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Health, Safety & Hygiene
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The
Petroleum Safety Authority Norway (PSA) is investigating two incidents
involving falling objects on the Stena Don and the Transocean Searcher.
On
30 May, a hydraulic tool fell from its storage position down to the
drill floor on the mobile drilling facility Stena Don, operated by
Stena Drilling. The hydraulic tool, used to handle casing, weighs 790
kg and fell about 5.5 meters. There were no personnel on the drill
floor when the incident occurred.
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Ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
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IRVING,
Texas, May 21, 2007 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR)
announced today that it was named one
of the World's Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere Magazine, a
national publication dedicated to illuminating the important
correlation between ethics and profit. This elite list of companies
were recognized for their strong leadership in ethics and compliance,
advancement of industry discourse on social and ethical issues, and
positive engagement in the communities in which they operate.
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Health, Safety & Hygiene
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The
lazy, hazy days of summer are here. Good news for most, but, if you
work outdoors or on a job that involves hot processes you are at
increased risk of experiencing heat-related health problems. Workers
and their representatives should review workplace health and safety
policies and procedures to ensure these include measures for addressing
heat stress.
Under the general duty provisions of the
Occupational Health and Safety Act employers must take every reasonable
for the protection of a worker, including those who work in hot
environments.
Read more... - Source : WHSC.on.ca
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Environment, Sustainable Development, Ecology
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A
paper published last
year
by Resources for the Future made the point that our oil vulnerability
has less to do with the amount we import than simply with the
staggering amounts we consume period. In addition, energy independence,
a favorite rallying cry of politicians, is an unachievable myth.
Energy
independence has been a rhetorical and political rallying cry for
nearly 40 years—President Nixon presided over the massive 1974
Project Independence Report—and it is as flaccid a
concept today as it has been over the decades.
Read More... - Source : Impact
Analysis
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Environment, Sustainable Development, Ecology
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The first law of ecology is
that everything is related to everything else.
-Barry
Commoner
Tomorrow
in New York City Barry Commoner’s friends are gathering to
celebrate his 90th birthday. In 2007, Barry’s statement on
ecology
seems obvious if not trite, but that was not the case in 1966, when his
landmark book Science and Survival was first
published, or even in 1971, with the publication of his best-seller The Closing
Circle: Nature, Man, and Technology.
Read More... - Source : The
Pump Handle
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