TRANSPORT WORKERS UNION

Health & Safety Weekly News

Vol. 60 October 1^st, 2010

The Weeks Safety Digest

Ø  Delta flight makes safe emergency landing in NYC

Ø  WMATA pegs federal grant for security upgrades, considers creating safety committee

Ø  U.S. Transportation Secretary LaHood Announces Next Step in Development of National Rail Plan

Ø  The Need to Know: Cleansers, Workers and Consumers

Ø  Australia: Qantas passengers sue Airbus over flight scare

Ø  Aviation groups urge action on US-EU safety agreement

Ø  Proposed rule restricting cell phone use by truckers sent to White House

Ø  2nd National Summit on Distracted Driving: Agenda

Ø  Percentage of deaths linked to distracted driving remains steady

Ø  EPA accuses chromium industry of withholding lung cancer study

Ø  Trucking co. in school bus crash lacked oversight

Ø  U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Orders Shaw Group to Protect Whistleblowers After Unlawful Firing of Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant Worker

Ø  Press Release – Pilots and Air Traffic Controllers Share Safety Data

Ø  BS ALERT: Behavioral Safety Schemes Warning

On the Health Front

Ø  Secretary Sebelius and President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition

Ø  National Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Awareness Month

Ø  HHS announces the launch of HealthCare.gov on Facebook

In OSHA News

Ø  Review Commission upholds OSHA's multi-employer citation policy

Ø  Statement by US Department of Labor's OSHA Assistant Secretary Dr. David Michaels on GAO whistleblower protection program report

Ø  US Labor Department's OSHA reports on state-run occupational safety and health programs: Agency calls for corrective actions to keep workers safe

Ø  Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. receives Voluntary Protection Programs safety recognition award

The Health and Safety Task Force

Ed Watt       Mark Johnson       Michael Massoni       Michael Conigliaro

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