave it is crucial...
OAKLAND, Calif., July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers to protect their outdoor workers from the risk of heat illness, especially with heat waves expected this week in the Central and Inland Valleys. Cal/OSHA has maintained a constant presence to ensure that employers protect their outdoor workers from the risk of heat illness. While these ongoing efforts have saved lives due to greater compliance by employers, constant vigilance is...
OAKLAND, Calif., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health, also known as Cal/OSHA, today issued fourteen citations totaling $168,175 to a Fremont-based construction and investment company, US-Sino Investments, Inc. The citations stemmed from Cal/OSHA's investigation into the death of Raul Zapata, a 37-year-old carpenter who was buried alive under a ten-to-twelve foot...
FRESNO, Calif., June 5, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The California Department of Industrial Relations' (DIR) Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) Chief Ellen Widess announced today that Cal/OSHA is actively investigating two suspected heat related deaths in the 2012 summer heat season. Widess reminds employers to be vigilant to protect outdoor workers from the hazards of heat this summer by taking the basic steps of water, shade, rest, and training. "While our...
NEW YORK, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Major League baseball players today continued their support of earthquake and tsunami relief efforts in Japan by awarding a $310,000 grant from the Players Trust to nonprofit organization, Points of Light. The funds will be used by Points of Light's Japanese affiliate, Hands On Tokyo, to expand its mobile Community Cafe to serve as a cultural hub to help restore a sense of community to areas devastated by last year's twin disasters. (Photo:...
BRISTOL, Va., May 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Alpha Natural Resources (NYSE: ANR), a leading U.S. coal producer, announces the establishment of the Alpha Foundation for the Improvement of Mine Safety and Health, Inc. The Alpha Foundation is a non-profit organization whose mission is to improve mine health and safety through funding projects by qualified academic institutions, not-for-profit entities and individuals associated with those entities. Alpha will contribute a total of $48...
Perched atop the sheer coastal cliffs of Ireland's Aran Islands, ridges of giant boulders have puzzled geologists for years. What forces could have torn these rocks from the cliff edges high above sea level and deposited them far inland? While some researchers contend that only a tsunami could push these stones, new research in The Journal of Geology finds that plain old ocean waves, with the help of some strong storms, did the job. And they're still doing it. The three tiny Aran...
CALGARY, April 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - Canadian employers have a new tool to protect the mental health of employees, with the launch today of Psychological Health and Safety: An Action Guide for Employers. "The Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and our partners who are working to promote mental health in Canada recognize the critical role our workplaces play in the psychological health of Canadians," says Louise Bradley, MHCC President and CEO. "The Action Guide offers...
BAKERSFIELD, Calif., April 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Cal/OSHA today launched its 2012 campaign to prevent worker deaths and illnesses due to heat exposure in all outdoor workplaces in California. Cal/OSHA's launch was announced at their new District Office in Bakersfield. The agency's extensive, multi-pronged effort of outreach, education and enforcement to ensure worker safety will involve coordinated statewide inspections, local inspections during heat waves, trainings...
