ACGIH® announced January 30, 2009 that its board of directors ratified the 2009 Threshold Limit Values (TLVs®) for Chemical Substances and Physical Agents and Biological Exposure Indices (BEIs®). The board also approved recommendations for additions to the Notice of Intended Changes (NIC).
The following are excerpts from a message delivered last week by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s Investigations Supervisor Don Holmstrom updating the public on the investigation of the January 12, 2009, Silver Eagle Refinery fire in Woods Cross, Utah:
The National Transportation Safety Board said in a recent press release that it is pleased that Delta Air Lines has reinstated its Aviation Safety Action Program (ASAP).
Bad habits and certain health conditions, such as arthritis, can affect the way people walk, making walking less efficient or even injurious, according to recent information from the Harvard Health Letter.
The International Society of Automation, ISA, announced in a recent press release that the 2009 Industrial Automation Safety and Security Symposium, sponsored by the ISA Safety Division, will take place April 22-23, 2009, in Houston, Texas, at the Marriott Houston Hobby Airport.
The importance of telecommunicators in the search and rescue (SAR) field cannot be overstated, according to ASTM International (formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials). Dispatchers receiving and delivering accurate information in a timely manner are critical to any SAR operation. A new standard developed by ASTM International Committee F32 on Search and Rescue highlights the importance of proper training for SAR dispatchers.
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