Occupational Safety & Health Reporter: Current Reports Index-Summary

BACK INJURIES

– Falling pallet struck warehouse worker, summary judgment under Jones Act denied (W.D. Wash.), 601
– Headfirst dive in shallow water unsafe, construction ladder requirement not applicable, deckhand contributorily negligent (5th Cir.), 817
– Maintenance and cure, 3-year statute of limitations applies to seaman's common law claims (6th Cir.), 479
– Railroad denied summary judgment, rough track could have caused neck injuries (M.D. Tenn.), 69
– Workers' compensation, claims not final until doctors notified of closing of claims (Wash.), 738

BACTERIA

– High-containment laboratories, GAO recommends single agency oversight, 808

BANKRUPTCY

– Asbestos exposure, Johns-Manville settlement, injunction vacated (U.S., rvs and rem), 528

BATTERIES

– Airline pilots group calls for ban on shipment of lithium batteries by aircraft, 732

BENZENE (71-43-2)

– Negligence claims barred by workers' compensation, evidence of gross negligence lacking (Tex. App. Ct.), 141

BERYLLIUM (7440-41-7)

– Aerospace materials workers show no compensable injury, suit dismissed (5th Cir.), 85
– Class certification of Boeing workers, denial affirmed (Cal. Ct. App.), 766
– Lab worker for defense contractor may proceed with exposure suit against several parts manufacturers (1st Cir.), 768
– Los Alamos Natl. Lab. reveals possible worker exposure, 116

BLACK LUNG DISEASE

– Coal dust monitoring devices, hearing scheduled on proposed rule, In Brief, 477; MSHA seeks information on use of continuous personal dust monitors, 920

BLOODBORNE PATHOGENS

– Amusement park cited for violations at Ill. facility, workers' names redacted (RevComm), 504
– Brucellosis work injury, not disease, workers' compensation claim not time-barred (Iowa), 620
– Correctional health care workers, NIOSH recommends safety practices, 550
– Personal protective equipment, universal precautions apply to medical, dental facility employees who handle equipment, OSHA interpretation, 706
– Poultry processor faces fine for violations at Ga. plant, 324
– Reusable blood tube holders, contaminated needles removal violates standard (D.C. Cir.), 288
– Tatooists and body piercers, NIOSH seeks comments, In Brief, 926

BNST (68921-45-9)

– Canada, draft order designates as toxic substance, 879

BODY ARTISTS

– Bloodborne pathogens, NIOSH seeks comments, In Brief, 926

BRAIN INJURIES

– Construction, study finds incidents in Ontario peak in Oct., 879

BRAKES

– Asbestos

– – Expert reliability to support $2M award to mechanic reaffirmed (Del. Super. Ct.), 330; award affirmed (Del.), 770
– – Subcontractor's employee strict liability claim against maker denied, negligence claim may proceed (Wis. App. Ct.), 393

– Personnel carrier rollover due to faulty brakes, Utah coal company faces fine after miner injured, 243
– Utility van brakes defective, state violation should not influence damage award under FELA (7th Cir.), 456

BRAZIL

– Environmental impact assessments must specify worker protections, 711

BREWERIES

– Electrical hazards violations found at Colo. plant, 686

BRIDGES

– Construction

– – Fall protection, Ill. steel company faces fines for violations, 878
– – Inspections, OSHA announces program for ARRA projects in Neb., 594

– Lead

– – Ohio owed no duty of care to sandblaster (Ohio Ct. App.), 648
– – Per-employee citations under medical surveillance, training provisions upheld (RevComm), 308

– Painting company faces fine for failing to abate safety violations, 98

BROADCASTING INDUSTRY

– Hispanic TV station joins Voluntary Protection Program, In Brief, 266

BROMINE (7726-95-6)

– Spill at pharmaceutical plant, N.C. workers' compensation bars claim absent knowing dangerous misconduct (N.C. Ct. App.), 506

1-BROMOPROPANE (106-94-5)

– NIOSH seeks scientific information, 783

BUDGET, U.S.

See also specific agencies and departments
– National Nanotechnology Initiative, total funding request for FY2010 declines, 448

BURNS

– Arc flash from electrical bus, Ontario utility faces fine for safety violations after serious injury, 815

1,3-BUTADIENE (106-99-0)

– ATSDR developing toxicological profile, 639

2,3-BUTANEDIONE

See DIACETYL (431-03-8)