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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...
Environmental Health Advocates Celebrate Historic Vote LouisvilleCharter.Org Participants Respond WASHINGTON, July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United States Senate resisted tens of millions of dollars in lobbying and campaign contributions from the chemical industry to pass the Safe Chemicals Act out of a key committee. This bill would reform the Toxic Substance Control Act, for the first time since 1976. "A measure of faith has been restored in our U.S. Senate....
EAST LANSING, Mich., July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cooper and Partners announced the topics and speakers for their Workplace Wellness September Conference. Speakers for the event include: Dr. Dean Sienko, Interim Chief Medical Executive for the Michigan Department of Community Health; Shari Steinbach, Director, Healthy Living, Meijer; Dave deBronkart, Founder, Society of Participatory Medicine, Internationally-known author and lecturer on participatory medicine, top 20 people who...
Vote to Protect Environmental Health on Wednesday Alliance for Toxic Free Fire Safety Responds WASHINGTON, July 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health are holding a joint hearing: "Oversight of EPA Authorities and Actions to Control Exposures to Toxic Chemicals," 10:00 a.m. Room 406, Dirksen Senate Office Building. State legislators and fire fighters submitted...
Penalty stems from citations for more than 400 process safety management violations cited at Texas refinery in October 2009 WASHINGTON, July 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that OSHA and BP Products North America Inc. have resolved 409 of the 439 citations issued by the agency in October 2009 for willful violations of OSHA's process safety management standard at BP's refinery in Texas...
John Easton, Medgate Product Manager, offers guidance on how to define and implement a well-managed compliance management program to improve overall EHS performances. (PRWEB) July 11, 2012 In a new article published in the July edition of Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Magazine (http://www.ohsonline.com), Medgate’s Product Manager and safety expert, John Easton, provides guidance to companies on how they can effectively implement one of the most challenging of EHS: “Compliance...
OTTAWA, June 27, 2012 /CNW/ - Today Transport Canada advised another 157 people that they may lose their jobs bringing the grand total to 370 employees affected. Of these positions affected today, 107 will be eliminated. Included in this number is the elimination of communication specialists and various administrative functions and, most notably, all regional Health and Safety Advisors who were recently hired to help bring the department into compliance with federal Health and...
ANN ARBOR, Mich., June 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Humantech, Inc. is pleased to announce that Winnie Ip, Director of Consulting and Ergonomics Engineer, received The American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) Best Technical Ergonomics Article of the Year 2011 - 2012 award. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120627/DE31026 ) Ip's article, Designing for an Aging Population, was selected from over 15 ergonomics-related articles. Vice President of the Council on Practices...
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...
HOLLY, Mich., June 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- "Look at the interface between politics, engineering and humans. Cars and trucks are safer than ever but the driving infrastructure is crumbling and drivers are aging and on more medication while trying to manage more in-vehicle distractions. "It doesn't help that the vehicles are older, too." So muses Dave McLellan, one of the world's best forensic engineers and an expert witness in court cases that determine the cause of an accident, the...
