Legislative response to 9/11 to prevent future communications ...

Legislative stalemate hangs up public safety communications network
In the 9/11 terror attacks, scores of firefighters were killed because they didn?t get the call to evacuate the World Trade Center?s twin towers before the buildings collapsed. But just days before the 10th anniversary of the attacks, as the National Journal reports, lawmakers still have failed to approve a national broadband network to prevent future communications breakdowns among emergency responders.
http://www.fairwarning.org/2011/09/legislative-stalemate-hangs-up-public-safety-communications-network/

9/11 memories linger, so do the health effects
It is now ten years later those memories of that tragic day linger and for those who had given assistance that day not only carry the memories but many carry the health affects that that tragic strike had left behind. PSTD (post traumatic stress disorder) according to recent research is the most common health effect of 9/11. Nearly 19% of adults enrolled in the WTC Health Registry had reported post traumatic stress symptoms five to six years after the event.
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/10281498-911-memories-linger-so-do-the-health-effects

Breaking new ground in safety and prevention
The choreography surrounding safety and prevention at Ground Zero has broken new ground, literally. With four huge new skyscrapers going up, along with the reconstruction of a mass transit rail station, and the construction of the National Sept. 11 Memorial & Museum commemorating those who died 10 years ago, keeping the thousands of workers safe within the 16-acre site is a monumental task.
http://www.riskandinsurance.com/story.jsp?storyId=533341083

Ex-tech admits falsifying tests at NY nuke plant
Federal prosecutors say a former radiation protection technician at the James A. Fitzpatrick Nuclear Power Plant on Lake Ontario has pleaded guilty to violating the Atomic Energy Act. The U.S. Attorney?s Office says Michael McCarrick of Oswego admitted he falsified ?qualitative fit test? records relating to 32 workers at the nuclear plant in Scriba (SKREYE?-buh), 35 miles northwest of Syracuse. Fit tests are designed to establish a proper respirator seal, but he didn?t perform the tests.
http://online.wsj.com/article/APd05c4a90d9124978abca596509040e68.html

Worker?s chain saw injury leads to $153,600 penalty
OSHA has cited Gainesville Tree Service Co. of Alachua, Fla., for six safety violations carrying proposed penalties of $153,600. OSHA began an inspection after a worker suffered a serious cut to his thigh by a chain saw at a Gainesville jobsite in March.
http://ohsonline.com/articles/2011/09/07/workers-chain-saw-injury-leads-to-153600-penalty.aspx?admgarea=news

Lexington roof worker?s death ruled accidental but avoidable
A McLean County coroner?s jury on Wednesday ruled the death of a Lexington man accidental but say it?s something his employer could have avoided. Deputy Coroner Seth Reynolds testified 56-year-old David Powell and a co-worker were re-securing metal roof panels on the building at Horenberger Field at Illinois Wesleyan University in early April. He said Powell tried to climb a scaffolding and fell.
http://wjbc.com/lexington-roof-workers-death-ruled-accidental-but-avoidable/

Man fatally crushed in Milwaukee industrial accident
An industrial accident at northwest side business left a 58-year-old man dead Tuesday morning, August 30, 2011. According to Milwaukee Fire Department officials, the victim who was identified as Henry LaFlore, sustained fatal head trauma when his head was crushed in a press at the business.
http://www.justicenewsflash.com/2011/09/08/man-fatally-crushed-in-milwaukee-industrial-accident_201109088500.html

Are your designer jeans making factory workers sick?
There are few things that compare to the comfort and look of a worn-in pair of blue jeans. In fact, the allure of your ?favorite pair of jeans? is so enticing that designers have been looking for ways to artificially duplicate it for years. Even though sandblasting was outlawed in Europe in 1966 many top designers still use it in their foreign factories to give denim a worn, faded look. According to Mother Jones, inhaling silica from the sand used during this treatment process puts factory workers in developing countries at increased risk for a disabling lung disease called silicosis.
http://www.care2.com/causes/are-your-designer-jeans-making-factory-workers-sick.html

Longshoremen storm Wash. state port, overpower guards, dump grain
Hundreds of Longshoremen stormed the Port of Longview early Thursday, overpowered and held security guards, damaged railroad cars, and dumped grain that is the center of a labor dispute, officials said. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union dispute spread to Seattle, Tacoma and Everett ports ahead of a court hearing scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Thursday in Tacoma, where a judge is expected to consider alleged union violations of a previous restraining order.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44439782/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/t/longshoremen-storm-wash-state-port-overpower-guards-dump-grain/#.TmkZe_m2pxE.twitter

Researchers prescribe easy office workouts
Labor Day is over, as are summer vacations for most people, so it?s time to head back to the daily grind. But work today doesn?t usually mean breaking a sweat. More and more of us are spending our 9 to 5 at a desk ? and we?re less healthy as a result.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/researchers-prescribe-easy-office-workouts/2011/06/27/gIQAdjWH4J_story.html?wpisrc=emailtoafriend

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