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By June 1, 2016, OSHA expects all employers to be fully compliant with GHS adoption.

Chemical Management: Five Ways to Meet the Challenges of IH in a Changing Industry

The most robust software solutions feature ingredient indexing to help you track chemical ingredients across products while flagging those that are subject to more stringent regulatory standards.

London Fire Brigade Trying to Change Minds on Sprinklers

Sprinklers are present in just 1 percent of the incidents at care homes, retirement homes, and hostels to which Brigade fire crews respond; of the 428 fires responded to by London firefighters at such facilities during 2017, only five of the facilities had fire sprinklers.

Test manikin before exposure, dressed in non-inherent shirt and inherent pants. (DuPont Protection Solutions photo)

New Considerations for Selecting Flame-Resistant Workwear

In a real-world fire emergency, chances are that workers will need to flee to safety, so it is critical that FR workwear continue to provide coverage and allow mobility to protect workers after a flash fire or arc flash.

The last thing first responders need is a false pass on their respiratory protection fit. (OHD, LLLP photo)

Why Respiratory Protection and Fit Testing Matter

I cannot stress enough how important it is for all first responders to always wear respiratory protection on the fireground—even after the fire is out.

Excessively hot or cold water temperatures in safety showers and eyewashes can exacerbate the very injuries the safety equipment is designed to reduce. (Haws Corporation photo)

Best Practices When Procuring, Placing and Maintaining Your Emergency Eye/Face Wash and Showers

It is critical to ensure that the equipment is functioning properly and highly visible in case of an emergency.

A written respiratory protection program must be implemented that meets all of the requirements of 29 CFR 1910.134. (3M Personal Safety Division photo)

Why Pick a PAPR?

PAPRs are useful and often necessary in many types of hazardous jobs and conditions.

The primary causes of heat stress are poor hydration, lack of shade, and lack of rest breaks, not clothing. (Tyndale Company photo)

The Truth About Heat Stress and FRC

It would be a terrible shame to put American workers at risk of catastrophic or fatal burn injury because of an outdated myth about PPE and heat stress.

This CSB photo shows the aftermath of the Imperial Sugar plant explosions in 2008 and is found in the U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board

Towards Compliance: NFPA 652 Standard on the Fundamentals of Combustible Dust

If explosion preventive measures alone cannot reduce the risk of a dust cloud explosion to an acceptable level, then explosion protection measures must be considered.



Championing Safety

Championing Safety works best when leaders from senior management and worker levels simultaneously come together to spearhead change. This is a proven way to significantly elevate injury prevention performance and culture.

Stress in the World of Industrial Hygiene: Is It Understood?

How does stress affect an employee's health to the point that we need to take it into consideration when evaluating their working environment? Should stress be included in the evaluation to management as a matter of concern?

Fire Safety: Plan, Prevent, Train, Recover

Fires have the highest casualty rate of workplace accidents, but there are ways to mitigate risk.

The LEED-certified, 1.6 million-square-foot Minneapolis Convention Center features 475,000 square feet of exhibit space and 87 meeting rooms. (Minneapolis Convention Center photo)

Underestimated No More

The conference's opening session will feature keynote speaker Carey Lohrenz, the first female F-14 Tomcat fighter pilot in the U.S. Navy, speaking on "Lessons in Leadership."

Chemical Protective Clothing Selection—Finding the Best Match for Your Hazard

You should strive to gather permeation data for the CPC you plan to use against your actual workplace chemicals.

Wage and Hour Concludes Service Providers for Virtual Marketplace Company Are Independent Contractors

To make the determination, WHD applied what DOL described as "its longstanding and unchanged six-factor balancing test, derived from Supreme Court precedent."

Commenters Back Association's Bid for Hours Exemption

Two of the waste & recycling industry's largest companies submitted comments in support and asserted that electronic logging devices are incompatible with their industry. "The end result is that ELDs will distract drivers by requiring constant interaction with the ELDs and potentially compromise safety," Waste Management's comments stated.

U.S. Coast Guard 14th District Hawaii and the Pacific photo

Agencies Conduct Mass Rescue Exercise in Hawaii

According to the Coast Guard, this was the first airport response exercise of this scale conducted in an ocean environment in the state and was vital because of the volume of air traffic in the region and the proximity of most airports to the ocean.

Boilers Recalled for Carbon Monoxide Risk

Owners of the recalled boilers should immediately contact the installer or distributor from whom they purchased the boiler or Viessmann to schedule a free in-home safety inspection and repair.

AAR Presents 2019 Environmental Excellence Award

Gary Van Tassel II of CSX Transportation and his team made the traditional intermodal facility more efficient by implementing new technology and modernizing site layouts, which allow CSX to operate with a smaller footprint, fewer diesel utility trucks, a transition to electrified cranes, and significantly reduced truck dwell times.

NIOSH Presents 2019 Science Awards

"The annual NIOSH Science Awards allows us to take a moment to recognize the talented and dedicated staff at NIOSH and our partners who are instrumental in accomplishing the important work that helps us achieve our mission of generating new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and transferring that knowledge into practice," NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard, M.D., said.

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