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Report Suggests Need for Stricter Teen Driving Laws
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Car crashes are the number one killer of teens in the U.S.; more than 5,000 die each year on America's roadways. Reader's Digest released a new report highlighting the risks teen drivers pose to themselves and others, and the need for states to pass stricter laws regulating teen drivers - laws ...
Safety Lessons From Oilfield Explosion Outlined in CSB Video
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... CSB video depicts the sequence of events that led to the 2006 Partridge-Raleigh oilfield explosion. The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) recently released a new safety video, Death in the Oilfield, detailing an explosion that led to the deaths of three ...
Retro-Commissioning Helps Reduce Carbon Footprint
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... Environmental Health & Engineering Inc. (EH&E), an environmental engineering and consulting firm, has issued a white paper that discusses details of retro-commissioning, the process of optimizing an existing building's system performance to meet the original design intent or current ...
Leadership in the Safety Profession
Sep 01, 2008; Brown, Warren K ... The more ASSE influences the profession, the more our members will be in a position to influence safety in their workplaces. The word lead can be defined in many ways. Phrases such as to guide, to direct, to influence and to show the way provide a reasonable definition of what leaders ...
Work-Related Fatalities Higher Among Hispanics, Says Report
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... A recent report summarizes an analysis of data about work-related fatalities from 1992-2006, collected by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Bureau of Labor Statistics and several state agencies. The results of the analysis showed that during that period, 11,303 Hispanics died ...
Landmarks in the History of Safety
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... LOSS PREVENTION Landmarks in the History of Safety By Guarnieri, M. (1992). Journal of Safety Research, 23, 151-158. The general misapprehension that preventing injuries (inadvisably and erroneously called accidents) requires mostly common sense has been holding back progress in loss ...
ASSE Suggests Changing Proposed Confined Spaces Rule
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... CONFINED SPACES On behalf of ASSE, Gary Lopez, CSP, testified at an U.S. Department of Labor public hearing on the proposed rule for confined spaces in construction. Lopez, senior director of safety for Ranger Construction Industries Inc. in West Palm Beach, FL, stated that the proposed ...
Issue Brief Highlights Use of Incentives in Wellness Programs
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... HEALTH & WELLNESS Employers are increasingly using incentives to engage employees in worksite health and productivity programs, according to a new issue brief from HealthFitness. Because participation is key to program success, HealthFitness recommends that companies offer an ...
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Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... ASSE American Society of Safety Engineers www.asse.org CSB Chemical Safety & Hazard Investigation Board www.csb.gov DOE Dept. of Energy www.doe.gov DOL Dept. of Labor www.dol.gov DOT Dept ....
EPA Proposes Rule to Prevent Industrial Carbon Dioxide Emissions
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... PUBLIC HEALTH EPA has proposed a rule that supports promising technologies to help prevent industrial emissions of carbon dioxide. The rule suggests secure, long-term underground storage of the gas to reduce the effects of climate change. EPA Administrator Stephen Johnson says, "With ...
A Thank You From Dr. John Howard
Sep 01, 2008; Howard, John ... I would like to convey to the members of ASSE and to all readers of Professional Safety my sincere gratitude to everyone who expressed support for my reappointment as director of NIOSH. Your support was very much appreciated, not only by me personally, but by all of us who work at ...
OSHA to Hold Hearings for Shipyard Employment Conditions
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... WORKER SAFETY OSHA announced in the June 30 issue of Federal Register that it will hold two public hearings-on Sept. 9 and Oct. 2, 2008-on the proposed rule for General Working Conditions in Shipyard Employment. The rule revises and updates standards to address 14 conditions including ...
New International Programs to Enhance Drug & Food Safety
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Two new programs from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) have been developed to enhance the safety of medical products and food imported to the U.S. The first program has Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaborating with European and ...
FAA Final Rule on Fuel Tanks Pleases NTSB
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... AVIATION SAFETY The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) commended Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for its final rule on reducing fuel tank flammability in transport category airplanes. The issue has been on the board's Most Wanted List of Transportation Safety Improvements ...
CSB Calls for Tougher Combustible Dust Rules
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... COMBUSTIBLE DUST At a recent Senate subcommittee hear- ing, the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) said OSHA needs a more comprehensieve set of combustible dust regulations. Referring to the Imperial Sugar refinery explosion, which killed 13 workers at the Port ...
Organizers Plan Largest Earthquake Drill in U.S. History
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... DISASTER RESPONSE The magnitude 5.4 earthquake in southern California in late July is about 5,000 times smaller than the magnitude 7.8 earthquake depicted in "ShakeOut Earthquake Scenario," a new report portraying what could happen in a major earthquake on the southern end of the San ...
ASSE Foundation Offers $135,000 in Scholarships, Grants
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT ASSE Foundation (ASSEF) will offer more than $135,000 in scholarships and professional development grants in 2009. These programs are open to students pursuing degrees in SH&E and to ASSE members and safety professionals working to advance their ...
NEMA Offers Guidance on Water-Damaged Electrical Equipment
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... EQUIPMENT SAFETY According to National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), electrical equipment exposed to water can be extremely hazardous if reenergized without proper reconditioning or replacement. Moisture can reduce the equipment's integrity and affect its ability to ...
Safe Extension Cords Can Reduce Risk of Fire, Shock
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... ELECTRICAL SAFETY When in need of an extension cord in the office or at home, it is imperative to know that just because a particular cord is long enough, it is not necessarily the right one for the job. Many people erroneously believe length is the only characteristic that distinguishes ...
ASSE Kuwait Chapter Issues Call for Papers for 2009 Conference
Sep 01, 2008; Anonymous ... PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT The Fifth ASSE Kuwait Chapter International Professional Development Conference and Exhibition will be held March 17-19, 2009. The theme of the conference is "Moving to Sky HSE." Two types of proposals are invited-paper presentations and poster presentations ....