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FAA Fines Airline for Violating Fatigue Rules
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a civil penalty of $153,000 against an airline for operating 17 flights without giving pilots or flight attendants the required minimum amount of rest. Colgan Air, Inc. is alleged to have scheduled flight duty time for two captains, two first officers and six flight attendants on a seventh day after they had been on duty for the previous six consecutive days. The violations are alleged to have occurred between June 14, 2008 and Feb. 23, 2009. FAA regulations require airlines to relieve...
read moreWorksafeBC: Former BC Premier Didn’t Ensure Safety at Worksite
A WorkSafeBC report into a roofer’s fatal fall at former Premier Gordon Campbell’s summer residence in Halfmoon Bay, BC, says the premier, who was prime contractor for a renovation there, failed to provide adequate safety measures. Weather Tight Supplies roofer David Lesko, 40, lost his balance and fell backwards through a skylight opening to a foyer floor some 5 ½ meters (18 feet) below. Co-workers heard a loud thud and found the worker lying unresponsive on the floor. He died from his injuries the next day in hospital. While the victim...
read moreDiesel Exhaust Exposure Linked to Lung Cancer
Researchers have found a link between lung cancer deaths and heavy worker exposure to diesel exhaust in non-metal mines in the United States. Scientists from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) studied 12,315 workers at eight non-metal mining facilities in Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio and Wyoming. They determined that the risk of developing lung cancer among underground miners who were heavily exposed to diesel exhaust was five times that of workers with the lowest diesel...
read moreIndonesia Seeks Outside Window Cleaning Ban for Maids
The Indonesian Embassy is calling for a ban on outside window cleaning by Indonesian maids after eight women fell to their deaths from high-rise towers in Singapore between January and early May 2012. The embassy is also calling for a ban on maids hanging laundry from high-rise apartments because of the potential for falling. “It’s upsetting. These are human beings dying for nothing,” Indonesian Embassy Counsellor Sukmo Yuwono told the Associated Press. Of an estimated 200,000 maids working in Singapore, half are from Indonesia. One...
read moreHelp Your Workers Cut Obesity Down to Size
As workers age, they deal with declining vision, hearing, strength, agility and reduced ability to process information. But there is one more factor that can amplify the deficits relating to aging—being overweight or obese. Drew Bossen, an Iowa City, IA, physical therapist specializing in ergonomics and aging workers, says someone in the US turns 50 every seven seconds and by 2015, about 20 percent of the workforce will be age 55 or older. According to Bossen, about one-third of the US population is obese, that is being more than 20 percent...
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