An Airbus A320 of the German company Germanwings fell on Tuesday morning in southern France, killing 150 people (144 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane was going from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) and fell by steep so 8min
Were aboard 67 German, 45 Spanish and Turkish
The wreck is at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.
A black box was found. Accident causes are still unknown.
Source: G1
An Airbus A320 of the German company Germanwings fell on Tuesday morning in southern France, killing 150 people (144 passengers and 6 crew members.
The plane was going from Barcelona (Spain) to Dusseldorf (Germany) and fell by steep so 8min
Were aboard 67 German, 45 Spanish and Turkish
The wreck is at 2,000 meters altitude in the Alps.
A black box was found. Accident causes are still unknown.
Source: G1
Um Airbus A320 da companhia alemã Germanwings caiu na manhã desta terça no sul da França, matando 150 pessoas (144 passageiros e 6 tripulantes.
O avião ia de Barcelona (Espanha) a Düsseldorf (Alemanha) e caiu de modo íngreme por 8min
Estavam a bordo 67 alemães, 45 espanhóis e alguns turcos
Os destroços estão a 2.000 metros de altitude nos Alpes.
Uma caixa-preta foi achada. As causas do acidentes ainda são desconhecidas.
Fonte: G1
Distance learning course on Occupational Safety and Heath is a course promoted by the ILO.
Its main objective épromover knowledge and understanding of how to manage the Health and Occupational Security Service.
Hours: 500 hours
Link: http://www.ilo.org/safework/events/couraces/WCMS_229077/lang–en/índex.htm
Source: Journal Protection number 279, page 18, February 2015
NEW YORK, New York (CNN) — Nearly three out of every four workers who participated in rescue and recovery efforts at the site of the collapsed World Trade Center towers have experienced some health problems, a federally funded study found.
The study, conducted by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and Mount Sinai Hospital, was based on the screenings of 3,500 workers at Ground Zero and the Staten Island landfill, where tons of debris was trucked after the attacks.
The preliminary results, based on 250 of the first screenings, suggest lingering health issues for a majority of the workers, and for many, a delayed diagnosis.
“Seventy-three percent of the sample had ear, nose and throat symptoms, or abnormal ear, nose and throat physical exam findings, or both”
Said Dr. Robin Herbert, co-director of the screening program.
Herbert said 57 percent of those tested had lung problems and 20 percent had symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.
An estimated 35,000 workers — who responded from all across the country after the worst terrorist attacks on U.S. soil
— were exposed to concrete dust that may have contained asbestos, lead, fiberglass and other particles released when the twin towers collapsed after being hit by two hijacked aircraft. All are eligible for the free and confidential exams, which end in July.
“This particular screening program is very unique. Never before has an occupational medical screening program involving as many workers as are involved in this program been launched”
Said Dr. John Howard, director of NIOSH.
One of those who participated in the medical study is Frank Greer, a sheet metal worker, who said the privilege of serving in recovery efforts came at a huge price.
“I’m really worried about my kids and the future. I want to be there to take care of them,”
Greer said.
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-New York, helped obtain the program’s initial $12 million in funding.
“This is an American priority, to take care of these brave men and women” Clinton said.
The senator said she is seeking an additional $90 million so that Ground Zero workers can be screened and treated. At present, those screened receive diagnostic evaluations and a referral, but no treatment reimbursement.
“I would even hope the president would address this issue in his State of the Union address”
Clinton said.
“I can’t imagine anything better than having the president of the United States saying, ‘We stand with our own.’ Just like in the military, we don’t leave anybody behind in our homeland either”
She added.
Source: CNN
Nanotechnology and workers: thoughts, struggles and perspectives-March 18 in Sao Paulo.
In 2007, the Fundacentro began the debate on the impacts of nanotechnology on health of workers and the environment.
From there to here were various forms of institutional performance, contributing with lectures in national and international events, publications, comics, podcast and others.
Considered emerging technology, nanotechnology is considered an imminent risk and little is known about its effects on workers ‘ health and on the environment.
Used in research, development and innovation, nanotechnology is present in consumer products, such as clothes that don’t stain-resistant fabrics, kneading and water, camouflage clothing, cosmetics, creams, medicines, dental materials, lighter materials and more resistant than metals and plastics, to buildings, automobiles, airplanes.
To make a reflection after 10 years of operation, the Fundacentro coordinates on 26 March, in conjunction with the RENANOSOMA, (network of Nanotechnology research, society and the environment), the event.
Coordinated by the Nanotecnologia and workers: Reflections, Fights and Prospects – March 18 in Sao Paulo.
In 2007, Fundacentro began the discussion About The impacts of nanotechnology on the health of workers and no Environment. Since then there were various forms of institutional performance, contributing lectures at national and international events, publications, comics, podcast and others.
Considered emerging technology, nanotechnology is considered an imminent risk and little is known about its effects on workers’ health and the environment.
Used in research activities, development and innovation, nanotechnology is present in consumer products such as clothing that does not crumple, resistant fabrics stain and water, camouflage clothing, cosmetics, creams, medicines, dental materials, lighter materials and more resistant than metals and plastics, buildings, cars, airplanes.
To make a reflection after 10 years of operation, the Fundacentro coordinates on 26 March, together with the RENANOSOMA (Research Network in Nanotechnology, Society and Environment), the event.
Coordinated by the researcher Fundacentro, Arline Arcuri, will be present, Paulo Martins (coordinator of RENANOSOMA), Thomaz Jensen (DIEESE), Luiz Carlos de Oliveira (Metalworkers Union of São Paulo), Mauro Soares (Metalworkers Union of São Bernardo do Campo ), Gilberto Almazan (DIESAT).
It will be a discussion with consecutive transmission to Tunis, capital of Tunisia, a country that hosts the World Social Forum, where researchers will talk about the impacts and changes in the industry.
Mauricio Berger, a researcher at the University of Córdoba, participates in the World Social Forum of Science and Democracy and will be the mediator between the international event and Fundacentro.
The free event will be held in rooms 7 and 8 at the headquarters of Fundacentro in SP, the 8:0 at 1:0 pm with videoconference broadcast to other States where the entity has headquarters, as well as for external users who want to participate in the workshop. The conferences will be in Portuguese with consecutive translation into English.
The subject nanotechnology is part of the project on the impact of nanotechnology on the health of workers and the environment Fundacentro.
Join the debate at Renanosoma Web site: http://www.nanotecnologiadoavesso.org/webtv
or by video conference: http://conferencia.fundacentro.gov.br/scopia/entry/index.jsp?ID=6561&page=watch6561%2026032015
Registration: http://www.fundacentro.gov.br/cursos-e-eventos/inscricao-no-evento/551
Source: Fundacentro
Disclosed on the website of the ANAMT
Many employers give short shrift to the ergonomic designs of equipment such as desks and chairs when outfitting work spaces for teleworkers.
That is a mistake, says attorney Charles A. Edwards, a partner in the Raleigh, N.C., law offices of Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, who advises clients on the intricacies of federal and state laws as they apply to ergonomic issues in the workplace.
(…) However, he notes that federal and many state regulators are still concerned about cumulative trauma disorders, or CTDs, and how companies respond to these injuries.
CTDs are musculoskeletal disorders involving damage to tendons, bones, muscles, and nerves of the hands, wrists, elbows, neck, and back.
Edwards says employers should be just as concerned. He tells clients to be aggressive in terms of supplying ergonomically correct equipment to avoid workers’ compensation claims and damaging lawsuits.
This advice applies to the home offices of telecommuters as well as offices on company property.
Edwards also tells clients that they should work closely with their ergonomic consultants, workers’ compensation carriers, and industry and trade associations to ensure that they are up to date on current developments.
At the same time, Edwards advises clients to do whatever they can to properly equip their teleworkers. If employers don’t provide the furniture and equipment, they should make sure employees agree in writing to provide the correct furniture.
Edwards says this decision should be made from a competitive standpoint, if not from a legal one. He observes that more and more employers are aware of employees’ ergonomic concerns and use this concern as a recruiting advantage over less savvy employers.
“If you don’t take the right steps, but your competitor does, then the fact is that the worker is more likely to go to work for your competitor,” Edwards says.
June 3, 1999
CNN.com, by Thomas York
(…) if an undocumented worker is hired by an employer, he or she then has the right to be paid minimum wage and overtime, the right to health protection and workplace safety, and the right to organize to improve labor conditions. (…)
Undocumented workers awarded $3.85 million in accidents
NEW YORK (CNN) — Two undocumented workers from Mexico and one from Ecuador have reached court settlements in recent weeks for a total of $3.85 million in damages for New York construction-site accidents, an attorney for the men announced Wednesday.
“All three cases involve construction and terribly unsafe working conditions”
“We’re here today to re-emphasize — as we have in the past — to the Latino community and all undocumented workers that they have the same rights once they’re on the job as any New York citizen.”
The attorney, Brian O’Dwyer, said in a news Conference.
A 33-year-old undocumented plumber from Mexico who was scalded by an exploding pipe at a Wall Street construction site in 2004 settled his damage claim for $2.5 million, according to a statement given to reporters at the news conference. The married father of two, who says he still has nightmares from the accident, hopes to open a restaurant or bar with the settlement money, his cousin told reporters.
In a separate statement, owners of the Wall Street site said only that the injured plumber was “employed directly by [the] contractor and not by the owner of the property nor the managing agent.” Reached through a public relations firm, a spokesperson for the contractor, Swig Equities, had no comment.
Another undocumented Mexican worker suffered severe injuries to his left foot and other parts of his body when a steel beam fell on his lower body at a building site in downtown Manhattan, the news conference statement said. The 52-year-old settled his damage claim against Beway Realty Corp. and F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc. for $750,000, according to the statement.
David Koeppel, a managing member of Beway Realty, said he was not familiar with the case. F.J. Sciame Construction, the site’s contractor, did not respond to inquiries.
A 36-year-old Ecuadorian laborer who worked at the Arverne by the Sea community in Queens — a neighborhood The New York Times has called a “bright spot” in the housing market for its strong sales and low foreclosure rates — settled a damage claim for $600,000, the news conference statement said.
He was injured when three large 44×10-foot trusses, each weighing 200 pounds, collapsed onto him in August 2007, fracturing his hip and causing other injuries, according to the statement.
The father of three, who had worked in construction for more than a decade and owned his own company at the time of the accident, said he was very sad after the accident because he did not know how he would support his family. His two sons, now 7 and 8, and his 16-year-old daughter were all born in the United States.
“The contractor tried to blame me,” he said at the news conference, speaking in Spanish. What message would he give other workers? “Don’t be afraid to talk to a lawyer.”
Although he had not yet recovered enough to resume construction work, he hopes to use the settlement money to build a home for his family in New Jersey.
Messages left for The Beechwood Organization, developers of Arverne by the Sea, were not returned.
Joel Magallan, executive director of Asociacion Tepeyac, an immigrant advocacy group, said that while construction work is often dangerous, undocumented workers are likely to work at sites that lack safety equipment and OSHA regulation compliance.
“This is a great day for the undocumented immigrants”
Magallan said
“They have to know today that they have rights — the same rights as other workers who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents.”
“Many workers are threatened by their employers with deportation or discharge if they bring their cases to court”
O’Dwyer said
“What we find normally on work sites in New York is that deaths occur to the undocumented far out of proportion to their work in the workplace, and that is because of the fact that they just do not receive the safety protections” he said
In 2005, O’Dwyer won a historic $4 million settlement for a 33-year-old Mexican worker who had fallen 30 feet in a scaffolding accident in the Bronx. The injured worker, who was hospitalized for four weeks and underwent seven surgeries after the 2001 accident, told CNN on Wednesday that workers — documented or undocumented — should not to be afraid to stand up for their rights.
Although it is illegal for an employer to knowingly hire a worker who is undocumented, according to the New York City Mayor’s Office of Immigration Affairs, if an undocumented worker is hired by an employer, he or she then has the right to be paid minimum wage and overtime, the right to health protection and workplace safety, and the right to organize to improve labor conditions.
“Each of these men was injured in the course of their work on construction sites, and their immigration status was irrelevant to their right to seek redress for those injuries”
O’Dwyer explained in a statement:
“Enforcing laws requiring a safe workplace serves the interests of all Americans, whether they are citizens or not.”
The men involved in the settlements said they chose to remain anonymous to protect relatives outside of the United States, who could become the target of kidnapping schemes if knowledge of their settlements became public.
From CNN International Edition
link: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/06/17/new.york.undocumented.workers.lawsuit/index.html
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