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In this issue:
1. Insurance doesn't cover intentional or expected    pollution, court
rules.
2. Nonprofits eligible for OSHA training grants.
3. Increased risks of "silent" heart attacks.
4. Silicoses still plagues miners.
5. Top OSHA Violations



INSURANCE DOESN'T COVER INTENTIONAL OR EXPECTED POLLUTION, COURT RULES

In a case regarding insurance coverage for environmental
remediation, a court has ruled that insureds cannot force their insurers to
pay for damage intentionally caused by the insured, or which took place
after a policy expired. Pollution is only covered if it is unintentional and
unexpected.


NONPROFITS ELIGIBLE FOR OSHA TRAINING GRANTS

Proposals by nonprofit organizations for $4.7 million in grants for safety
and health training are being accepted until October 27.  OSHA's Susan
Harwood Training Grants program is looking for proposals targeting
immigrant, contingent and other vulnerable workers, small business employers
and employees and workers in jobs with high-risk activities or hazards, such
as the construction


INCREASED RISKS OF "SILENT" HEART ATTACKS

A nationwide study of heart attack victims finds that a surprising number
one-third did not experience chest pain.

Women, nonwhites, people older than 75 and those with previous heart
failure, stroke or diabetes are most likely to have ``painless'' heart
attacks, according to a study in the Journal of the American Medical
Association.

These patients are more than twice as likely to die, due in part to delays
in seeking treatment and because doctors might fail to diagnose them
quickly.

Patients with chest pain were more than twice as likely to be diagnosed upon
admission and to get either clot-busting drugs or angioplasty, in which a
balloon-tipped catheter is used to open blocked arteries.

Doctors and paramedics should be alerted by these findings to the need for
rapid diagnosis and treatment of patients in the high-risk groups,according
to the report. Other less typical symptoms can include shortness of breath,
irregular heartbeat, nervousness, nausea,fainting or overwhelming weakness.

SILICOSES STILL PLAGUES MINERS

X-ray screening of 1,236 miners in 1996 and 1997 showed the debilitating
effects of silicosis are still a health risk, despite years of control
efforts, according to a study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention.

X-rays showed that 6.7 percent of the miners had the potentially
life-threatening illness, which results in a build-up of scar tissue in the
lungs from years of inhaling silica dust in mining operations.

Researchers say the disease can progress even after miners are no longer
exposed to the dust, causing severe breathing problems in its later stages.

The prevalence of silicosis among miners increases with age and years of
drilling experience, according to researchers. At age 40,miners faced nearly
four times the risk of having the disease, by age 60 they had 10 times the
risk.

Controlling dust exposures is critical because there is no effective
treatment for silicosis, according to researchers.


TOP OSHA VIOLATIONS FOR 1999

1.  Hazard Communication
2.  Respiratory Protection
3.  Guarding Floor & Wall Openings and Holes
4.  Personnel Protective Equipment, General Requirements
5.  Control of Hazardous Energy, Lockout/Tagout
6.  Electric Power Generation/Transmission/Distribution
7.  Electrical Wiring Methods, Components & Equipment
8.  Permit Required Confined Spaces
9.  Bloodborne Pathogens
10. Electrical Systems Design, General Requirements

Total Penalties for all violations;  $906,578.00

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Sincerely, Mark C. Johnson
           Editor