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CDC releases guide to preventing outpatient infections

July 26, 2011

A new CDC guide details minimum expectations for safe care in outpatient settings and recommends every practice identify an infection prevention leader.

Critical aviation projects grounded due to Congressional inaction

July 26, 2011

Contractors have been told to stop work on critical airport modernization projects around the country after Congress failed to pass legislation on Friday giving the FAA the authority necessary for work to continue.

Senior officials fired in wake of China’s deadly train collision

July 26, 2011

Three railway officials were fired on Sunday after a train collision killed at least 35 and injured more than 200 others, the Ministry of Railway said.

Commercial diving operations get attention from OSHA (7/25)

July 25, 2011

OSHA has revised revised a directive* that provides guidance on OSHA procedures aimed at eliminating hazards and reducing worker injuries, illnesses and deaths during commercial diving operations.

Extreme heat endangers workers, warns Solis (7/20)

July 21, 2011

With much of the nation sweltering under record high temperatures, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis reminded employers that outdoor workers are vulnerable to heat-related illnesses, including heat exhaustion and heat stroke.

ASSE backs CSB’s rebuke of Florida for failing to adopt recommendations (7/21)

July 21, 2011

The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has publicly expressed its agreement with the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) that Florida’s failure to adopt worker safeguards in the wake of a deadly methanol fire and explosion is “unacceptable.”

Angry over heads up, MSHA takes CAM Mining to court (7/19)

Miners may have been smoking underground

July 19, 2011

After someone gave a foreman at CAM Mining LLC’s Mine No. 28 in Kentucky advance notice of an inspection, the U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) took the company to court and got an order prohibiting it from doing so again in the future.

Pets are good for your mental health, says new study

Owning a dog increases self-esteem

July 19, 2011

Pet owners are happier, healthier and better adjusted than non-pet owners, according to research published by the American Psychological Association.

Obama administration closes unsafe trucking companies at brisk pace (7/19)

“Reincarnated” carriers remain a concern

July 19, 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced today that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous 10 years combined.

NIOSH says lessons from Deepwater will help with future disasters (7/18)

July 18, 2011

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) played a key role in monitoring and protecting the health of workers responding to the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and Gulf of Mexico oil spill ...