Safety and Health
Extreme Heat Stress and Emergency Workers PLEASE READ ........... YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT !
Submitted by cheryl on Thu, 06/25/2009 - 22:51.Heat Stress
The Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) requires employers to comply with hazard-specific safety and health standards. In addition, pursuant to Section 5(a)(1) of the OSH Act, employers must provide their employees with a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause death or serious physical harm. Emergency Preparedness Guides do not and cannot enlarge or diminish an employer's obligations under the OSH Act.
Hurricane Watch Issued for Tropical Storm Alex
Submitted by cheryl on Mon, 06/28/2010 - 13:23.People on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border began slowly crossing items off checklists Tuesday after Tropical Storm Alex became the first Category 1 hurricane of 2010 late Tuesday night as it approached hurricane strength and churned toward northeast Mexico.
The storm, was expected to make landfall somewhere south of Matamoros, Mexico, on Wednesday evening.
The storm was 290 miles southeast of Brownsville on Tuesday afternoon, moving northwest at about 12 mph. But its projected path had shifted about 30 miles farther south, bringing it within about 100 miles of Brownsville.
