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EPA urges homeowners to act during National Radon Month

21,000 Americans die from radon related lung cancer each year

January 4, 2012

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging Americans this month, as part of National Radon Action Month, to take simple and affordable steps to test their homes for harmful levels of radon gas.

Minimize pain and suffering

Be proactive: Conduct emergency shower drills

Casey Hayes

January 4, 2012

No one plans on being involved in an industrial accident, it just happens.

Allow access, prevent falls

Select flexible customized solutions

Doug Ingram

January 4, 2012

Access and fall protection equipment is critical for any application where a liquid or dry material is brought into or carried out of a facility, as well as when workers are required to work more than six feet above ground, such as on roofs or tanks.

Electrical power systems

Maintenance is not an option; it’s a life-saver

James R. White

January 4, 2012

By any measure, NFPA 70E is an electrical safety document, but how can a maintenance standard be related to safety?

Facility floor plans: 9 essentials to prevent slips and falls

Karen Hamel

January 4, 2012

Slips and falls can happen in any facility.

A grim Top Ten list: COSH names 2011's notable workplace fatalities

January 4, 2012

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.

New pr campaign to update public on BP Gulf restoration

January 3, 2012

BP recently debuted a new nationwide television advertising campaign intended to report on progress being made to clean up and restore the Gulf Coast region in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon accident.

Emergency preparedness eroding, study finds

Cutbacks threaten ability to respond to bioterror attacks, natural disasters

December 28, 2011

Federal and state budget cuts are endangering key programs that detect and respond to bioterrorism, new disease outbreaks and natural or accidental disasters, a new report finds.

Texas oil company sentenced to pay $12 million for Clean Air Act violations in LA

Workers used flare gun to re-light explosive gases

December 24, 2011

Pelican Refining Company LLC was sentenced this week in federal court to pay $12 million for felony violations was sentenced this week to pay $12 million for felony violations of the Clean Air Act and obstruction of justice charges.

Wall Street reforms will open mining companies' safety records

December 23, 2011

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.