September 30, 2026 Hijacks, Hazmat, and Half-Truths
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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This episode covers OSHA's citation of a Florida pipeline contractor after a fatal struck-by incident, willful lockout/tagout violations at a New Jersey car wash, and $65 million in community college training grants. Jim shares personal stories about noise survey failures at a warehouse that led to costly settlements, and an indoor air quality audit that debunked a cancer cluster at a law firm. The EPA segment covers glyphosate review, brownfields funding, and wetland grants. The episode closes with the Chemical Safety Board's investigation of the Foundation Food Group liquid nitrogen release that killed six workers, highlighting failures in monitoring, training, and process safety management.
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23 Sept 2026
Safety Wars 9-22-2-26 When the Lights Go Out: Energy, EPA, and Emergency Prep
Jim from Safety Wars covers soaring diesel prices, Trump's UN speech on Iran, and rising tanker insurance in the Strait of Hormuz. EPA updates include $82 million for San Francisco Bay watersheds, lead cleanups in Indiana and Montana, and a Clean Air Act settlement in Puerto Rico. For National Preparedness Month, Jim dives deep into disaster readiness: water storage strategies, emergency food and food safety, reading severe weather, lightning safety, flood preparedness, power outage management with generators and batteries, fuel handling dangers, and building community emergency networks. He shares personal stories from Superstorm Sandy throughout.
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USA National Anthem (Star Spangled Banner Use), 155546928 Supernova Music
Matrix, 166797566, Encomia
Music: Safety Warriors, The Music of Safety Wars Volume 1 (c) copyright 2026 James Poesl
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