The Aug. 10, 2016, explosion and fire at the Flower Branch Apartments in Silver Spring, Md., destroyed two apartment buildings, killed seven people, and caused 65 people to be transported to area hospitals. Three firefighters suffered minor injuries.
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Lockout tagout compliance continues to appear on OSHA's Top 10 Cited Standards list year after year.
"In the safety profession, we manage risk for our organizations, so having the right tools is critical," said Brian Hammer, chair of ASSP's technical report committee who spent 20 years in law enforcement. "While no one can completely prepare for horrific acts of violence, smart workplace strategies can help mitigate threats and better protect workers everywhere. There can be deadly consequences to being unprepared."
The Federal Railroad Administration delivered the document to Congress. It identifies the 10 counties with the most trespasser casualties, not including suicides, from November 2013 to October 2017.
The four finalists for the 2019 Safety Innovation Awards are the Francis Manufacturing Company, J&R Farms, TERYDON Inc., and Yoder Drilling & Geothermal Inc.
"We wanted to figure out a solution for stemming workplace violence by getting ahead of the curve because it's a national trend, and, unfortunately, we are not immune to it," said Todd Miller, public safety and security specialist for SSM's St. Louis region, which includes eight hospitals.
"Both the FDA and the fentanyl makers failed to design and implement an effective monitoring program," said the study's senior author, Dr. G. Caleb Alexander, M.D., professor of epidemiology and medicine and co-director of the Center for Drug Safety and Effectiveness at the Bloomberg School.
The goal is to reclaim and recycle critical materials such as cobalt and lithium from lithium-based batteries cost effectively.
Safe Work Australia is asking for comments on the draft evaluation reports and recommendations for respirable crystalline silica and respirable coal dust by April 30, saying it will consider them when making final recommendations regarding the workplace exposure standards.
Food that is contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites, toxins, or chemicals causes sickens more than 600 million people each year and kills 420,000 worldwide every year, according to WHO.