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ISHN reveals all 30 category winners from its first-ever Readers’ Choice Award Contest

June 19, 2013

Thousands of Industrial Safety & Hygiene News subscribers jumped online to vote in ISHN’s 2013 Readers’ Choice Awards between March 1 and May 1, 2013. The results are in, and ISHN Publisher Randy Green has released the list of winning entries.


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Railroad foreman’s death highlights ineffective safety procedures

June 18, 2013

The death of a railroad foreman who was struck by a train last month has led to urgent recommendations from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) for ways to improve safety for track maintenance crews to provide signal protection.


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Ladder safety? There’s an app for that

New NIOSH app lets you make sure the angle is just right
June 18, 2013

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has produced a new smart phone app that enhances ladder safety. The app uses visual and audio signals to make it easier for workers using extension ladders to check the angle the ladder is positioned at, as well as access useful tips for using extension ladders safely.


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Health care industry must modernize patient lifting for safety’s sake, says report

A typical bedside nurse lifts two tons per day
June 18, 2013

Patients in healthcare facilities are in danger when they’re being moved or lifted because of institutional resistance to using available technology, according to a new report from an advocacy group. And patients aren't the only ones at risk of injury.


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Federal black lung rule catches up to technology

Digital x-rays now allowed in benefits process
June 18, 2013

A federal rule restricting workers’ compensation claims to black lung diagnoses based only on film radiographs has been updated to embrace the digital age. The U.S. Department of Labor's Office of Workers' Compensation Programs has published for public comment a direct final rule and a companion proposed rule adopting updated standards for administering and interpreting digital radiographs for the Federal Black Lung Program.


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No OSHA inspections for 20 years at La. chemical plant that exploded

Thousands of Americans at risk
June 17, 2013

An online information source is reporting that the Williams Olefins chemical plant that exploded Thursday in southern Louisiana has not been inspected by OSHA in at least two decades.


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An act of work-related violence that “could have been prevented”

Patient with violent past kills caseworker
June 17, 2013

A young caseworker was stabbed to death with a butcher knife last December by a patient she was meeting with for a required face-to-face hospitalization risk assessment.


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Walmart accepted clothing from banned Bangladesh factories

June 17, 2013

Since the Rana Plaza building collapse killed more than 1,100 people in April, retailers have faced mounting pressure to improve safety at Bangladesh garment factories and to sever ties with manufacturers that don't measure up.


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Two La. chem plant blasts in two days kill three workers

Investigations into causes underway
June 17, 2013

Both OSHA and the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) are investigating Thursday’s explosion at the Williams Olefins plant in south Louisiana -- which was followed a day later by another fatal chemical plant blast only a few miles away.


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The New York Three

A trio of NY contractors courts electrocution hazards

Workers exposed to 13,200 volt unguarded, live power lines
June 17, 2013

Undeterred by cease and desist orders issued by the Long Island Power Authority, three New York contractors exposed their employees to electrocution hazards from working in close proximity to power lines, according to OSHA.


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