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
Contact Information
Environmental Health & Safety; MSC-3578, P.O. Box 30001, Academic Research Bldg. C, Rm. 109
Street delivery address: NMSU, 1620 Standley Dr., Academic Research Bldg. C, Las Cruces, NM 88003
Training Office: Academic Research Unit C, rm110 (see map ),
Telephone: 575-646-3327; FAX: 575-646-7898. Website - http://www.nmsu.edu/safety
Send email to David Shearer, EH&S (click here) with questions or comments about this web site.
Street delivery address: NMSU, 1620 Standley Dr., Academic Research Bldg. C, Las Cruces, NM 88003
Training Office: Academic Research Unit C, rm110 (see map ),
Telephone: 575-646-3327; FAX: 575-646-7898. Website - http://www.nmsu.edu/safety
Send email to David Shearer, EH&S (click here) with questions or comments about this web site.
