The updated NFPA 70E can be explored through the lens of parties impacted. Through analyzing party responsibility, safety engineers and managers can make informed decisions to comply.
Adequate training, protection from exposure, and disciplined use of ground fault circuit interrupters are integral to keeping workers safe.
Wind turbines are getting larger and larger. Some turbines' nacelles can be about 160 meters—about 525 feet—above the ground, and the blades can be about 75 meters long.
Warning! This is a test. This is a test of the Emergency Response Plan.
Safety should always be of the highest priority—it is the reason these detectors were invented, after all.
What you think helps actually can make things worse. For example, increasing coefficient of friction can increase trips when footing "sticks" on a surface.
After identifying the hazards, the exposure levels from the exposure assessment must be compared to the permissible exposure limit, as set by OSHA, to determine whether respiratory protection is needed.
Gov. Larry Hogan this week unveiled the Paid Leave Compromise Act of 2018, saying it will be filed as emergency legislation and be ready on the first day of the legislative session starting in January. He vetoed HB1, the paid leave bill passed by the General Assembly, in May 2017.
We congratulate the 23 winners in our ninth annual contest recognizing the most innovative new safety products.
In tough, high-hazard environments, fire extinguishers are put to the test.
We have found that only about 10 percent of companies run effective lockout programs. In fact, we have observed that up to three-out-of-ten employers have no lockout program at all.
Acquiring the latest software for safety management and monitoring can make a significant difference. The key is connected technology.
Many laser eyewear products are not being tested with ultrafast pulsed lasers, the type that increasingly supply light for biomedical applications and imaging, materials processing, industrial micromachining, and that means the eyewear may not provide adequate protection for the technical workers who depend on them, researchers found.
The plan is for the institute's researchers to take lessons learned from four decades of incident investigations and research and make them accessible to industry, helping to ensure mistakes aren't repeated as new technologies and industries emerge.
HHS reports that Lyme disease accounts for the majority of tick-borne disease in the United States, and CDC estimates more than 300,000 people are diagnosed with Lyme disease annually, but only about 30,000 of those cases are reported to local and state health departments and to CDC.
The first new Field Division in nearly 20 years, it will be established on Jan. 1 and will include Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia.
NFPA 1-2018 contains a new chapter on marijuana growing, processing or extraction facilities and another new chapter on cleaning and purging of flammable gas piping systems.
"Substandard and falsified medicines particularly affect the most vulnerable communities," said Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO's director-general. "Imagine a mother who gives up food or other basic needs to pay for her child's treatment, unaware that the medicines are substandard or falsified, and then that treatment causes her child to die. This is unacceptable. Countries have agreed on measures at the global level – it is time to translate them into tangible action."
The Washington state Attorney General's Office prosecuted the case as an aggravated offense because it happened over a long time and involved multiple acts as well as the loss of a large amount of money.
"We welcome any nominations for executives who you believe would be a great fit for the role, as well as invite any interested parties to submit their resumes to the Korn Ferry team," said ASSE President Jim Smith, MS, CSP.