S+H Staff

Plan now to recognize April as Distracted Driving Awareness Month

Washington – The Iron Workers Union and the Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust have renewed their “Countdown to Zero” campaign to help reduce fatalities among ironworkers.

Washington – The ruptured steel pipe at the center of the 2012 hydrocarbon release and fire at the Chevron U.S.A. Inc. refinery in Richmond, CA, was corroded and should have been replaced, concludes a report released by the Chemical Safety Board and the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

Iowa City, IA – Teens living in rural areas have mixed attitudes about safe driving behaviors, according to a recent study.

Ames, IA – Community-based prevention programs may help reduce prescription drug abuse among middle school students, finds a new study from Iowa State University and Pennsylvania State University.

In the two years the White House has spent reviewing a proposal to strengthen OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Standard, the agency estimates that 600 people have died from silicosis – a disease caused by silica exposure.

Washington – Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso has disputed the findings of an audit report from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Inspector General, saying OIG was intruding on the agency’s “policy prerogatives.”

Washington – The National Transportation Safety Board is scheduled to host a public forum on Feb. 27 in Washington to discuss the railroad industry’s progress on installing automatic train-to-train collision-avoidance systems, known as positive train control.

Palo Alto, CA – Vision problems related to light sensitivity are common among war veterans with blast-related traumatic brain injury, according to a new study from the Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System.

Washington – OSHA and NIOSH recently issued a hazard alert that warns bathroom refinishers of the dangers associated with methylene chloride.