We report recent happenings and development in the world of safety.
Doug Parker, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health at the U.S. Department of Labor, has released the following statement regarding the 2023 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on December 19, 2024: “Today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is more positive news for worker safety and … Read more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Amazon have reached a corporate-wide settlement to help better protect workers from dangerous working conditions that can cause serious lower back and other musculoskeletal disorders at Amazon facilities, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today. In the first significant multi-site investigation OSHA has conducted in more than ten … Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has issued a warning to Calgarians that a person with lab-confirmed measles was in public settings in the city while contagious. Residents who were in the same locations as the infected individual between Dec. 11 and Dec. 17 may have been exposed, AHS says. The locations and dates are: Dec. 11 — WestJet flight … Read more
After visiting several spots in Sydney’s central business district and the surrounding suburbs, a tourist who contracted measles has placed the entire city on high alert. At 11.45 a.m. on December 11, the European passenger boarded Flight JQ62 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Sydney. After there, they spent five days using public transit … Read more
The 2024 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings has been updated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The purpose of the list is to help companies discover medications that pose a risk to the health and safety of employees who handle them. The 2016 list has been updated with 25 … Read more
Asia Pacific Airlines, a Guam-based airline run by Aero Micronesia Inc., has been ordered by OSHA to reimburse a cargo pilot who was wrongly sacked for voicing safety concerns about a malfunctioning engine with over $2 million in compensation, damages, and legal fees. A recent report claims that the pilot declined to operate a cargo … Read more
OSHA launched an inquiry into Amazon’s safety procedures throughout our operations network in 2022. OSHA concluded its inquiry today by agreeing to revoke all but one of the ergonomic citations it had issued to us. The agreement was reached only months after a Washington state judge rejected comparable allegations against Amazon made by the state’s … Read more
NEBOSH and our colleagues will be taking an extended break over the festive season, and we will be unable to respond to queries received during this time. Please find details of our office opening dates below: 24 December 2024, early close at 4 pm UK time 25 December 2024 – 1 January 2025, closed 2 … Read more
The International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organizations (INSHPO) will elect Dee Arp, the Chief Quality Officer for NEBOSH, as its president in 2025. Dee will concentrate on furthering the occupational safety and health (OSH) profession’s future, building on the outstanding efforts of 2024 President Nathan Winter. Dee’s involvement with INSHPO started in 2020 … Read more
According to the Russian news agency TASS, the nation has created its own cancer vaccine. Andrey Kaprin, the general director of the Russian Ministry of Health’s Radiology Medical Research Centre, told Radio Rossiya that the mRNA vaccine, which prevents cancer, will be given to patients at no cost. It is anticipated that the vaccine, which … Read more