May 2011
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How to get your workforces attenion in health &...
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Western Metal Roofing Pty Ltd fined for no edge... →
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Being a person who at a workplace was an employer or a person having control of the workplace, did not ensure that…
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Worker killed in 20m fall
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Worker killed in 20m fall
A MAN died after falling about 20m when a pile-driver collapsed at a Southbank construction site today.
The man, 30, was helping to set up the track-mounted pile-driver digging rig to prepare the foundations for an apartment complex in Sturt St when the top section fell.Read more at...
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Ergonomía: mejorando las condiciones del...
Amplify’d from ergonomiachile.bligoo.clErgonomía: mejorando las condiciones del trabajadorLa Facultad de Arquitectura de la Universidad Católica, en conjunto con la Mutual de Seguridad, realizarán este año la primera versión de su diplomado en ergonomía, curso diseñado para incrementar la calidad de los espacios laborales en Chile.Artículo Diario La TerceraErgonomía ChileRead more at...
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Rogue rubbish dumping firms costing Welsh tax...
Amplify’d from www.walesonline.co.ukRogue rubbish dumping firms costing Welsh tax payers £3m a yearTHE grim scale of fly-tipping has been revealed in figures showing everything from asbestos to dead family pets are being dumped across the Welsh landscape – costing the taxpayer almost £3m a year to clean up.Read more at www.walesonline.co.uk See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a13unf
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Massive fire at Dandenong
Amplify’d from cranbourne-leader.whereilive.com.auPICTURES, AUDIO: Massive fire at Dandenong South chemical factoryUPDATE 3.43pm: IT’S a case of “so far, so good” as crews mop up the mess following a massive factory fire in Dandenong South.Read more at cranbourne-leader.whereilive.com.au See this Amp at http://amplify.com/u/a13mjb
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WorkSafeBC fines 34 firms for unsafe practices
Amplify’d from www.vancouversun.comWorkSafeBC fines 34 firms for unsafe practicesWorkSafeBC penalized 34 B.C. construction firms a total of $195,980 for failing to protect workers from falls between Dec. 1, 2010 and Jan. 31, 2011.Falls are the No. 1 cause of injury in the construction industry. Between 2007 and 2009, there were about 5,000 falls in B.C., which cost the construction industry...
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Asbestos found in church organ
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Asbestos found in church organ
worK has been taking place to remove blue asbestos discovered in the pipe organ at Berwick Parish Church.Whilst not posing any danger undisturbed, removal was a matter for the experts so a trio of workers from the Chirmarn Group spent three days on the project last week.When cast iron...
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Ban mobile phones and wireless networks in schools
Amplify’d from www.telegraph.co.ukBan mobile phones and wireless networks in schools, say European leaders Mobile phones and computers with wireless internet connections pose a risk to human health and should be banned from schools, a powerful European body has ruled.
In a report, the committee said it was crucial to avoid repeating the mistakes
made when public health officials were slow to...
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Swindon mayor battles lung cancer - Asbestos
Amplify’d from www.swindonadvertiser.co.ukSwindon mayor battles lung cancer
The popular 72-year-old First Citizen has been recognised as Swindon’s last railway mayor, having spent eight years at the British Rail workshops.
Now, after being rushed to hospital last month, Rex – whose year-long term as mayor comes to an end next week – has been told he has epithelioid Mesothelioma.
Rex...
OSHA proposes $93,500 in fines to US Postal... →
NEW YORK – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited the U.S. Postal Service for five alleged repeat violations of safety standards following an…
OSHA proposes nearly $47,000 in fines, cites... →
BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Valley Tool Inc. for 13 alleged violations of workplace safety standards. The Orange,…
HSE introduces new arrangements for online... →
Businesses will still be able to notify fatal and major incidents and injuries by phone following changes to reporting arrangements, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) confirmed today.
From 12…
OSHA cites Reyes Automotive Group in San Antonio... →
SAN ANTONIO – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited San Antonio-based Reyes Automotive Group LLC for 13 serious and two other-than-serious violations…
Spa and Director Fined $17,000 Total For Ignoring... →
Newmarket, ON – Equinox Centre For Natural Health Inc., a Newmarket Spa, was fined $12,000 for violating the Employment Standards Act by ignoring orders to pay wages. Fred Phillips, the company’s…
석면(Asbestos) 이란? →
석면(Asbestos) 이란?
석면(Asbestos)은 그리스어로 “불멸의 물건”이라는 의미로 100만년전 화산활동에 의해서
발생된 화성암의 일종으로 천연자연계에 존재하는 사문석(Serpentine) 및 각섬석
(Amphibole)의 광물에서 채취된 섬유모양의 규산화합물, 실리카, 마그네슘, 물을 주요
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Woman crushed by a reversing hearse
Amplify’d from www.ripleyandheanornews.co.uk THE death of a Heanor woman crushed by a reversing hearse was a tragic accident, an inquest heard this week.
Former ordnance operative Valerie Griffiths died on July 17, 2009, as she made her way back from a shopping trip to her Abbott Street home, next to a funeral business. The Preston born...
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Charges relating to gas explosion at Bacton
Shell UK Ltd today (Wed) pleaded guilty at Norwich Crown Court to seven charges arising from an explosion and fire at the Bacton Gas Plant, Norfolk in…
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Orissa to raise height of electric wires
Amplify’d from news.in.msn.comOrissa to raise height of electric wires to save elephantsBhubaneswar, May 7 (PTI) With frequent cases of elephants being electrocuted, the Orissa government today decided to spend Rs 20 crore from the Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management funds for raising the height of electric wires passing through elephant corridors. This was decided at a meeting of Elephant...
Oldham company, Townfield Manufacturing Co Ltd in... →
An Oldham company has been sentenced after it ignored two formal warnings, putting its
An example of the dangerous electrics at the factory
workers’ lives in danger from poorly…
On this day – Norco, Shell Oil refinery →
May 5, 1988: Norco, Louisiana, Shell Oil refinery explosion after hydrocarbon gas escaped from a corroded pipe in a catalytic cracker and was ignited. Louisiana state police evacuated 2,800…
Environment Agency – Smelly south London waste... →
A south London company was ordered to pay GBP87,837 on Thursday 28 April after admitting to a series of waste permit breaches which affected the local environment and quality of life for nearby…
OSHA cites Parker Hannifin facility in Mississippi... →
BATESVILLE, Miss. – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued 33 citations to the Parker Hannifin Corp. plant in Batesville, alleging numerous safety…
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West Midlands Search & Rescue WMSAR
Amplify’d from www.wmsar.org.ukWMSAR is a specialist land and water search and rescue organisation covering the South Midlands and surrounding areas.WMSAR work in partnership with the Hereford & Worcester Fire & Rescue Service, West Mercia Police and West Midlands Ambulance service across our operational area to provide Search and Rescue services 24/7, 365 days of the year. Read more at...
On this day – 1932-1968: The Minamata disaster →
1932-1968: The Minamata disaster was caused by the dumping of mercury compounds in Minamata Bay, Japan. The Chisso Corporation, a fertilizer and later petrochemical company, was found responsible…
April 2011
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Ten Men in a Boat Rescued →
The small motor boat had broken down and some of the party had entered the water. The motor boat had been launched at Port Edgar and had ten people onboard.
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