Participants in a Safety 2014 breakout session discussed many issues, from training to disciplinary action and background checks, involved in employing temporary manufacturing workers.
At Safety 2014, attendees learned what the new era of big data means for safety professionals.
The collection and testing of dust samples is a long-established practice used by industrial safety and hygiene professionals to make informed dust collection decisions.
Take this quiz and see how many of the top 10 safety practices you are following.
Bids on two of the offerings topped $1,300 early on June 10.
Safety 2014's opening general session on Tuesday features Dr. Sidney Dekker, who discusses how success can be the enemy of safety.
Krisha Nirmalya Sen received this year's Edgar Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Year award.
Ali Hasan Al-Failakawi accepted the Cintas-sponsored Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management on June 9 during Safety 2014.
The International Organization for Standardization handbook combines ISO/TS 22003 and ISO/IEC 17021, which contain all that a certification body must know when performing audits or certification.
Its core performance requirements remain unchanged, but updates in in ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014 incorporate an optional preconditioning at higher temperatures. This would offer added protection for users working in especially hot environments.
Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center will host the event May 30-June 4, 2015.
Charles Duhigg's presentation for Safety 2014 covers habit forming in the workplace and how getting a grasp on bad habits can improve one's work environment.
One of Safety 2014's sessions covered nanotechnology in the workplace and what it means for the EHS professional.
Thomas E. Kramer, chair of ASSE's Professional Development Conference Planning Committee for this year's annual conference, said attendees from 48 countries are participating this year.
The report to the president was prepared in response to his Executive Order 13650, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, issued in August 2013.
In an AIHce 2014 keynote speech, Worker Rights Consortium Executive Director Scott Nova said follow-up inspections are now under way, and 16 facilities were found to be imminent hazards.
Speaking with reporters at AIHce 2014, the association's government affairs director said two recent actions offer some hope for AIHA's top regulatory priority.
At the start of AIHce 2014, the American Industrial Hygiene Assocation and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists presented a variety of awards in various areas of industrial health and safety.
The agency released the results of its April impact inspections.
The agency cited a Bronx, N.Y., contractor for allegedly exposing workers to serious fall hazards and proposed $66,600 in fines.