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NTSB: Curbside carrier growth outpacing safety oversight

Fatal accident rate is seven times that of conventional buses

October 31, 2011

A new report from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) shows that oversight of the curbside bus industry has not kept up with the rapid growth of the increasingly popular form of transporation

MSHA issues hundreds of citations during September impact inspections

October 31, 2011

The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration announced last week that federal inspectors issued 374 citations, orders and safeguards during special impact inspections conducted at 18 coal mines and two metal/nonmetal mines last month.

"Faulty equipment" to blame for worker death in Ohio - OSHA

October 31, 2011

Lack of machine guarding, damaged equipment and slippery surfaces were among the hazards found by OSHA at Canton Drop Forge's Canton, Ohio facility after a worker died when he was struck by a loader bucket on April 22nd.

Fourth time not a charm for food company

Repeat noise hazard violations result in SVEP membership

October 31, 2011

OSHA has cited Anaheim, Calif.-based Bridgford Foods Corp. for 27 safety and health violations at its food manufacturing facility in Dallas, Texas, with proposed penalties totaling $422,600.

WHO highlights global underinvestment in mental health care

October 28, 2011

One in four people will require mental health care at some point in their lives but in many countries only two per cent of all health sector resources are invested in mental health services.

A world greatly out of balance in matters of health

October 28, 2011

Representatives from more than 100 governments around the world, health experts, civil society organizations and other stakeholders are converging in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for three days to discuss how social, economic and environmental conditions could be improved to reduce the health gaps within and between countries.

Workplace violence prevention subject of new ANSI stanard

October 28, 2011

On October 20, two American National Standards Institute (ANSI) members and accredited standards developers, ASIS International and the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)announced the release of ASIS/SHRM WVP.1-2011, "Workplace Violence Prevention and Intervention."

CSB: Oil, gas production sites hazardous to the public -- especially children

Board issues recommendations for improving safety and security at sites

October 27, 2011

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released a new study of explosions at oil and gas production sites across the U.S., identifying 26 incidents since 1983 that killed 44 members of the public and injured 25 others under the age of 25.

Q&A: Honeywell Safety Products CMO John Montigny

Dave Johnson

October 27, 2011

ISHN Editor Dave Johnson interviews John Montigny, Chief Marketing Officer for Honeywell Safety Products (HSP) a $2-billion business unit of the Honeywell Life Safety Division of Honeywell, Inc. Honeywell Safety Products (HSP) acquired Sperian Protection in September of 2010 combining with the earlier acquisition of North and Norcross to form HSP.

Cave-in and struck-by: Mass. worker exposed to both hazards in one trench

Employee worked in unprotected trench below crumbling asphalt, lacked exit ladder

October 27, 2011

A Boston-based contractor faces $161,000 in fines after an OSHA inspector saw one of its employees exposed to both cave-in and struck-by hazards while installing a watermain.