Health & Safety Always an important factor to consider. You can never understate the need to prevent injury to your workforce. Like all other things, we're constantly finding out new products and ways to improve health and safety.
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The under-construction bridge collapse tragedy in Kota has gone from bad to worse. Even as five days have passed after the under construction bridge collapsed, 17 workers are still trapped inside the debris. |
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Wednesday 30 December, 2009 12:06 PM |
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In the minutes after a strong earthquake struck offshore of the Indonesian city of Padang on Sept. 30, fears of a tsunami prompted hundreds of thousands of residents to evacuate the coastal city. Or try to.
The traffic jam resulting from the mass exodus kept most of them squarely in the danger zone, had a tsunami followed the magnitude 7.6 temblor. Stanford researchers who've studied the city have concluded that fleeing residents would have a better chance of surviving a tsunami if instead of all attempting an evacuation, some could run to the nearest tall building to ride out the wave.
It's called "vertical evacuation" and could save thousands of lives, but only if the city's buildings are reinforced to withstand both earthquakes and tsunamis. |
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Tuesday 15 December, 2009 10:46 AM |
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Federal agencies investigating contaminated Chinese drywall have finally tied the tainted wallboard to corrosion of metals in affected homes, and went further Monday than ever before in potentially associating the material with the health problems residents have been complaining about -- some for a year or longer.
The results of a detailed 51-home study, performed by Needham, Mass.-based Environmental Health & Engineering on behalf of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, found a "strong association" between homes with problematic drywall and the corrosion -- with hydrogen sulfide identified as the specific chemical at the root of the problem. |
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Tuesday 24 November, 2009 03:21 PM |
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A faulty monitoring system on a gasoline tank at a Puerto Rico storage facility most likely led to a massive fire in October that damaged homes and businesses more than a mile away, federal investigators said Tuesday.
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Thursday 19 November, 2009 03:17 PM |
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Organisations , no matter what their size, simply can’t afford to ignore occupational health and Safety (OH&S) risks as an integral part of their business management. When it comes to complying with OH&S legislation, the biggest risk of all for an organisation is to do nothing. |
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Thursday 19 November, 2009 12:38 PM |
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Netherlocks B.V. , the Dutch industrial and valve safety expert, has been chosen to supply its trapped key interlocking safety systems by India’s largest engineering and construction conglomerate, Larsen & Toubro Ltd. The company has ordered Netherlocks products to secure and safeguard ‘pigging’* operations for two major projects. One, in conjunction with Cairn Energy India, involves 39 pig launcher and receiver systems along a cross country pipeline. The other project is from L&T’s Qatar office, with Qatar Petroleum for the SGP project, where initially 12 of the pigging systems will be protected by the interlocks. |
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Thursday 19 November, 2009 08:08 AM |
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Modern machine and plant concepts demand safety solutions that can be flexibly and economically integrated into complex production processes. A major contribution in this respect is provided by a failsafe software controller that performs both process and safety functions jointly on an industrial personal computer.
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Thursday 12 November, 2009 04:19 PM |
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TRW Automotive Holdings Corp ., the global leader in active and passive safety systems, today announced the establishment of its second North American Driver Assist Systems (DAS) Engineering Center at the Company’s Livonia, Michigan headquarters. The new engineering center will focus on the development and testing of advanced radar applications to support TRW’s North American customers, and will work closely with the Camera Development Center located in nearby Farmington Hills, Michigan.
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Thursday 12 November, 2009 10:15 AM |
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Maryland , with a pedestrian death rate that is significantly higher than the national average, ranks second from the bottom nationally in its spending of federal transportation funds on resources for walkers and bicyclists, according to a study released Monday. |
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Tuesday 10 November, 2009 11:32 AM |
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Ed DeSmet, global safety belt technical specialist in Ford Motor Company’s Restraints Core Engineering department, is a self-described “car guy” who also has been an avid motorcyclist since his college days. He said he’ll never forget when his former father-in-law, who worked for Genesee County Police as the crash investigation reconstruction expert, showed him a graphic, four-inch-thick binder full of motorcycle fatality reports as warning. |
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Saturday 7 November, 2009 10:46 AM |
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A top state official said today that the Bay Bridge is safe following six days of repairs but admitted that more could have been done to prevent a mishap last Tuesday that damaged three cars and forced the bridge to be closed. |
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Tuesday 3 November, 2009 01:07 PM |
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Regulators in France, Finland and Britain said Monday they have asked French nuclear engineering specialist Areva SA to make improvements to the design of a new generation of reactors.
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Tuesday 3 November, 2009 12:01 PM |
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Exida , a global supplier of functional safety, security, and alarm management services and certifications, has begun offering an integrated testing package, which the company says evaluates the most important attributes of an automation product - functional safety, functional security, and availability. The move could help improve safety, functional security, and availability related to automation system integration and process control software upgrades implementations. |
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Tuesday 3 November, 2009 11:20 AM |
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Watchdog warns £20bn programme faces delay unless reactor designers improve performance
The UK’s £20bn nuclear programme is facing delays because of a failure to tackle design problems with their reactors, the Health and Safety Executive has warned.
A report by the HSE, seen by Building, said the two firms in the running to build the reactors had to put more resources into dealing with the safety assessment process if it was to be completed on time. |
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Saturday 31 October, 2009 06:43 PM |
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When disease destroys vital parts of the eye, causing degrees of blindness, scientists can sometimes replace damaged tissue with electronic implants that help patients see lines and basic shapes.
A model of an eye with a newly designed implant from a Boston group of researchers. The tips of the implant’s electrodes, which help replace the work of diseased rods and cones, slide into a snug berth just below the retina. |
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Wednesday 28 October, 2009 02:15 PM |
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Device will aid Health and Safety compliance and save money through better site management
Simeio™ the ground-breaking site personnel management tool, that will revolutionise the construction industry, today announces the launch of the first truly mobile site personnel management system designed to manage on-site attendance and Health and Safety information, in real-time. |
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Thursday 22 October, 2009 02:16 PM |
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OSHA yesterday released a report documenting serious shortcomings in Nevada's Occupational Safety and Health Program, including failing to issue appropriate willful and repeat violations, inspectors who were not trained to recognize construction hazards, and lack of follow-up to determine whether hazards were abated. Nevada OSHA is under new leadership that is committed to resolving the concerns raised, the report points out.
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Thursday 22 October, 2009 10:48 AM |
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For the sake of your health you should give recently purchased vehicles a good airing.
It used to be that buying a new car was a totally positive experience. That was until somebody started testing the interiors for toxins. |
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Monday 19 October, 2009 12:27 PM |
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A spate of suicides in France is raising new questions about precarious working conditions imposed by authoritarian management models.
The suicides coincide with findings by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) that free trade policies have led to deteriorating working conditions around the world. |
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Saturday 17 October, 2009 01:04 PM |
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New hose material avoids issues associated with transporting powdered foodstuffs
Trelleborg Industrial Hose, part of Trelleborg Engineered Systems, launches a new compound for food hoses that prevents the accelerated wear usually associated with static dissipation when transferring powdered foodstuffs. Following extensive laboratory tests and in applications with end-users, Trelleborg Industrial Hose can offer a white food grade compound that is conductive enough to dissipate static electrical charges according to ISO 8031 while meeting the requirements of FDA 21 CFR 177.2600. Critical tests with sugar have given outstanding results, proving the service life of the hose is increased tenfold when compared to a non-conductive white food grade hose |
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Saturday 17 October, 2009 01:51 AM |
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An advanced nuclear reactor design , touted for its "passive" safety systems that can operate without human intervention, has been sent back to the drawing board because of safety defects.
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Friday 16 October, 2009 10:07 AM |
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