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How should I manage the risk of fire in my workplace?

sarahpiddington.com Unfortunately there was a tragic fire in a Qatar shopping centre this week which claimed 19 lives. It appears that best practice fire safety precautions* had not been adhered to which leads us to t... Marcus

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CDC - Directory of Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation and Prevention Program: Fire Fighter Fatality Investigation Report F2011-13
cdc.gov - On June 02, 2011, a 48 year-old career lieutenant and a 53 year-old fire fighter/paramedic died in a multi-level residential structure fire while searching for the seat of the fire. Note: The resid... Marcus

Health and Safety Signs Health and Safety News

healthsafetynews.co.uk - Health and safety signs play an important role in keeping us safe and as they indicate to us a possible health and/or safety hazard and also indicate how we can protect ourselves in a hazardous sit... Marcus

The importance of choosing the correct PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) for Environmental Protection Health and Safety News
healthsafetynews.co.uk - Workers wear personal protective equipment (PPE) to reduce their exposure to various occupational hazards. This includes such items as full body suits, work trousers, aprons, gloves, and foot, head... Marcus

New 3M hard hat equipped with sun-smart sensor | 2012-06-11

ishn.com - Workers have an easy way to monitor their hard hat exposure to the sun thanks to the new 3M H-700 Series Hard Hat equipped with a Uvicator Sensor. The smart sensor changes color from red to white ... Marcus

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Barbara Dickson OBE on why she won't let tinnitus stop the music - Action On Hearing Loss: RNID
actiononhearingloss.org.uk - Barbara Dickson has enjoyed 45 years of success in the entertainment industry and continues to be one of the most enduringly popular artists in Britain, with legions of adoring fans. Shes best kno... Marcus

ohsu.edu - If youve been following our news over the past few months, youve heard about the Oregon Healthy WorkForce Center. There is no doubt that we have all been pretty excited about it as we recognize t...

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Know and show what you got - TwentyFeet - Social Media Monitoring & Ego tracking CDC Features - Men's Health
cdc.gov - Improving men's health starts at home with individuals and families taking steps to live safer and healthier lives. Make healthy living a part of your daily routine. There are numerous things you c... twentyfeet.com - Use TwentyFeet, your metrics aggregator, and send a weekly performance post on twitter. Marcus

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Outdoor play - let our children take a risk Ruling to Allow 9/11 Health Fund to Cover Cancers - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com - The decision, released on Friday, came as a vindication for hundreds and perhaps thousands of people who have claimed often in the face of resistance from public health officials that their can... hse.gov.uk - When I think back to now to my own childhood in a rural mining village in Warwickshire, it strikes me how much of it was enjoyed outdoors. One of my earliest memories is playing hopscotch on the ba... SafetyTweety

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cdc.gov - The unprecedented attacks on September 11, 2001, created hazardous environments and situations for first responders, community residents, and those who helped in cleanup. Hazards that firefighters,...

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Boat-building firm sinks below safety standards - incourt-content

shponline.co.uk - A worker suffered a broken arm after falling off the unprotected edge of a wooden staging, which was positioned around a boat while it was being refurbished. The employee, who wishes to remain anon...

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Safety Network - Safety Resources, Safety Events and Safety News - AngryBird's article - EU offshore safety shake-up proposals branded garbage High Park Fire near Fort Collins now 36,930 acres, 400 personnel fighting, more than 100 homes damaged/destroyed
9news.com - Video: Still zero containment on 20,000-acre High Park Fire Video: High Park Fire 'very aggressive,' 'hard to fight' Video: High Park Fire damages more than 100 structures LARIMER COUNTY -The High ... safetynetwork.info - EU offshore safety shake-up proposals branded garbage By Elaine Maslin Published: 12/06/2012 from Proposed EU offshore safety regulations were labelled garbage by union official John Taylor at... Safety Network

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Colorado has replaced 49 of 160 bridges needing repair or rebuilding - The Denver Post
denverpost.com - The old Eagle River Bridge on U.S. 6 near the town of Eagle was a landmark, but as with a lot of Colorado's bridges, it was showing its age. "It was the site of a couple of late-night accidents," E... Cherisse & Vickie

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Arc flash blast burns workers; company cited | 2012-06-11

ishn.com - A November 2011 incident in which two Massachusetts workers were seriously burned by an arc flash has resulted in citations and $11,000 in fines against the employer. OSHA found that Interstate Ele... Cherisse & Vickie

demolitionnews.com - Yesterdays Red Road blast puts Scottish contractor firmly in the record books. Here at Demolition News Towers, we have grown very sceptical of world record claims from the explosive demolition ind... demolitionnews

Hydraulic fracturing: a future source of silicosis claims? - Lexology

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lexology.com - In April 2012, Eric Esswein, an industrial hygienist from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, made a statement at a conference sponsored by the Institute of Medicine that was... Safe Healthy Workers

HSE response to Jeremy Vine's comments in The Telegraph - "Safety fears put an end to tug-of-war"
hse.gov.uk - I'd like to reassure Jeremy Vine and your readers that there is nothing in health and safety law to prevent a tug 'o war match taking place (Safety fears put an end to tug-of-war, says Vine, 11 Jun... Health & Safety, HSE

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See all A shot too far? Exhibition explores conflict coverage and trauma INSI Blog
newssafetyblog.org - As a curator, you arent normally used to your artists dying on you. When photojournalist Tim Hetherington was killed while covering the war Libya last year, curator Sarah Schuster felt the impac...

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South-west WorkSafe claims reach painful levels with $50 million in payouts - Local News News - General - The Warrnambool Standard
standard.net.au - Glenelg Shire Council region residents topped the list of the six south-west municipalities with payments of $13,540,878 from 333 claims, leading Warrnambool City Council residents with $13,121,529... WorkSafe Victoria

Edinburgh Legionnaires outbreak: Distillery shuts down cooling towers Asbestos News asbestos industry news removal, surveying, waste
asbestosindustrynews.co.uk - Cooling towers have been shut down at a whisky distillery in Edinburgh which is at the centre of an investigation into an outbreak of Legionnaires disease. The Health and Safety Executive has serv... Asbestos News

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newssafety.org - Journalist Casualties: 0 Media Staff Casualties: 0 Under Investigation: 0 Joseph Mutebi, a photojournalist for the popular vernacular state-owned daily Bukedde, spent his afternoon trying to file a... INSI

Stevensville Printing Company Fined $60,000 After Worker Injured

safetyphoto.co.uk - St. Catharines, ON American Color Graphics Inc., carrying on business as Vertis Communications, a printing company from the United States, was fined $60,000 for a violation of the Occupational He... safetyphoto

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See all Boat-building firm sinks below safety standards - incourt-content

shponline.co.uk - A worker suffered a broken arm after falling off the unprotected edge of a wooden staging, which was positioned around a boat while it was being refurbished. The employee, who wishes to remain anon...

Left Party wants men to pee sitting down Sweden

safetyphoto.co.uk - Men who work for the Srmland County Council in central Sweden should sit down rather than stand up when urinating in office toilets, according to a motion put forward by the local Left Party chapt...

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HSE serve Improvement Notice as investigation into Edinburgh legionella outbreak continues
essentialskillz.com - As a growing number of cases of Legionnaires Disease are confirmed in Edinburgh the HSE have served an Improvement Notice on the the company responsible for the cooling tower that is suspected as ... EssentialSkillz

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Roofer prosecuted after 'putting lives at risk' - Praxis42 News

praxis42.com - A roofer from Wirral has been prosecuted for allowing an employee to work on a roof with a gas lit burner without sufficient measures to stop him being injured in a fall. The incident was photograp... Praxis42

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