Airport Transportation

GO Yellow Checker Shuttle is offering discount DFW Airport transportation for attendance to the Region VI Annual Safety Conference. 

IMIST: Online Safety Training for the Oil and Gas Industry

IMIST (International Minimum Industry Safety Training) is an online safety training system for the oil and gas industry. Like other online e-learning systems, IMIST hopes to provide easier and more cost effective training for those who need it. What's unique about IMIST, though, is that it apparently gives the student an assessment quiz, then determines what the person most needs to learn and creates a custom course for him or her.

This really sounds like a neat program, and would definitely be worth looking into for anyone working in the oil and gas industry. You can find out more about IMIST on their website: www.imist-online.com.

GreenRoad Announces New Driver Recognition Program

GreenRoad has announced its new fleet driver safety program, "GreenRoad Fleet Elite".

Look out Starbucks and Red Bull, Here Comes AeroShot

In what may be a case of "just because you can, doesn't meant you should", there's a new product available in New York and Massachusetts called AeroShot. Essentially, its breathable caffeine.

Using Social Media for Public Safety

In our increasingly online society, constant use of social media websites is becoming more and more common place. While knowing where your friends are eating and the latest breakups seems a common usage for such sites, perhaps there is a better use of this technology: public safety.

OSHA cites grain company after 2 teenage workers suffer leg amputations at Kremlin, Okla., facility

KREMLIN, Okla. – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Zaloudek Grain Co. with four serious safety violations following an incident involving two 17-year-olds. Both suffered leg amputations when they became caught in an inadequately guarded conveyor auger while cleaning out a grain flat storage structure at the company's facility in Kremlin.

OSHA cites manufacturer for exposing workers to multiple safety hazards at Euless, Texas, facility

EULESS, Texas – The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited KGP Group Inc., doing business as SpeQtrum Prepress Production Services, for 14 serious and one other-than-serious safety violation at its facility on Stanley Drive in Euless. OSHA's Fort Worth Area Office initiated an inspection on Dec. 2 under the agency's Site-Specific Targeting Program, which focuses enforcement efforts on industries with high injury and illness rates. Proposed penalties total $44,800.

Smart Paint Could Tell You When a Structure is Cracking

Researchers from the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow are developing a "smart paint" that uses nano technology to detect and let you know when a structure is getting weak or starting to crack.

Small Business? OSHA Will Help You Become Compliant... For Free!

All businesses in the United States are required to conform to OSHA standards and can be subject to audits, including punishment on failure. However, for small businesses, OSHA is willing to help... for free!

The New Bling: Safety Triangles

In western Kentucky, there is a sect of Amish called the Swartzentruber, that (among other traditions) still drive horse-drawn carriages. There's also a state mandate that these carriages must have reflective safety triangles on the back, for obvious safety reasons. Some Swartzentruber, however, refuse because, to paraphrase, it would be too flashy, or "blingy", if you will.