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INDUSTRY UPDATE
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ADVISORY BOARD
Leo J. DeBobes, MA (OH&S), CSP, CHCM, CPEA, CSC, EMT
Stony Brook University Medical Center Stony Brook, NY
Scott Lawson
The Scott Lawson Companies Concord, N.H.
Angelo Pinheiro, CSP, CRSP, CPEA
Senior HES Professional Marathon Oil Company Houston, Texas
William H. Weems, DrPH, CIH
Director, Environmental & Industrial Programs University of Alabama College of Continuing Studies Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Henry Wright, MBA, CFPS
Senior Vice President & Director — Risk Solutions BB&T Insurance Services Inc. Charlotte, N.C.
EMERITUS
Barry R. Weissman, MBA
Green Valley, Ariz.
On the Move
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Per- due in May announced the appointment of Carmen Rottenberg and Paul Kiecker to key leadership positions with the Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Rot- tenberg was named FSIS administrator and Kiecker deputy administrator. “Providing all Americans access to a safe and secure food supply is one of USDA’s critical mis- sions,” said Perdue. “Carmen and Paul have been instrumental in carrying out this mis- sion and will continue to lead FSIS in their new roles.” Rottenberg had been deputy ad- ministrator and, since August 2017, acting deputy under Secretary for USDA’s Office of Food Safety. She has held several lead- ership roles in FSIS’s Office of the Admin- istrator, including chief operating officer and chief of staff. Kiecker had been acting administrator of FSIS since August 2017, leading its mission-critical programs aimed at protecting public health. He came to that position with decades of experience in the field and on the front lines of food safety, having begun his career as a food inspector and later serving in various FSIS leadership roles, including district manager, executive associate for regulatory operations, and most recently as deputy assistant adminis- trator for FSIS’s Office of Field Operations. . . . Lore Rincon, sales
manager for Continental
Premium Corporation,
is the 2018 board presi-
dent for the Incentive
Manufacturers & Rep-
resentatives Alliance (www.imraonline.org), a
Strategic Industry Group
within the Incentive Marketing Asso- ciation. Rincon heads the incoming 2018- 2019 officers, who include Jeffrey Brenner, vice president of sales & customer devel- opment for Pelucida Glass LLC, as board vice president; Randy Renz, vice president of Target Marketing Associates Inc., as board treasurer; and Scott Whitehead, di- rector of B-to-B sales for Samsonite LLC, as board secretary. Chris Harrison, na- tional sales manager for KleerWest, is the board’s past president for 201-2019. . . .
More Than 1 Million
Chainsaws Recalled
Harbor Freight Tools of Camarillo, Ca-
lif., has recalled about 1,020,000 Portland, One Stop Gardens, and Chicago Electric brand 14-inch electric chainsaws because the power switch can malfunction and al- low the saw to continue operating after the operator moves the switch to the “off ” po- sition, which poses a serious injury hazard to the operator. The recall was announced May 14.
Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chainsaws and return the product to their local Harbor Freight Tools store for a free replacement chain- saw. Replacement units became available starting May 21. At the time the recall was announced, Harbor Freight Tools had re- ceived 15 reports of chainsaws continuing to operate after being turned off by the op- erator, resulting in three laceration injuries, including one serious injury to a person’s arm requiring stitches, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission.
Consumers can contact Harbor Freight Tools at 800-444-3353 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. PDT, email recall@har- borfreight.com, or visit www.harborfreight. com and click on Recall Safety Information at the bottom of the company’s homepage for more information.
The recall involves two models of 14- inch chainsaws sold under three different brand names. The Portland and One Stop Gardens brand chainsaws have a green and black color scheme and “Portland” printed on the blades. The Chicago Electric brand chainsaw has a red and black color scheme and “Chicago Electric” printed on the chainsaw handle. All recalled chainsaws were sold with a black blade guard. The model number is printed on a label on the bottom of the chainsaw.
The recall is being conducted volun- tarily by the company under the CPSC Fast Track Recall process. Fast Track recalls are initiated by firms that commit to work with CPSC to quickly announce the recall and a remedy to protect consumers.
ASTM Develops Standard for General Aviation Ice Detectors
A new ASTM International standard has been completed to increase the safety of small aircraft by supporting non-essential ice detectors. The new specification F3310 was developed by ASTM International’s committee on general aviation aircraft, F44.
ASTM International member Dennis
Regnier, CAV Ice Protection, said the de- tectors can help to notify a pilot when the plane encounters icing conditions. “Typi- cally, a general aviation pilot relies on visual cues to know when icing is encountered,” he explained. “An ice detector can be espe- cially useful when the time between check- ing for these visual cues lengthens, such as when a pilot has a high workload envi- ronment.” He said when used in conjunc- tion with current regulatory policies, such as FAA’s Non Required Safety Enhancing Equipment policy, the standard can sim- plify installations and approvals of non-es- sential ice detectors. No certification credit is given to installing such devices, however.
ASTM reported that the standard could be useful to ice detector manufacturers and aircraft pilots.
NIOSH Announces July Hearing on Recent Amtrak Crashes
The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a two-day investigative hear- ing July 10-11 about two recent Amtrak crashes. The hearing in Washington, D.C., will examine issues involved in the Dec. 18, 2017, derailment in DuPont, Wash., and the Feb. 4, 2018, collision with a freight train near Cayce, S.C.
Parties to the hearing include the Fed- eral Railroad Administration; the Inter-
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