Few jobs have more inherent dangers than firefighting. Dedicated professionals put their well-being, if not their very lives on the line. These brave professionals understand that the possibility of serious injury or death is a strong possibility. Required training is...
A Florida land development company filed an appeal with the state of Oregon seeking to overturn a nearly $75,000 fine related to the improper clean-up of asbestos-containing debris from a trailer court damaged during last year’s wildfires. Tampa-based Bach Development...
Mining is an industry that is full of hazards. Mining consistently ranks near the top of the list for annual workplace fatalities and injuries in the United States. When most people think of mining-related injuries, they think of things like landslides, explosions and...
Unfortunately, asbestos was commonplace in the 20th century. Manufacturers found its properties useful despite its hazards. With asbestos nearly everywhere, the risk of exposure was high. And yet, many Californians exposed in these past decades did not obtain a...
The state of Oregon recently fined a Florida company more than $74,000 for failing to follow state guidelines pertaining to asbestos removal during the clean-up of a mobile home park near Medford ravaged by last fall’s wildfires. According to Oregon’s Department of...
When most people think of asbestos, they may think of the boiler rooms of World War II vessels or factories. What not everyone knows is that it’s possible to find asbestos in people’s homes as well. It’s good to know where asbestos can sometimes be found in order to...
Many presume that a typical mesothelioma patient is a man who worked in a blue-collar industry that left him exposed to asbestos. In reality, for every four mesothelioma diagnoses involving males, one woman is diagnosed. While the disproportional number is not...
The link between asbestos exposure and mesothelioma diagnoses is irrefutable. In response to serious illnesses without a definitive cure combined with lives lost, countries around the world have implemented outright bans on importing and manufacturing the deadly...
Asbestos imports to the U.S. nearly doubled last year to 300 tons compared with the previous year, according to the U.S. Department of Interior. The number represents a significant increase from the 172 tons of asbestos the country imported In 2019. The statistics...
Asbestos is a fibrous mineral that swept the nation from the 1920s to the 1980s as the primary resource of fire retardant coatings, insulation, and countless other products. While industry and government knew it was hazardous from the start, it wasn't until the 1980s...
