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Oil Tanker Barge Explodes in Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (ENS) - The body of a welder aboard a barge that exploded and caught fire Saturday near Venice, Louisiana was recovered Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The tank barge, carrying about 17,000 gallons of crude oil, burst into flames during a welding operation. One man was killed, another was injured, and an unknown amount of crude oil spilled into the water. A rescue ...
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Nuke-leak probe focuses on Los Alamos National Lab
Officials investigating a mysterious radiation leak from the government's underground nuclear waste dump in southeastern New Mexico have turned their focus to Los Alamos National Laboratory, a state regulator said Thursday. The U.S. Department of Energy's accident investigation team has been at the lab in northeastern New Mexico for about three weeks, New Mexico Environment Department General ...
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TFI Urges Patience During Spring Work with Safety Campaign
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) President & CEO Chris Jahn today stressed the importance of safety when handling fertilizers, both by retailers and by growers. “Everyone is extremely eager to get field work started, especially after many folks were unable to apply in the fall and the spring prep period has been delayed by weather events and infrastructure ...
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Report: Nuke dump radiation leak could have been prevented
A radiation leak that forced the indefinite closure of the federal government's only underground nuclear waste repository could have been prevented, a team of investigators said Thursday. A combination of poor management, lapses in safety and a lack of proper procedures were outlined in a final report released by the U.S. Department of Energy's Accident Investigation Board. Officials reviewed ...
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No more `catche me if you can`: I2P2 and what it could mean for you
As Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) chair Dr. David Michaels revealed in an online chat earlier this year, OSHA’s top priority for 2011 will be publishing and enforcing a new, nationwide Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2). The scope of the planned regulation is sweeping: it will likely affect every employer in every industry, coast-to-coast, and Michaels ...
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Maritime safety: towards better prevention of maritime accidents
On 11 March 2009 the European Parliament finally approved the third package of measures for maritime safety after the agreement reached in conciliation last December and approval by the Council. 'I am particularly satisfied with the agreement reached between the Parliament and the Council. It is a significant step towards improved prevention of maritime accidents and increased accountability of ...
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CSHM Certification Distinguishes Safety and Health Professionals
Professional certification shows employers and clients that individuals are qualified and committed to a profession. It provides confidence in a professional’s abilities and makes them more valuable to employers. For health and safety professionals, the Certified Safety and Health Manager (CSHM) certification is the only accredited certification that focuses entirely on the safety ...
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Management, safety cited for radiation release
Poor management, an eroding safety culture, ineffective maintenance and a lack of proper oversight are being blamed for a radiation release that contaminated 21 workers and shuttered the federal government's nuclear waste dump two months ago in southeastern New Mexico. The series of shortcomings are identified in a report to be released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Energy's Accident ...
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Report: Mix of cat litter, salts caused nuclear-dump mishap
An incompatible combination of nitrate salts and organic cat litter is to blame for a mishap that forced the closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository, according to findings released Thursday by an independent team of experts from national laboratories around the country. The technical team was charged by the U.S. Energy Department to investigate all the possible ...
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Report on rail risks boosts Keystone XL
A government warning about the dangers of increased use of trains to transport crude oil is giving a boost to supporters of the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline. U.S. and Canadian accident investigators urged their governments Thursday to impose new safety rules on so-called oil trains, warning that a "major loss of life" could result from an accident involving the increasing use of trains to ...
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Establish, Maintain and Improve Health and Safety Programs with New Online Management Service
The Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety (CCOHS) has developed a new online occupational health and safety management service, OSH Wise, designed to help organizations establish, maintain and improve their health and safety programs while meeting their legislative responsibilities. The OSH Wise management service can help small to medium sized organizations establish a health and ...
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UK transport sustainability `hindered by lack of local policy integration`
In the UK, attempts to develop sustainable local transport are hindered by rigid central government directives and a lack of suitable policy tools at the local level to overcome differences between the different departments involved, according to new research. A new deal for transport has been discussed in the UK since the 1990s but there is little evidence that it has delivered a fundamental ...
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Mishaps at nuke repository lead to $54M in fines
New Mexico on Saturday levied more than $54 million in penalties against the U.S. Department of Energy for numerous violations that resulted in the indefinite closure of the nation's only underground nuclear waste repository. The state Environment Department delivered a pair of compliance orders to Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, marking the state's largest penalty ever imposed on the agency. ...
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Court: Chemical Safety Board can investigate offshore spills
In a case with potentially far-reaching consequences, a federal appeals court has again found that the U.S. Chemical Safety Board has the authority to investigate the causes of offshore oil spills. The board has been looking into the catastrophic blowout of a BP PLC well five years ago in the Gulf of Mexico that killed 11 people and caused the nation's worst offshore oil spill. The ruling - ...
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Investigation far from over in Houston oil spill
The barge operator that spilled nearly 170,000 gallons of tar-like oil into the Houston Ship Channel, closing one of the nation's busiest seaports for several days, will be fined by Texas regulators regardless of the outcome of state and federal investigations. Investigators are still trying to pinpoint the cause of last weekend's accident involving a barge owned by Houston-based Kirby Inland ...
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Safetec Names Kim Peterson Director of Environmental, Health and Safety
Safetec Compliance Systems, a leading provider of global chemical risk and compliance technology solutions, has named Kim Peterson as its Director of Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS). As an experienced, hands-on EHS professional, Ms. Peterson brings to Safetec greater insight into the challenges EHS Managers face in managing day-to-day tasks, including recordkeeping and reporting, handling ...
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New pipeline safety rule pending after increase in accidents
A long-delayed rule to strengthen safety requirements for pipelines that move oil and other hazardous liquids will be unveiled this month following a recent surge in accidents, the U.S. government's pipeline safety administrator said Friday. More than five years in the making, the rule will determine if extra safety measures required in environmentally sensitive and populated areas should be ...
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Tankers carrying oil derail, catch fire in Virginia
Crews used cranes and other heavy equipment Thursday to clean up a derailment that plunged oil-carrying tanker cars into a Virginia river while state officials worked to determine the environmental impact of the thousands of gallons of spilled crude. Department of Environmental Quality spokesman Bill Hayden said state workers smelled oil downstream from the derailment site during a night-time ...
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Bluesky Aerial Photos At Heart Of New Met Police Mapping Tool
High resolution aerial photography from Bluesky International is informing day-to-day decision making, long-term planning and reporting at the Metropolitan Police Service. Supplied as part of a multi-million-pound Government mapping contract, the Bluesky imagery is an essential layer in the Met Police’s newly relaunched Met Map. A lightweight, web-based Geographical Information System ...
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Oil-train wreck brings demands for more regulation
The latest in a string of fiery oil-train wrecks brought renewed demands Thursday that the Obama administration quickly tighten regulations governing the burgeoning practice of transporting highly combustible crude by rail. With production booming in the Bakken oil field along the U.S. northern tier and in Canada, some experts say stronger rules to head off a catastrophe are long overdue. ...
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