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Public health experts happy that EPA is reversing its ozone delay

August 3, 2017

The EPA’s announcement yesterday that it is reversing its decision to delay for one year designation of areas not meeting the 2015 ozone standards is being met with approval by the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association and American Thoracic Society.

Something "did not look right" to pilots in near-miss at San Francisco airport

August 3, 2017

The National Transportation Safety Board NTSB has issued an investigative update regarding the July 7 near miss at San Francisco International Airport.

Cal. manufacturing workers exposed to Chromium-6

August 2, 2017

Cal/OSHA has cited an aircraft parts manufacturer $87,500 for numerous workplace safety and health violations including failure to provide workers with effective training on hazardous chemicals in their work area and willful failure to notify workers of their exposure to hexavalent chromium, a hazardous chemical known to cause cancer commonly referred to as chromium-6.

Who’s at fault in United Airlines workplace violence episode?

August 2, 2017

The latest legal development following an altercation between a United Airlines employee and one of its customers shines a spotlight on worker safety…or passenger safety, depending upon which side prevails in court.

Pa. miner killed by his own bulldozer

August 1, 2017

A Pennsylvania mine worker died last week after being run over by his own bulldozer. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) is working with local officials to determine just how the accident occurred.

Tesla workers demand safety data from company’s Board

“We’re tired of suffering preventable injury after preventable injury”

August 1, 2017

A group of workers at Tesla’s Fremont, California facility sent an open letter to the independent members of Tesla’s Board of Directors on Monday, in which they formally requested access to the electric car company’s safety plan.

A FairWarning story

Despite hazards, push to open public roads to off-road vehicles in high gear

Paul Feldman

August 1, 2017

More than 14,000 people, including roughly 3,200 children age 15 or younger, have been killed in crashes of all-terrain vehicles since federal safety officials began keeping track in the early 1980s.

The OSHA blaming and shaming game

Does negative press change corporate misbehavior?

August 1, 2017

With the virtual halt to federal OSHA press releases on enforcement cases, ISHN asked veteran agency observers and safety and health experts for their input on whether the practice pays off in changing corporate misbehavior.

NTSB: A watchman’s warning not enough to prevent train accidents

2 workers killed by a train in SD

August 1, 2017

The National Transportation Safety Board today issued a Safety Alert warning rail workers of the risks of working on the tracks using only a watchman/lookout to provide the train approach warning. Safety Alert 066 was prompted in part by the deaths of two rail workers who were struck and killed by a train in Edgemont, South Dakota, Jan. 17, 2017.

Chemical company agrees to make safety changes

July 31, 2017

The U.S. Department of Justice and the EPA) have entered into an agreement with Harcros Chemicals Inc. to settle claims that Harcros violated provisions of the Clean Air Act aimed at preventing accidental releases of chemicals that can have serious consequences for public health, safety and the environment.