OSHA's new reporting rule raises several questions as to what it even means.
Make sure you have asked the right questions. And if you do not have time or do not want to do the dirty work, ask your safety committee to do this, they typically will be glad to help out.
The updated regulation creates a unified and up-to-date set of requirements to help employers more effectively establish safe work practices to protect their workers.
Many workplaces implement guidelines above and beyond OSHA's for the types of eye protection to be used based on the specific hazards that are present.
The active use of the program by successful teams suggests that acknowledgement is critical to the success of these programs.
Exposures to hazards present in the oil and gas well drilling, servicing, and storage industry are addressed in specific standards for general industry.
The company's not in touch with many of the past winners of its annual scholarships and wants to hear from all of them in time for 2016's 30th year of the scholarship program.
Peter Greany of Work Care, Inc. gave his top ten list of ways to leverage collaboration with occupational health professionals.
"We understand the importance of this industry, but workers' lives should not be sacrificed for a better cell phone signal," said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary for occupational safety and health.
The agency issued a safety alert reminding pilots to look out for other aircraft and to make their presence known.
The NHTSA says tire safety is especially important for 15-passenger van users.
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Griffin Lumber & Hardware received a willful violation from OSHA, which said the company ignored hazards.
The agencies plan to implement a system allowing the use of one label and one safety data sheet that would be acceptable in both countries.
OSHA has cited Formica Construction Co. Inc. of Port Richmond, N.Y., for three willful, three serious, and one other-than-serious violation of OSHA standards with proposed fines of $121,000.
The trend is expected to continue as summer arrives.
Troopers' traffic enforcement efforts during the four-day Memorial Day weekend resulted in more than 9,500 vehicles stopped, with approximately 6,843 traffic citations and approximately 4,764 warnings issued.
A joint FAA and industry group called the Commercial Aviation Safety Team recommended the study based on two recent major losses, the disappearance on March 8, 2014, of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 and the apparently deliberate crashing of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps by its co-pilot on March 24, 2015.
OSHA has cited JRI Holdings Inc. for multiple violations.
OSHA found 50 violations at the Broken Arrow, Okla., facility.