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August 22, 2017Filed on August 22, 2017 | Last updated on August 22, 2017 at 01.29 pm
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August 21, 2017Dubai: A total of 15 people died in accidents involving heavy vehicles in the first half of 2017, Dubai Police said on Sunday. The last six months has seen 14 truck accidents on the road and more than 30,000 fines issued to heavy vehicle drivers who violated traffic rules, said Brigadier Saif Muhair Al Mazroui, Director of Traffic Department in Dubai police
Brig Al Mazroui said Indian and Pakistani drivers were mostly responsible for causing those accidents on the road in the last three years.“Dubai Police issued 30,664 fines to heavy vehicles in the first half of this year,” he said. “Also, the last three years have witnessed 42 accidents caused by Pakistani drivers and 30 accidents caused by Indian drivers,” he said.
In a recent awareness campaign held by Dubai Police, more than 200 truck drivers attended workshops aimed at educating them on the new traffic law introduced on July -
August 21, 2017A fire broke out at a construction site in Dubai's Jumeirah neighbourhood on Sunday, 20 August, 2017.
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August 20, 2017
Hand safety starts with knowing the risks of injury in the workplace, and how to prevent them. Here’s our quick guide to hand protection.
Why are hand injuries so serious?
Work-related hand injuries are one of the main reasons workers end up in the emergency room. Whether it’s damage to the nerves in your fingers and hands, losing a finger, a burn to the skin or an allergic reaction, injury to your hands can negatively impact the quality of your work and your ability to be productive. Worst case scenario, it can end your career and detract from your overall quality of life.
How are hand injuries caused?
Think about it like this: how many times have you touched a surface only to discover it’s hot? Felt pain in your hand because of how you gripped a tool or twisted your wrist while working? Come close to having your hand or finger caught or crushed -
August 20, 2017
Why is gas detection important?
Workers cannot rely on their own sense of smell to keep them safe from a possible gas hazard. This is because humans don’t have a great sense of smell, and there’s also the danger that by the time someone has sniffed gas, it’s too late.
That’s where gas instruments come in handy. These need to be properly maintained and calibrated, but doing so will help to ensure their accuracy in identifying worker exposure to harmful gases. Gas detectors are required by industry best practices and regulations and these devices are the only way that workplaces can identify gas leaks and potential threats within the workplace. Such devices are critical to safety as they can be used to detect explosive atmospheres, oxygen deficiency, and toxic gases that may have leaked into the air. Without gas detectors being used to detect threats, workers are exposed to potentially hazardous gases that can cause harm to their minds and bodies, or even result in -
August 20, 2017Washington – OSHA has created a webpage intended to help workers and employers involved with the agency’s Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response Standard (1910.120) for construction and general industry.
The Superfund Amendments Reauthorization Act required OSHA to establish regulations protecting workers involved in hazardous waste procedures. Workers exposed to hazardous substances may encounter various immediate and long-term health effects, including chemical burns, sensitization, irritation and other potentially fatal toxic effects, OSHA notes. In addition, unexpected releases of hazardous substances may trigger fires, explosions, high-energy events and/or toxic atmospheres.
“Employers must adequately prepare emergency response and cleanup workers to clearly understand their role(s) in managing unexpected releases of hazardous substances, so they can act quickly and -
August 20, 2017At least 23 people were killed and more than 60 injured when a train derailed in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Police said that at least eight carriages jumped the tracks near Muzaffarnagar, about 130km (80 miles) north of the capital Delhi. The cause of the crash, which happened on Saturday evening, is not yet clear.Rescuers worked into the night to find survivors. TV footage showed carriages piled on top of one another.
The train had been travelling to the Hindu holy city of Haridwar, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Puri, in eastern Odisha state. "We are struggling to pull out the injured and are waiting for gas cutters to arrive," said police officer Ajay Pandey at the scene. "It's too dark to launch a fully fledged search operation but our teams are trying their best."
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted his condolences to families -
August 16, 2017Web Report/Jeddah Filed on August 16, 2017 | Last updated on August 16, 2017 at 08.00 am
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August 15, 2017Two years ago, OSHA issued 24 violations with $822,000 in fines to a small employer after an employee lost three fingers in a machine. On appeal, a judge has significantly reduced the penalty. Following the Occupational Safety and Health Commission (OSHRC) ruling, Lloyd Industries of Montgomeryville, PA, now owes $209,500 in OSHA fines.
In 2014, a die dropped on a worker’s hand, resulting in amputation of three fingers. OSHA issued 13 willful, 4 serious and 7 other-than-serious violations. Six willful violations were for missing guards on six machines. Three more willful violations were per instance fines for failure to obtain baseline hearing tests for employees.
The reduction in its fine resulted from a combination of vacating some OSHA violations and reducing the categorization of others from willful to serious.Among the violations thrown out by the OSHRC decision was a General Duty Clause citation for failing to guard a foot pedal on a mechanical press brake. -
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