Articles for Safety Officials

Health Minister Orders Fire Safety Inspections in Telangana Hospitals
1 month ago

Health Minister Orders Fire Safety Inspections in Telangana Hospitals

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha directed officials to ensure strict adherence to fire safety regulations in hospitals. In a review of fire safety measures in hospitals on Saturday, following the death of infants at a hospital fire in Jhansi of Uttar Pradesh, the minister instructed the officials to form 10 teams to begin inspections at major state hospitals. The minister …

Safety Fire Safety Telangana Hospitals
Renewed promises to improve safety after the second Metro bus hijacking in 6 months
2 months, 4 weeks ago

Renewed promises to improve safety after the second Metro bus hijacking in 6 months

LA Times  

Metro riders were already uneasy using the system during off hours or at certain locations. “I’m angry and frustrated,” Metro Chief Executive Stephanie Wiggins said about the incident on Metro Bus 81. “I think if you ask most riders, they will say they haven’t seen as many uniformed law enforcement officers on the system as they would like to,” Metro …

Crime Transportation Law Enforcement Work Metro Los Angeles Officials
Teen’s death: Lab report finds no toxic substance in Korean noodles
3 months ago

Teen’s death: Lab report finds no toxic substance in Korean noodles

New Indian Express  

TIRUCHY: The samples of the noodles of a Korean brand, lifted for testing following suspicions that its consumption led to the death of a teenage girl in Tiruchy early this month, contained no trace of toxic substances, officials from the food safety and drugs administration department said. Following the girl’s death, food safety department officials seized about 800 kg of …

Food Safety Tiruchy
Hospital Security Tightened in Telangana After Kolkata Incident
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Hospital Security Tightened in Telangana After Kolkata Incident

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Health minister Damodar Rajanarsimha directed officials to set up hospital safety committees at the state and district levels to formulate safety regulations, and submit a report by September 14. Rajnarsimha directed officials, at a review meeting here, to tighten security in government hospitals, especially for female doctors, nursing officers, and staff, by implementing night-time patrolling by SHE Teams. The …

Security Hospitals Hospital Directed
Safety, Welfare of Workers Top Priority of State Government: CM Naidu
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Safety, Welfare of Workers Top Priority of State Government: CM Naidu

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu has asserted that ensuring the safety at work and welfare of the workers is the mission of the state government. Making it clear that ESI hospitals will be strengthened, the chief minister said the state’s share of funds for this purpose would be released soon. Labour minister Vasamsetti Subash stated that the number of …

Labour Workers Scheme Naidu Esi
Karnataka Officials Probe Seized Meat for Dog Meat
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka Officials Probe Seized Meat for Dog Meat

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Officials concerned of the Food Safety and Standards Department, Bengaluru sent samples of meat collected from parcels seized at outer premises of Bengaluru city railway station on Friday evening to determine the species of animals. A total of 90 parcels were seized by police and officials of Food Safety and Standards Department, Bengaluru after public and activists suspected dog …

Rajasthan Meat Railway Station Bengaluru City Dog Meat Food Safety And Standards Department
Telangana food safety officials flag hygiene violations in pickle manufacturing units
6 months ago

Telangana food safety officials flag hygiene violations in pickle manufacturing units

The Hindu  

The task force teams of Telangana’s Commissioner of Food Safety conducted inspections in pickle manufacturing units on the outskirts of Hyderabad on June 20 and uncovered several hygiene violations. The FBO lacked medical fitness certificates for food handlers, though pest control was conducted every 15 days according to available records. The FSSAI licence true copy was displayed, and windows were …

Food Food Safety Pest Control Medical Fitness Certificates Food Handlers Safety Officials
Body of last missing construction worker recovered from Baltimore bridge collapse site
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Body of last missing construction worker recovered from Baltimore bridge collapse site

Associated Press  

BALTIMORE — The body of the last missing construction worker killed in the collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in March has been recovered, officials announced Tuesday as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in the ongoing cleanup effort. Officials said the crew of the Dali will remain on board the grounded container ship while crews conduct a controlled …

Officials Bridge Crew Ship Baltimore Dali Lost
Drones attack the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to plant officials
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Drones attack the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, according to plant officials

LA Times  

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant is in the background of the shallow Kakhovka Reservoir after the dam collapse in Energodar, Russian-occupied Ukraine in June 2023. Officials at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant said that the site was attacked Sunday by Ukrainian military drones, including a strike on the dome of the plant’s sixth power unit. Later on Sunday, however, …

Ukraine Russia Power Attack Nuclear Safety Drone Russian
Toxic fire was unnecessary after East Palestine train derailment, safety officials say
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Toxic fire was unnecessary after East Palestine train derailment, safety officials say

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Experts from the company that made the vinyl chloride inside those tank cars, Oxy Vinyls, were telling contractors hired …

Ohio East Tank Vinyl Ntsb Derailment East Palestine
Police, Food Safety officials seal shops selling banned tobacco products
1 year ago

Police, Food Safety officials seal shops selling banned tobacco products

The Hindu  

The Tiruchi City Police and officers from the Food Safety Department on Monday sealed four shops selling banned tobacco products in the city. According to police sources, four shop owners at Palakkarai, Fort, and Gandhi Market police station limits were arrested for selling banned tobacco products on Sunday following surprise checks launched by the police across the city in the …

Food Safety Tobacco Products Banned Tobacco Products Safety Officials Shops Selling
Union official says safety of railroads has been compromised by job cuts and time constraints
1 year, 6 months ago

Union official says safety of railroads has been compromised by job cuts and time constraints

Associated Press  

— Freight railcar inspections are happening less often and are not as thorough as in years past due to staff cuts, time constraints and regulatory loopholes, a union official testified Friday during a federal hearing to examine the reasons behind a fiery train derailment in Ohio. The National Transportation Safety Board said in its preliminary report that an overheating wheel …

Cars Ohio Rush Official Officials Southern Cox
8 days before Odisha accident, Railway board briefed on safety-first approach
1 year, 6 months ago

8 days before Odisha accident, Railway board briefed on safety-first approach

Hindustan Times  

Exactly eight days before the Balasore accident involving three trains claimed 278 lives and became one of the worst tragedies in rail history, officials of the railway board briefed the parliamentary standing committee on railways on safety measures and assured it that their “safety first and safety always’’ attitude had resulted in a decline in accidents from 141 in 2010-11 …

India Safety Accident Railway Officials Odisha Train
Swapnalok management was warned against lethargy: Fire officer
1 year, 9 months ago

Swapnalok management was warned against lethargy: Fire officer

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Officials from fire and four other departments had conducted an inspection of Swapnalok complex and directed them to immediately install fire safety measures to prevent future mishaps. Secunderabad fire station officer Mohan Rao said that they had visited the complex along with revenue and police officials a few months ago. They found many violations and directed the management to …

Flat Owners Swapnalok Complex
Angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears
1 year, 9 months ago

Angry Ohio residents confront railroad over health fears

LA Times  

Residents who say they’re still suffering from illnesses nearly a month after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in Ohio confronted the railroad’s operator Thursday at a town forum, demanding to know whether they’d be relocated from homes they’re afraid to live in. “I’m begging you, by the grace of God, please get our people out of here.” While the …

Safety Cars Ohio Wilson Southern Tank Norfolk
Failure to ensure safety in industries in AP, but no action on factories officials
1 year, 10 months ago

Failure to ensure safety in industries in AP, but no action on factories officials

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh has experienced a series of industrial mishaps claiming the lives of several workers due to companies’ non-compliance with safety norms. The recent mishap claiming seven lives in an edible oil packing unit at G Ragampeta village of Peddapuram mandal, Kakinada district, was blamed on blatant violation of safety norms. State factories department director Chandrasekhar Varma said, “We …

Safety Industrial Factories Safety Norms Mishaps Industrial Mishaps
Food safety officials grapple with lack of facilities, staff shortage
1 year, 11 months ago

Food safety officials grapple with lack of facilities, staff shortage

The Hindu  

Limitations in enforcement of food safety rules have come to light in the wake of frequent reporting of food-borne diseases across the State. Food safety officials say they often grapple with lack of facilities and staff shortage. Each district has an Assistant Commissioner of Food Safety, under whom there is one circle-level food safety officer for each Assembly constituency. Functionaries …

Food Safety State Health Inspectors Food Safety Officials Facilities Staff Officials Grapple
Condoms, expired medicines recovered from first-aid kits of school buses
2 years ago

Condoms, expired medicines recovered from first-aid kits of school buses

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram A packet of men’s condoms and expired antiseptic lotions and painkillers were found in the first aid kit of a school bus of a private school in Sector 56, during a routine inspection carried out by government authorities on Thursday, officials said on Friday. Condoms, expired medicines recovered from first-aid kits of school buses The inspection team, led by …

Safety Buses School Bus Expired Medicines Recovered
Cyrus Mistry death: Road audit to be carried out in Palghar; joint visit of highway officials, cops planned
2 years, 3 months ago

Cyrus Mistry death: Road audit to be carried out in Palghar; joint visit of highway officials, cops planned

India TV News  

Cyrus Mistry death: Against the backdrop of a road accident in Palghar in Maharashtra that killed industrialist Cyrus Mistry and one more person, the district administration on Thursday asked highway authorities to carry out a road safety audit. Confirming the development, Collector Govind Bodke told PTI a joint visit of highway officials and police has been planned for September 14 …

Highway Palghar Cyrus Mistry Joint Visit Highway Officials
No compromise: On putting pressure on ATC officials
2 years, 3 months ago

No compromise: On putting pressure on ATC officials

The Hindu  

The incident, on August 31, wherein two BJP Members of Parliament, Nishikant Dubey and Manoj Tiwari, and their entourage are alleged to have ‘forcibly obtained take-off clearance’ close to sunset, from the Air Traffic Control at Deogarh airport in Jharkhand for their flight is a case of ‘tail-scraping’ established air safety norms. It is at this point, air safety experts …

India Airport Air Civil Aviation Jharkhand Fir Deogarh
Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person class
2 years, 11 months ago

Chicago union leaders OK plan to resume in-person class

Associated Press  

CHICAGO — Students are poised to return to Chicago Public Schools after leaders of the teachers union approved a plan with the nation’s third-largest district late Monday over COVID-19 safety protocols, ending a bitter standoff that canceled classes for five days. Earlier Monday, Union President Jesse Sharkey said the union and district remained “apart on a number of key features, …

Safety Students Teachers Union Schools Chicago Class
Football officials trying to evacuate players from Afghanistan
3 years, 4 months ago

Football officials trying to evacuate players from Afghanistan

The Hindu  

Football officials are liaising with governments to try to evacuate players from Afghanistan after the Taliban regained control, the world players' union said on Friday. “As a champion of activists, we are greatly concerned about those athletes who have, for many years, been outspoken advocates for improved human rights in the country,” world players' union FIFPRO said on Twitter. “FIFA …

Taliban Fifa Players Union
As debate around school mask mandates heats up, local health officials fear for their lives and safety
3 years, 4 months ago

As debate around school mask mandates heats up, local health officials fear for their lives and safety

CNN  

CNN — Local health officials in the United States are worried about another rise in anti-mask protests – and their safety. In cities and counties where there has been ongoing debate around mask mandates in public schools, several local health officials have reported again being intimidated by or receiving threats from anti-maskers, Lori Tremmel Freeman, chief executive officer of the …

Health School Cnn Officials Public Freeman Masks
China nuclear plant: US assessing reported leak at facility in Taishan, Guangdong
3 years, 6 months ago

China nuclear plant: US assessing reported leak at facility in Taishan, Guangdong

CNN  

CNN — The US government has spent the past week assessing a report of a leak at a Chinese nuclear power plant, after a French company that part owns and helps operate it warned of an “imminent radiological threat,” according to US officials and documents reviewed by CNN. The warning included an accusation that the Chinese safety authority was raising …

Energy China Nuclear Power Company Washington Cnn