S+H Staff

The National Safety Council and the SWR Institute are hosting a free webinar Tuesday, June 3, on identifying and preventing fall hazards in the construction industry.

Washington – OSHA and the Environmental Protection Agency should revise ammonium nitrate regulations to provide better oversight of facilities that use the chemical compound, which has been involved in several major incidents over the past century, according to a Government Accountability report released May 19.

Washington – Two senators from the Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee are urging the the Department of Transportation to increase the safety resources it provides to short-line railroads – many of which feed shipments of volatile crude oil and other hazardous materials to larger railroads.

Annapolis, MD – Maryland’s Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation has been tasked with creating a workgroup to study potential occupational safety and health prequalification requirements for the state’s public works contractors.

Washington – The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration is extending to June 26 the comment period for its recent proposed rule on electronic logging devices for commercial buses and trucks.

Oakland, CA – In response to a series of fatal incidents at construction sites in California, the state’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health (also known as Cal/OSHA) has launched an inspection initiative.

Atlanta – Almost 5,000 people visited emergency departments in 2012 because of preventable injuries stemming from pool chemicals, according to a study released May 16 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Phoenix – Bacteria that cause the deadly form of pneumonia known as Legionnaires’ disease may be able to grow in windshield washer fluid, according to a study presented May 18 at the American Society for Microbiology’s annual meeting in Boston.

Toronto – The increased availability of small, powerful “button” magnets has accompanied a threefold increase in children who are injured by swallowing the objects, according to a study from the Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) in Canada.

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