Safety News, Notes, & Announcements

For 2009           ( H1N1 Flu News )

Current Topics of Interest

• Video on Campus Fire Safety "Graduation: Fatally Denied" & Seton Hall fire) added to EH&S webpages (October 09)
  
• NMSU's Emergency Notification Service Updated (description). Sign Up at http://emergency.nmsu.edu (ICT Memo at http://bit.ly/aT6Yp)
• NMSU's Fall 2009 Safety Training and Defensive Driving Classes - Training requirements & schedules
• Annual Update of Emergency Action Plan (from EH&S)
• Safety, Health & Security Initiatives and 2009 Initiatives Schedule (from EH&S)
• H1N1 Flu news, outbreak maps and other updates (separate web page)
• Twitter news from NMSU EH&S

NMSU Notes & Announcements

• CDPC Committee - August 11, Mtg Summary
• NMSU Water System Report (posted 7/1/09) also at: http://bit.ly/3wDl6x
• Fire Prevention Program Guide approved by NMSU Admin Council May 13, 2009
• UCLA fined in fatal lab fire  May 5 news article (pdf); review by UCSB
• Disease Spread Prevention Poster: Flyer (pdf)  (rtf)
• Univ Safety Mtg Minutes: April 23
• Chem Waste Pickup Stopped (April 16-May 8).
• Rotor safety clinic: April 15  (via Hotline announcement)  (poster/flyer)
• CDPC Meeting April 14
• Chemical inventory update request (3/30/2009 email via ABCD dist)
• OHSA Injury Log for 2008 Posted (2/1/2009)
• CDPC Meeting Minutes: Feb. 10
• CDPC Mtg Agenda
• Defensive Driving and Safety Classes for Spring 2009

Nation-wide EH&S News

• Auto safety: The British safety video that will stop you texting and driving. Caution: graphic, realistic.
• HHS Health studies. Phy. activity needs(http://bit.ly/vFfCP); College drinking(http://bit.ly/vssNa); Healthy weights (http://bit.ly/wGSfI)
• E. coli O157:H7 associated with JBS Swift Beef, Colorado. Multistate outbreak includes NM. CDC details at http://bit.ly/ZARvL
• OSHA fact sheet (5/5/2009) on Infection Control: Respirators versus surgical masks. Details at http://bit.ly/Ey9Rb
• OSHA tips on working safely in hot weather Details at http://bit.ly/sqCDJ
• June 28, Colorado firm recalls 380,000 lb assorted beef products due possible E. coli. Nationwide distribution See http://bit.ly/sn8VP
• June 19, FDA warning about Nestle Toll House refrigerated cookie dough due E. coli risk. Details at http://3c4wr.tk
• June 15, Cyclists & pedestrians traffic victims, account for over half of those that die in crashes. WHO study at http://bit.ly/4DpgN
• June 11, World Health Org raised the H1N1 alert level to a global pandemic. See WHO web, link http://bit.ly/eoUzo

• FDA Warning Not to Use Skin Products Due to Bacteria, article & labels via FDA link at http://bit.ly/h0dPU
• May 29, ~241,000 lb ground beef product recalled, poss. foreign materials, distribution includes NM, USDA link http://bit.ly/7LQe8
• May21 Illinois Firm Recalls Ground Beef Due To Possible E. coli Contamination (nationwide dist) USDA link at http://bit.ly/K0duN
• May 28, Twitter added to NMSU Safety Updates

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