#Safety Industry

[medicaldevicesindustrynews]

Flameproofing Futures: Navigating the Fire-Resistant Fabrics Market Landscape

The global fire-resistant fabrics market is witnessing growth and is projected to reach USD 5.9 billion by 2030. This growth can be credited to the increase in the demand for such materials from the chemical, oil & gas, and construction sectors. Credited to the severe guidelines for workplace safety in advanced countries. On the basis of type, the industry is divided into treated and inherent…

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#automotive interiors #Competitive Landscape #Fire Hazards Prevention #Fire-Resistant Fabrics Market #Flame-Resistant Materials #Home Furnishings #Industrial Safety #Investors #manufacturers #market analysis #Market Segments #opportunities #Protective Clothing #Regional Influences #Safety Industry #Textile Innovation

[feminist-space]

Anti-mask policies and decision makers are using the momentum of anti-masking in the context of covid to also prevent people from accessing or using respirators to protect their breathing and lungs from other hazards -- things that were accepted in many industries as standard safety protocols before 2020.

"“During his first week, Complainant started coughing up black phlegm, his throat and tongue would burn, and he began having breathing problems due to excessive smoke and fumes from the cupola. He notified Sturgeon but nothing changed, and he was not provided a respirator.”

After not receiving a respirator, the lawsuit said the man went to the dispensary room and picked up a respirator himself.

He wore the respirator for the next week until the lawsuit said the safety supervisor saw him wearing it and “immediately became very upset; he rudely admonished the Complainant in front of his co-workers for wearing the respirator and demanded that he take it off immediately.”

According to the lawsuit, he told the safety supervisor he did not feel safe doing his job without it and was pulled into a meeting the next day where he was told he would not be allowed to wear a respirator.

...

After the meeting, the complaint said he was assigned to shovel gravel for the day before going home for the weekend at the end of his shift. On Monday, his employment was terminated.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) opened an investigation into the company after learning of the alleged retaliation, and the DOL said in a statement that OSHA investigators with the Whistleblower’s Protection Program found the company violated federal protections by terminating the employee who exercised their protected rights to request protective equipment."

#masks #respirators #industrial safety #rollbacks on safety #OSHA #health

[intersectionalpraxis]

Someone shared this on Twitter. Boeing has blood on their hands in many ways.

#feminist #social justice #current events #united states #boeing #airplanes #planes #travel #travelling #corporate greed #health and safety #airline news #airline industry #tiktoks #tiktok #signal boost #capitalism is evil #capitalism kills #covid

[winterthebeau]

american auto industry be like

#auto industry #cars #pedestrians #suvs #suv #stellantis #jeep #dodge #ram #pedestrian safety #meme #196 #r196 #r/196 #muscle twink #(last one is an inside joke)

[alwaysbewoke]

AGAIN?!?!?

#Boeing #whistleblower #aviation safety #737 Max #Spirit AeroSystems #MRSA infection #quality concerns #aviation industry #corporate accountability #workplace safety #whistleblowing #legal action #medical emergency #public health

[electropneumatic]

Lockout Tagout

#lockout tagout #safety #ms paint #my stuff #industrial #manufacturing #this honestly isn't that far off from the LOTO I had at my old internship

[why-animals-do-the-thing]

You might have heard that the Big Cat Public Safety Act was passed by Congress last week, and is on its way to be signed into law by the President. While I so not oppose with the main goals of the act (ending private ownership of big cats and public contact with them), I have had serious concerns about the impact of other aspects of it for a long time.

For years, I’ve been pointing out that vague language regarding exemptions in the bill could really negatively impact credible zoos and sanctuaries. The bill authors/sponsors clearly didn’t intend the bill to have that result, but because they weren’t more exact with their wording, the full impacts of the law won’t be clear until it’s fully implemented by the Department of the Interior. Since a different federal department oversees zoo and sanctuary regulation, it doesn’t make sense to assume that the Department of the Interior will automatically interpret the new law in a way that aligns with how the industry currently functions.

In the best case scenario, there’s nothing to worry about. In a worst case scenario, though, credible zoos and sanctuaries might find their operations, exhibit construction, and animal programs detrimentally impacted. If there’s any possibility of the latter occurring, there has to be attention on the process to try to ensure it doesn’t come to pass.

This article is my overview of some of the biggest possible problems that could come from a bad implementation of the Big Cat Public Safety act. It’s short (for me), sweet, and simple. Just because the law has been passed doesn’t mean the work has ended - now it just involves holding the federal government accountable for implementing the bill in a way that doesn’t cause harm to credible facilities and programs.

#big cats #big cat public safety act #federal legislation #legislation #substack is where I’ve started putting my more industry and business ops writing so I don’t spam y’all with it

[simplepotatofarmer]

anyone else have like youtube channels you're super obsessed with that most people would never assume you'd watch? i love brick immortar a lot.

#i'm really into ships/boats and also the videos are deeply researched and dude is very passionate about safety #and approaches things with a lot of respect. the maritime industry is WILD. #anyway watching the new video #loyal talks about stuff and things

[newsfromstolenland]

Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet has amended his law project, Bill 19, regulating youth employment in the province to allow children under 14 to work in agriculture, provided the business has a maximum of 10 employees.

The proposed law, tabled in March, would limit the number of weekly hours Quebecers 16 and under can work during the school year to 17. It also sets the minimum legal working age at 14 — with some exceptions for jobs like babysitting or tutoring.

But Boulet's amendment would allow small agricultural businesses to be exempt from the new minimum working age and employ children as young as twelve.

[...]

This new exemption echoes the demands of employers, who asked for more exceptions to allow children under 14 to work.

But there are concerns over the agricultural environment being risky as injuries in young people are frequent. Some doubt the ability of Quebec's labour regulator, La Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST), to ensure the safety of children in the workplace.

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Tagging: @allthecanadianpolitics

#cdnpoli #canada #canadian news #canadian politics #québec #quebec #child labour #workers rights #children's rights #labour #agriculture #agricultural industry #jean boulet #bill 19 #workplace safety #mine #what the fuck man #la commission des normes de l'équité de la santé et de la sécurité du travail #CNESST #child labour laws

[shirkers2018dirsanditan]

pretending like every incarcerated man is falsely accused by a rich white person is so silly like so many people want to be abolitionists but don’t have the courage to stand in their convictions and they get easily caught up by conservative gotchas. obviously rich white men don’t commit the most crime. why would a wall street banker rob a liquor store?? or when people are like, “well if people steal because they’re poor then why are they stealing tvs and jewelry?” they’re boosting. obviously. that’s also why they stole your catalytic converter. to sell. for money. people also boost everyday items like baby formula and shaving cream and sell it on the cheap to their neighbors. this isn’t les mis people have rent and daycare to pay for and you can’t pay that with bread. dummy

#i saw a video of a woman stealing four big bottles of expensive tequila posted by the local news #and the comments were like how much of an alcoholic do you have to be! #like shes going to sell them moron #and probably in smaller containers #or even stolen guns #with scratched off serials #are not mostly going to drug lords and crime syndicates #but the everyday people who just so happen to have a felony #now i don’t think individual gun ownership is a viable form of community safety. clearly it has not been effective #but we’re all affected by consumerist gun industry propaganda. everybody think they john wayne and jack ryan #but its also easy for me to say that from the suburbs

[reasonsforhope]

Crowdsourcing a question

Okay totally personal post here because, now that search engines suck, my research is failing me. So I'm crowdsourcing my question about the residential care work industry!

Hoping at least some of my followers have experience in/with the industry and some intel on this:

Actual question: How common is it for jobs in residential care work (residential centers, btw, not home care) to actually have two people on the night shift? vs. just saying they always have two people on the night shift in interviews and their official policies, and actually it's not true?

Because my current job was, it turns out, apparently totally lying about "you'll never be on shift alone with clients" at orientation (when it comes to the night shift, anyway). Which, holy fucking safety issues, Batman!

Suffice to say this was a very fun thing to find out like three days before my first regular shift

So, I'm thinking realllll hard about switching companies, and I'm trying to figure out if I could expect to actually have a coworker at a different company, or if it's like an open secret in the field that actually, basically all the night shifts end up being solo shifts, because the industry is so chronically understaffed or w/e

#not news #ask #me #ideally only answer if you actually have specific knowledge of or experience with the industry #technically I'm working with disabled clients but also open to other sectors of residential care work if I do get another job #so if it's something that differs by sector please do let me know! #thanks so much #safety issues are for both me and the clients btw #this is not like “I'm afraid of the clients” in any way #it's about the fact that if something happened and I got hurt #I am the only staff in that whole house until morning #and there is MAYYYYYYYBE one client who is actually physically capable of calling for help #if I can't for whatever reason #also!!! this is an incredibly vulnerable client population with horrifyingly high abuse statistics!! #they should not be leaving someone they literally just hired completely alone with the clients every night for eight hours??? #not gonna give more details for many obvious reasons #but like. just. no. don't do that. no. #in any residential care work facility imho but ESPECIALLY in this type of facility #also like if a client has a medical emergency #you're really gonna want both someone who can render aid AND someone who can call 911 and the on-calls and such #and yes the chaos and “surprises” around this job and scheduling is why I haven't been doing original posts lately #so answering also helps me get back to doing that sooner!

[lumpsbumpsandwhumps]

we need more historical whump and we also need more non-American settings like why are we all sleeping on such gorgeous aesthetics for both worldbuilding and characters

#are 1800s medical tools not already borderline torture devices #plague doctors and corsets and military uniforms!! #the beautiful winter tundra of russia/seberia and the contrast of the stunning sands of egypt #knights and samurais and geishas and pharaohs #working by candle light and waiting for mail to be posted weeks at a time #telegrams!! the space race!! sailing the seas to a new world that will either be your safety or your doom!!! #the looming fear of war or disease or prosecution #the boom of industrialism and religion and art

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Canada will soon require health warnings to be printed directly on individual cigarettes, making it the first country to implement this kind of measure aimed at reducing tobacco usage.

Details of the new regulations were announced on Wednesday, which was World No Tobacco Day. The regulations take effect on Aug. 1 and will be implemented through a phased approach over the next year, the federal government said.

“The requirement for a health warning directly on every cigarette is a world precedent setting measure that will reach every person who smokes with every puff,” stated Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos in a news release.

“This innovative measure will be accompanied by enhanced warnings on the package exterior, and health messages on the package interior that are internationally unique. The new regulations deserve strong support.” [...]

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#cdnpoli #health & safety #smoking #tobacco industry

[girderednerve]

MSHA silica standard enacted!!! mining workers now have a federal silica dust standard in line with other industries, cutting the acceptable limit by half. the new rule also requires mine operators outside the coal sector to provide similar free health exams to miners

#industrial dust disease #just really good news. alongside all of the problems with mine dust enforcement and workplace safety more broadly #MSHA budget is much more reasonable than OSHA's relative to the scope of their remit #but they still rely on self-reporting. so. #the rule actually publishes on the 16th. but let me have this

[phopollo]

If I had a nickel for every time one of my favorite characters was a woman in STEM who has white hair and green in their design, I'd have 3 nickels

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened 3 times

#pixal vivian and marie my beloveds #theyd get along so well #but also i think vivian would freak Pixal and Marie out a little bit #theyd both definitely br concerned for her health and safety #art #digital art #splatoon #ninjago #steam powered giraffe #pixal borg #ninjago pixal #pixal ninjago #vivian becile #walter robotics #becile industries #v becile #marie kensa #splatoon marie #marie splatoon #marie cuttlefish #marie squid sisters #vivian spg

[tskumoyuuma]

it is very telling seeing whether people come out after watching "quiet on set" w the mindset of "yes drake bell was sexually abused as a minor BUT he also plead guilty to inappropriate interactions w a minor a few years ago" or "yes drake bell plead guilty to inappropriate interactions with a minor a few years ago BUT he was also sexually abused as a minor".

#quiet on set #drake bell #my 'take' is that there are no 'but's in all this #drake bell was severely sexually assaulted as a minor. #drake bell as an adult shared inappropriate messages w a minor. #drake bell has pleaded guilty to those charges and has acknowledged his wrong doings. #that minor has accused him of worse and says she is traumatized by what hes done. #drake bell is in therapy and has gone to rehab to discuss the effects of what happened to him as a teenager. #these all coexist. there are no 'but's here #its very interesting to see how people here talk about the cycle of abuse #they acknowledge that it happens. but to some people. if u do continue that cycle u no longer are a victim anymore #thats not how this works #everything that has happened to drake bell and everything that drake bell has done #none of it makes one thing less true than the other #and i think what we should be focused on instead of 'oh so is drake bell canceled or not?' #is what the documentary is really about. child safety in the entertainment industry