On July 27, 2017, in Arizona, a miner was fatally injured when his light-duty truck was run over by a haul truck. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. Best Practices · Do not park smaller vehicles in a large truck’s potential path of movement. · Before moving mobile equipment, be certain no one…
UPDATE 9/5: SAFE MEETING CANCELED DUE TO HURRICANE IRMA, WE ARE CANCELING OUR SEPTEMBER 7TH TALLAHASSEE SAFETY ALLIANCE CHARTER MEETING. We will send a notification when this meeting is rescheduled. Please take the necessary precautions to prepare for this storm. Visit our website for hurricane information. www.safetyalliance.org On Thursday, September 7, 2017, Tallahassee SAFE…
The 9th Annual Instructor Training Seminar is scheduled for Sunday, October 8, 2017, through Friday, October 13, 2017, at the Florida Public Safety Institute! You can register for the event here. Check out a preview for last year’s seminar here! A quick rundown of this year’s seminar is as follows: Sunday Pistol Match, 2:00-4:00 P.M., Cost $25.00…
Did you know your body is constantly in a struggle to disperse the heat it produces? Most of the time, you’re hardly aware of it – unless your body is exposed to more heat than it can handle. In 2014, 244 people died in the U.S. from exposure to excessive heat, according to Injury Facts…
Congratulations to all the winners at the Post 6 Ohio Valley Mine Rescue Competition held in Moundsville, West Virginia this past June. To check out the winners, click here.
July’s edition of the Safety Law Newsletter discusses OSHA’s VPP Program “recalibration,” the latest MSHA quarterly training call, recent news involving the court of appeals giving MSHA access to personnel records, an update to overtime changes, a recent court ruling in California that may signal a shift in liability, the new nanomaterials act that goes…
Congratulations to Adele Abrams, Esq., CMSP, and president of the Law Office of Adele L. Abrams PC on being named the 2017 Safety Professional of the Year by the American Society of Safety Engineers. Thank you, Adele, for your commitment to keeping people safe! To learn more, click here.
In this edition of the Florida Mine Safety Program e-newsletter, you’ll find information about the Louisiana and Texas Mine Safety Programs, our 2017 Communicator Award winning video, Southern Regional Mine Rescue Contest videos, new training courses, information about the upcoming Mine Rescue Contest held at the Florida Public Safety Institute… Read Full E-Newsletter
In this month’s training call you will find information on training materials, near fatal accidents and near-misses from both the coal mining industry and metal/nonmetal. To access the full training call, click here.
Despite repeated fires started by hot work and an NFPA standard on safe hot work practices—NFPA 51B, Fire Prevention During Welding, Cutting, and Other Hot Work, which was first issued in 1962—hot work–related blasts and blazes continue to occur. According to the NFPA report “Structure Fires Started by Hot Work,” issued last September, fire departments…