Editor’s note: With 2008 sales of $6.9 billion generated by an integrated network of more than 600 branches, 18 distribution centers, and multiple Web sites, Chicago-based W.W. Grainger Inc. is a leading supplier of safety and facilities maintenance products, serving businesses and institutions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, China, and Panama.
Painters, janitors, helpers, apprentices, and any other worker who may come in contact with equipment that could be exposed and energized will require electrical safety training.
Training is critical, including a relevant, compelling message that explains the reasons for precautions as much as the precautions themselves.
The JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa in Tucson, Arizona is the site for the Incentive Marketing Association's 10th Annual IMA Executive Summit, with leaders promising access to "the most valuable, intellectual capital in the incentive industry."
Flash mentoring, communicating change, and adapting under fire are only part of the cutting-edge learning to be available both live and virtually during ASTD's 2009 International Conference & Exposition through June 3 in Washington, D.C.
Because products used in a nail salon may be extremely flammable, no one should be allowed to smoke in the vicinity. As required by OSHA, employees should be provided training on hazard communication (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.1200) and on the proper storage and handling of flammable liquids (OSHA 29 CFR 1910.106).
The promise and potential hazard of nanotechnology are both being explored at a rapid pace, Acting NIOSH Director Christine M. Branche reported recently.
For users, the key to the new ANSI/ISEA 201 standard is a label that will provide information to make garment selection based on the work environment and tasks.
The 94th annual meeting in the series will take place at the sumptuous Manchester Grand Hyatt hotel in San Diego, Calif.
Interviewed by OH&S Editor Jerry Laws by e-mail, OSHA Underground blogger Kane and OSHA Aboveground's Abel answered 30 questions about OSHA's effectiveness, its best leader in recent years and who should now take command, and how employees are affected by the snail's pace of regulations.
More than a million U.S. workers are exposed to potentially harmful vibrations from the tools they use at work, says Joseph D. McGarry, president of Gloves-Online.com.
In a field where hand washing and hygiene is of utmost importance, studies indicate compliance among health care providers is well below 50 percent, on average.
Lightning has proven to be one of nature's most deadly forces. Having the right tools and information can help you significantly reduce the risks and liabilities associated with this common and dangerous threat.
Workers' compensation is just one of the challenges during economic hard times. There are many others leaders must manage in their organizations.
The Construction Safety Council offers a free online course that requires six to eight hours to complete, depending on the study's existing knowledge of excavations. No college or CE credits are awarded for the course.