CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG) note safety committee folks

CDC - NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards (NPG):



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note:  many safety folks with the union do not know this exists.  site has download for apple devices and pdf for computers.   deals with toxic chemicals in workplace

Factory owners under fire for collapse

Deadly Texas Fertilizer Explosion Didn't Have to Happen

workplace safety is low priority and in fact nonexistant is some locations

Fertilizer Plant Explosion Near Waco, Texas

early indications this was  nonunion plant with reported safety violation.  too soon and details forthcoming

Still Out of Control

from last Nov and little been done; if anything

Triangle fire pbs

Watch Triangle Fire on PBS. See more from American Experience.

Can't Take No More--osha movie almost missing from history

-------- Occupational Health and Safety Administration Department of Labor United States Government Can't Take No More (1980) A quick paced history of occupational health and safety in the U.S. from the Industrial Revolution to the 1970s. Produced and distributed by OSHA in 1980. Then in 1981, the incoming head of OSHA Thorne Auchter recalled and destroyed most copies. A few copies were kept alive by renegade union officials who refused to return their copies. The penalty for being discovered in possession of one of these films was loosing all OSHA funding for their safety and health programs.

Workers rescued after China tunnel collapse

rare happy ending. cavein of tunnel or mine is not unknown in any land and true in america; especially if safety is not concern for workers ask any miner

Wal-Mart wouldn’t pay for Bangladeshi factory safety improvements

Wal-Mart wouldn’t pay for Bangladeshi factory safety improvements

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At a meeting in April 2011, more than a dozen retailers including Wal-Mart, Gap, Target and JC Penney met in Dhaka to discuss safety at their supplier Bangladeshi garment factories. Bloomberg News revealed minutes from this meeting Wednesday, which show that Wal-Mart nixed a plan that would require retailers to pay their suppliers enough to cover safety improvements.

Last month, a fire in a factory used by Wal-Mart killed 112 workers. There were no fire exits. Despite the fact that more than 700 Bangladeshi garment workers have died since 2005, Wal-Mart and Gap refused last year to pay higher costs for safety. Bloomberg cited comments from a document produced by Wal-mart’s director of ethical sourcing and a Gap official for the Dhaka meeting. It stated:

“Specifically to the issue of any corrections on electrical and fire safety, we are talking about 4,500 factories, and in most cases very extensive and costly modifications would need to be undertaken to some factories. It is not financially feasible for the brands to make such investments.”

Scott Nova, the execut

Wal-Mart, Disney, Sears used Bangladesh factory in fire

Wal-Mart, Disney, Sears used Bangladesh factory in fire:

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 DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A hooded Mickey Mouse sweatshirt from Disney. Piles of children's shorts with Wal-Mart's Faded Glory label. Clothes with hip-hop star Sean Combs' ENYCE tag.

The garment factory in Bangladesh where 112 people were killed in a fire over the weekend was used by a host of major U.S. and European retailers, an Associated Press reporter discovered Wednesday from clothes and account books left behind amid the blackened tables and melted sewing machines at Tazreen Fashions Ltd.

Wal-Mart had been aware of safety problems at the factory and said it had decided well before the blaze to stop doing business with it. But it said a supplier had continued to use Tazreen without authorization.

Sears, likewise, said its merchandise was being produced there without its approval through a vendor, which has since been fired. The Walt Disney Co. said its records indicate that none of its licensees have been permitted to make Disney-brand products at the factory for at least a year.

Bangladesh fox news on factory fire

Fire at Bangladesh clothing factory kills at least 121 (VIDEO, PHOTOS) — RT

Fire at Bangladesh clothing factory kills at least 121 (VIDEO, PHOTOS) — RT:

Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

note: graphic

7 deadly plastics

Might wish to review this ditty. We worked with some of these at American Can--American National Can and Silgan. I suspect Crown-Cork folks also handled some of this stuff.

USW workers and folks in manufacturing might wish to review this with members.

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note: OSHA does poor job of regulations in the chemical industry. OSHA seems to go by the body count, not the dangers.

Hint: get copies of Material Data Safety Sheets and keep copy--at union hall and make copy for self. It is amazing how some of this stuff gets lost.

potential can danger BPA

these vids show some potential dangers from food packaging. We used this chemical at American Can--American National and Silgan at the 083 plant. Quite possible use at Continental/Crown Cork.

I am starting at vid two of this interview.
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