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US Labor Department`s OSHA extends comment period to March 21, 2011, announces stakeholder meeting on noise control interpretation
The U.S. Department of Labor`s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today announced that it is extending by 90 days the official comment period on the proposed interpretation titled "Interpretation of OSHA`s Provisions for Feasible Administrative or Engineering Controls of Occupational Noise," which was published in the Federal Register on Oct. 19. Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments by March 21, 2011.
The agency also announced that it will hold a stakeholder meeting before the end of the comment period to listen to the concerns of businesses and workers about ... |
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Global education Campaign launched to warn fire fighters and first responders of occupational hazards of `the silent killer`
Masimo (Nasdaq: MASI), the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF), and the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC), jointly announced today the launch of "The Silent Killer" educational campaign aimed at raising awareness of the duty-related dangers of carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning and reducing the known risk factors that unnecessarily kill or injure fire fighters each year. This important new health and safety campaign includes a dramatic six-minute video that highlights the immediate and long-term health risks associated with CO exposure, the emotional impact these risks ... |
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Gizmo Engineering (DrumAlarm)
Introducing the world's easiest liquid level alarm for monitoring chemical tanks, containers and drums: the Drum Alarm. Commonly used when chemicals are dispensed by metering pumps such as peristaltic or bellows pumps. It monitors liquid level by giving an alarm when the container level drops to a low liquid level. A flexible plastic tube is connected to the liquid feed pipe. This pipe is permanently attached the alarm so the Drum Alarm is always on duty. Liquid level sensing is done with a float switch which consumes no battery power until actively alarming. This allows the batteries to last for years.
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A total of 284 national and state medical society ...
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