With 265 mines hurt last year in roof and rib falls, the number of accidents is dropping. But they remain a leading cause of injuries in underground coal mines.
WHO called the Emergency Ministerial meeting on Ebola Virus Disease, held in Accra, and it ended July 3 with health ministers agreeing on priority actions to end the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.
Department of Industrial Relations Director Christine Baker approved it; the program provides financial guarantees to replace security deposits required to collateralize self-insured worker's compensation liabilities.
About four months ago, the agency allowed it to be marketed as a preventative treatment for migraines.
A compliance inspection determined that Always Safe Fire Extinguisher and Safety, LLC marked high-pressure compressed gas cylinders but lacked the requisite testing equipment and could not provide evidence to demonstrate the cylinders were properly requalified.
The app provides guidance about specific blast injury patterns in order to help emergency responders and clinicians assess and treat patients from the blast.
Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) that took effect July 1 also require all ships to have plans and procedures to recover people from the water.
The comparison for calendar year 2010 found, after making data comparability adjustments, total U.S. private-sector fatalities were 2,530 and total EU fatalities were 3,353.
There is no health reason that can explain why health care providers in the highest-prescribing states wrote almost three times as many opioid painkiller prescriptions as their counterparts in the lowest-prescribing state.
Work is under way July 1 to install the next-to-last sponsor on the ship's port side. It will be refloated within two weeks.
We have recently discovered that many petrochemical processing plants should take action on 50 percent or more of their installed gauges.
Proper equipment and ongoing training save lives and boost employee morale.
"Every good emergency vehicle will have binoculars in the cab so the responder does not have to get too close to the hazard but can see the vehicle and its markings."
Nine elements have been identified as the most important foci to establish the chemistry that facilitates the necessary climate for a culture of safety excellence to grow.
The airworthiness directive for certain Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B and EC130B4 helicopters requires replacing parts of the sliding door star support attachment assembly, depending on the outcome of required inspections.
Miraculous results occur when people really trust that leaders are both truly concerned about them and are competent.
Innovators such as Google, Microsoft, HP, and Logitech are all working on augmented reality displays that help with way finding and technical visualizations, among other applications.
Optimize your equipment to meet ANSI requirements, address facility needs, and provide workers the best washdown coverage.
Although hard hats are among the most commonly worn types of PPE, U.S. workers continue to face an unacceptable number of head injuries.
Buddy systems can increase complacency of workers in the field due to a false sense of greater safety.