Articles Tagged with ''safety''

On ISHNs' Sharing Safety Solutions chat room we posed this question: Does the EHS profession have a public relations problem?

From agriculture to mining to health care, the occupational fatalities that made the 2011 top ten list compiled by the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health's (COSH) spanned many industries and highlighted notable gaps in regulatory attempts to address workplace hazards.

To prevent CO2 storage related accidents, CO2Meter.com has introduced the CO2 Storage Safety Alarm. This alarm detects the presence of high levels of carbon dioxide, and if present, warns people to evacuate the area immediately.

New rules adopted Wednesday by the Securities and Exchange Commission regarding the disclosure of company safety information will affect mine operators as well as the financial industry, according to an AFL-CIO blog post.
 

I agree with the premise that $$ only drives algorithmic (my word) tasks. Safety is not algorithmic... it is heuristic. We are asking for strategies and decisions, not just following directions, to get real results.

Wind power is riding a strong breeze. In the last five years, generating capacity in the U.S. has nearly quadrupled.

Ergodyne has announced plans for its fourteenth annual 65 Roses Golf Classic: A Tenacious Tournament.

Yesterday turned out to be a lucky Thursday for seven silver miners trapped 5900 feet below the surface in the Lucky Friday mine near Mullan, Idaho.

Cintas Corporation (NASDAQ: CTAS) today announced that its ReviveR Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) program has helped save 200 sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) victims.

U.S. registered nurses have a safer work environment than they did a decade ago, but more can be done to reduce hazards, according to a new American Nurses Association (ANA) survey.