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Washington – After several close calls during which a government shutdown loomed, Congress finalized a budget for the remainder of fiscal year 2012, providing some occupational safety and health agencies with a slight funding increase.

Washington – Overall transportation fatalities decreased by about 3 percent in 2010 despite fatality increases among medium and heavy trucks, rail, pipeline, and other categories, according to data from the National Transportation Safety Board.

New technologies tackle traditional problems

I’m running behind schedule. Nothing bad will happen to me. I won’t be up there long. Everybody does it this way. Thoughts like these might run through a worker’s head before he or she decides to take a safety shortcut. No matter the rationalization for the behavior, not following proper procedures can have disastrous results – hence the phrase, “shortcuts cut life short.”

Anti-rolling casters help reduce falls by preventing stools from rolling away when users stand up or sit down.

On Dec. 29, 2008, a staff research assistant at the University of California, Los Angeles, was working with a syringe containing t-butyl lithium, a highly flammable compound that ignites on contact with air. The plunger on the syringe somehow became dislodged and the chemical ignited, setting the assistant’s synthetic sweater on fire.

The CEL-120 helps users achieve highly accurate calibration of sound level meters in the field and is fully compliant with IEC 60942:2003 and ANSI S1.40:2006 standards.

The Chemical Safety Board normally investigates industrial incidents, but last year, the agency turned its attention to academia. In a recently released case study that examined a January 2010 laboratory explosion at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, CSB expressed concern about inadequate safety practices at the school and called on other academic institutions to evaluate their own safety policies and protocols for research labs.

The Crane Reliability Survey is an engineering assessment designed to generate reliable information about the current condition and future maintenance needs of a crane.

The 4200 N95 AirWave Disposable Respirator features patent-pending technology that allows workers to breathe easier with cool comfort.