Got PPE?

Difficulty in getting employees to wear PPE is not limited to colleges and universities, at least not according to this report in FacilityBlog/TFM (from Today's Facility Manager magazine).

A recent survey conducted by Kimberly-Clark Professional found that 89% of safety professionals polled have observed workers failing to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when they should have been.

University of Texas Fires Research Safety Expert

A veteran national security expert hired to make safety improvements in University of Texas research labs has been fired, less than a year after he took the job...(more)

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/053108dntexutbiosafety.3ce6933.html

EPA Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance Issues FY07 Report

The 2007 Fiscal Year report from EPA Office of Enforcement & Compliance Assurance is available at:

http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/reports/accomplishments/oeca/fy07accomplishment.pdf