Archive for April, 2012

Cooking is the leading cause of residential building fires (45 percent). Nearly all residential building cooking fires are small, confined fires (94 percent).
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An investigation that began on Oct. 24, 2011, found that employees were exposed to noise levels surpassing 85 decibels, as well as excessive airborne levels of lead and copper.
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An uncharacteristic trend identified over the quarter is that five of these fatalities—three of them involving mine supervisors—occurred on five consecutive weekends.
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The 2012 Dying for Work in Massachusetts: The Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces report reveals that 58 workers died on the job in the commonwealth in 2011; an estimated 580 additional workers died from occupational disease.
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April 28 is World Day for Safety and Health at Work and Director General Juan Somavia of the International Labour Organization (ILO) is using the opportunity to promote safer and healthier workplaces as part of decent work strategies in the transition ...
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Abbott Ireland Diagnostics Division from Sligo won both the Previous Entrants and Novices' categories of the All Ireland Safety Quiz Finals which was held in Athlone on Saturday, 21 April 2012.
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At the time of the incident, employees were injecting wastewater underground that was left over from hydraulic fracturing and drilling operations.
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In April 2011, BNSF coal train collided with the rear end of a standing BNSF maintenance-of-way equipment train near Red Oak, Iowa. Both crewmembers had fallen asleep, which led to their failure to comply with the signal indication requiring them to op...
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"Struck-by" injuries and fatalities are caused by conventional traffic/passenger vehicles, forklifts, and other moving powered industrial equipment such as cranes and yard trucks.
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A new study reveals that 78 percent of college students reported talking on a cell phone or texting while driving. Half of the students admitted to sending texts while driving on the freeway.
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