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The CSB has released its latest compilation of safety videos entitled “Safety Videos Volume 2” which includes, “Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont” detailing three accidents over a 33 – hour period at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV; “Experimenting with Danger” which focuses on the hazards associated with conducting research at chemical laboratories in academic institutions; and “Iron in the Fire” which discusses three iron dust fires that occurred in 2011 at the Hoeganaes plant in Gallatin, TN.

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has suggestions for making the task of complying with the revised Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) more manageable.

OSHA has issued a Request for Information* (RFI) that seeks comments on how to prevent injuries and deaths from reinforcing concrete activities in construction, and from vehicles and mobile equipment backing into workers in construction, general industry, agriculture and the maritime industry.

OSHA has cited Jay-Em Aerospace Inc. with 18 safety and health violations, including one willful safety violation for failing to provide adequate machine guarding on equipment at the aircraft landing gear manufacturer's Cuyahoga Falls facility.

For the estimated one in three Americans who will develop high blood pressure, a - diet high in sodium may be to blame.

The EPA has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for carbon pollution from new power plants.

A massive and highly visible construction project that was outsourced in China is helping kick off a national "Should Be Made in America" campaign by the Alliance for America Manufacturing (AAM).

OSHA has cited janitorial services company ServiceMaster Clean with one willful and four serious safety violations for failing to protect workers from lead exposure and other hazards while they were contracted to clean an indoor firing range in Lancaster.

Would you watch out for my safety? Discover 5 reasons people will want to watch out for your safety and the safety of others Monday, June 4 session 502 at www.safety2012.org in Denver, CO.