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Eye injuries are of primary concern. The effect to the eye depends on various factors, including pupil size, pigmentation, laser pulse duration and repetition, and wavelength.
It is extremely important to consider the three pillars of comfort—heat and moisture management; fabric hand; and garment fit/design—when evaluating your options.
Perhaps the worker hadn't alerted anyone in the company that he had past back issues. If not, why?
We could point to several mistakes that were made in this case, but the root cause does not belong entirely to the worker.
Workers allegedly were exposed to preventable fire, chemical and mechanical hazards.
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration developed the rule, working closely with the Federal Aviation Administration.
As temperatures go up, rates of PPE compliance tend to go down.
We need to change the mindset these machine-based methodologies must be viewed skeptically or cynically.
OSHA proposed fines of $111,650 following inspection at a Packaging Corporation of America facility.
Requirements for proper protective equipment may be overlooked in this booming industry.
The fines proposed against S and S Communication Specialists Inc. are the maximum amount possible -- $7,000 per serious violation -- in connection with the collapse of two towers in Clarksburg, W.Va., on Feb. 1, 2014.
The president's Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces order will require that new federal contractors with contracts valued at more than $500,000 disclose labor law violations for the previous three years. The National Association of Manufacturers responded that this is "a dangerous game for our President to be playing with federal contracts."
The proposal aims to simplify the process and improve consistency, with an emphasis on more serious conditions.
Aug. 1 is the first compliance date for the new rule that lowers the allowable exposure of coal miners to respirable coal mine dust; some parts of the rule are being phased in for the next two years.
Visitors can sign in to its website for access to 10 from this year’s Conference & Expo.
Alleged violations at a Chicago store brought a proposed penalty of $110,700.
The citations stem from work sites where employees were performing roofing work without fall protection.
OSHA has proposed more than $70,000 in fines against P. Gioioso & Sons Inc. for hazards at a Massachusetts work site.
The local share of the federal grant is $54,340, bringing the total to $543,400.