Dustin G. Richartz is the 2015 Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Year, honoring him for his work in developing safety and health programs throughout his career. The 2015 Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management went to Jack Reiter, president and CEO of Machine Safety Management.
The OSHA region that includes Texas accounted for the lion's share of inspections during 2012-2015, and most of those were unprogrammed -- triggered by complaints or by incidents, Mike Marshall reported June 9.
When it comes to investing in and installing fall arrest equipment, how to safely anchor the system can be one of the most difficult and confusing decisions.
Lunch Guests at Safety 2015 were treated to a fashion show featuring a number of big brands.
Taller, larger turbines are making the job more dangerous for maintenance crews, a Safety 2015 speaker explained June 8.
Scott Margolin of Westex gave an impassioned presentation regarding arc flash.
The expo is bulging with a record number of exhibitors, an ASSE spokesman confirmed, and the downtown area's attractions are impressing visitors.
The new regional vice president will represent ASSE's Global Chapters and their members and will serve on the Council of Region Affairs.
If your company has fallen behind, it's time to get caught up. That means your workers need to have their training, your SDS collection needs to be up to date, your labels need to be in place, and you need a system for updating and maintaining all of those elements.
ATSB Chief Commissioner Martin Dolan said despite a 20-year-old requirement for new helicopters to have a crash-resistant fuel system, several helicopter types are being made without one.
FAA's revised Part 23 regulation will be a performance-based approach to airworthiness standards. It is a top priority for the agency.
The talk, sponsored by Grainger, will focus on safety and the role of OSH professionals.
In his famous TED Talk about which priorities are more important than global warming, with 1.14 million views so far, the Danish political scientist Bjorn Lomborg says we're prioritizing by default—bad idea.
DOL alleges that Staples failed to comply with the Family and Medical Leave Act.
The event co-sponsored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists will take place May 21-26, 2016, at the Baltimore Convention Center.
The guide was developed at the request of the National Center for Transgender Equality.
A group of speakers discussed nanomaterials and new ways to evaluate and measure their existence in numerous working conditions.
AIHce 2015 presenter outlines hazards faced by tower climbers and reports 80 percent of 2002-2014 fatalities in the industry were during equipment installation, maintenance, and repair—not tower construction.
NHTSA demonstrated prototypes of the Driver Alcohol Detection System for Safety on June 4. Administrator Mark Rosekind predicted research needed to support its use in vehicles will be completed in the next five years.
Michael Grabell discussed his work in a speech titled, "Temp Land: Working in the New Economy."