Head and face hazards are a constant for workers in construction, waste management, and in some manufacturing settings.
Dock equipment keeps conditioned air inside. HVLS fans circulate air to boost employee comfort, safety, and efficiency.
There are a number of ways to guard against heat stress, and those can be divided into preventative measures, protective measures, and proper attire.
You may be eliminating perfectly good anchor points where it’s already difficult to achieve proper fall protection.
Weighty questions about the technologies include how the current standard for stability control testing can be amended for ADS vehicles that have no steering wheel.
It is much more effective to share with workers the ways and means the company has decided to do things, rather than let impersonal government regulations drive critical behaviors.
The safest way to design a product is to design out the dangers. If it’s impossible to design out all of the dangers, then you guard against those dangers.
The bill's author, Assemblyman James Gallagher, said the new law will ensure "that California leads national and global efforts to update and modernize dam safety requirements."
During the five-year alliance, participants will provide USITT and IATSE members with information and educational resources that address falls, electrical hazards, ergonomics, and other industry hazards.
The formal opinion is a step toward keeping drone operations safe and secure and the adoption of concrete regulatory proposals by the European Commission.
Safety managers are making an impact. While accident rates have fallen from a rate of 4,000 per 100,000 workers in 2000 to half that figure in 2015, these rates are still too high and the damages associated with them are still too extreme.
The new committee on exoskeletons and exosuits, F48, held its first meeting this month and decided what the subcommittees and task groups will focus on. The need for technical standards has grown as use of exoskeletons grows in manufacturing, military, health care, and other applications.
The board also will recommend removing a cap on the number of growers, processors, and dispensaries in West Virginia.
The question is how much demand from bidders there will be at the March 21 sale, given that U.S. oil and gas production is so high.
Many mine operators already have installed proximity detection systems in accordance with the regulation. MSHA posted a reminder to make sure the rest are in compliance by the deadline.
Together they have developed resources for the window cleaning industry, and IWCA has supported OSHA outreach campaigns such as the National Safety Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction, Safe + Sound Campaign, and the Heat Illness Prevention Campaign, while also providing training to its members on the new requirements for OSHA’s Walking-Working Surfaces and Personal Fall Protection Systems standard.
Gov. Kate Brown's executive order calls for a statewide strategy to combat addiction.