September 30 Hijacks, Hazmat, and Half-Truths
In this September 30 episode, host Jim covers the heroic Israeli plumber who landed a hijacked Flydubai flight after learning controls from a TV show, drawing parallels to post-9/11 aviation vigilance. He reports that OSHA's 2026 penalty inflation adjustment is canceled due to a federal funding lapse that prevented BLS from releasing required October data. Jim stresses the importance of up-to-date training materials, recounting an instructor using pre-2015 penalty figures and wrong confined-space standards — a red flag for anyone vetting OSHA outreach providers. He warns about salespeople overpromising compressed training timelines and unqualified HR staff mishandling accident management. Additional segments cover the new AI-powered America.gov portal (with privacy skepticism), EPA's Boise food waste initiative, a finalized Superfund cleanup plan for the Chemsol site in Piscataway, NJ, the Tijuana sewage crisis update, and a Cleveland warehouse packed with abandoned hazardous substances.
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