Workers and employers in Oregon’s construction industry are invited to attend a full-day conference designed to highlight safety with hands-on training on Jan. 26, 2009.
When times get tough, people get stressed, and when faced with a crisis, many people seem suddenly skilled in the art of “Blamestorming,” a term used by author Bryn Meredith in his new article, “The Art of Blamestorming.”
According to a press release issued by Bluepoint Leadership Development promoting the article, “Blamestorming” is a meeting of like-minded people who decide who or what they are going to blame for their current plight.
The International Code Council and the Department of Homeland Security Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) are teaming up to reduce the loss of life and property caused by natural disasters, according to an ICC press statement.
The United States Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board will conduct a full investigation of causes of a catastrophic fertilizer tank collapse at Allied Terminals in Chesapeake, Virginia, the CSB announced in a press statement.
A study conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School, in collaboration with the Project on Emerging Nanotechnologies, found that participants shown balanced information about the risks and benefits of nanotechnology were sharply divided along cultural lines regarding the safety of this technology, according to a recent press release.
Eight more pan-European and multinational organizations have signed up to support the Healthy Workplaces campaign organized by the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), bringing the total number of official campaign partners to 17, according to an EU-OSHA press release.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fined a Yerington, Nev., agricultural establishment $56,320 for allegedly misusing pesticides and failing to comply with pesticide worker safety laws, according to an EPA press release.
While patients recovering from orthopaedic surgery or musculoskeletal injury may be anxious to get back into their old routines, knowing when it’s safe to get behind the wheel of a car can be a complex decision, according to a recent press release from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS).
In fiscal year 2008, EPA concluded civil and criminal enforcement actions requiring regulated entities to spend an estimated $11.8 billion on pollution controls, cleanup and environmental projects, a record for EPA, according to an agency press statement.
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