Aimed at providing fundamental continuing education and training for safety professionals on a variety of key topics and emerging issues, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will hold its annual SeminarFest in Las Vegas, NV, January 23-29, 2011, according to an ASSE press release.
Average length of stay in the nation’s emergency departments increased to four hours and seven minutes, and the nation’s emergency physicians are concerned about patient safety being jeopardized by long wait times, according to a recent press release from the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP). Press Ganey’s Pulse Report 2010 confirms what the ACEP has reported previously: The recession, high unemployment and insurance losses are increasing pressure on emergency departments and their patients, the organization says.
The Justice Department announced a settlement agreement under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) with Blockbuster Inc. to ensure equal access to its stores nationwide for individuals with disabilities who use service animals.
This week President Obama sent a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies outlining a new plan to protect Federal workers on the job: “The Presidential POWER Initiative: Protecting Our Workers and Ensuring Reemployment.”
As heat stress can cause workplace injuries and illness, the American Society of Safety Engineers says it is important for workers to be protected against the heat, sun exposure and other hazards that could result in severe injury.
A U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) case study released yesterday on the 2009 explosion and fire at the Veolia ES Technical Solutions L.L.C. facility in West Carrollton, Ohio, calls on the industry to improve safety standards covering hazardous waste processing, handling, and storage facilities. The Board also recommended that fire protection codes be revised to require companies to determine safe distances between occupied buildings and potentially hazardous operating areas.
OSHA has issued citations to Legion Industries in Waynesboro, Ga., for 39 alleged serious and four alleged other-than-serious workplace safety and health violations. Proposed penalties total $75,000.
Widespread fire, electrical, mechanical and other hazards at a Farmington, Conn., aircraft parts manufacturing plant have resulted in a total $130,050 in proposed fines from OSHA.
On Wednesday the Committee on Education and Labor of the U.S. House of Representatives voted 30-17 to approve the most significant changes to laws governing OSHA and MSHA since the creation of the agencies in 1970.
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