Employers should be prepared to address new hazards for chemicals, even for chemicals that have been used in the workplace for years.
Dec. 5 is the new deadline for public comments on the agency’s proposal to revise 30 CFR 250 subpart H, Oil and Gas Production Safety Systems, to address recent technological advances.
It will apply to flight duty periods starting on or after Jan. 4, 2014, but the agency is allowing carriers to implement it beginning Dec. 9, 2013.
The NFPA and the Fire Protection Research Foundation will present it in London next May.
The Nov. 14 national safety stand down is for onshore oil and gas exploration and production operations.
The PHMSA safety advisory said an investigation indicated Beauchesne Fire Equipment of Attleboro Falls, Mass., marked about 5,900 high-pressure compressed gas cylinders with test dates and Requalifier Identification Number H557 in 2011 and 2012 without conducting the prescribed hydrostatic testing of them.
Safety training is finally taking the next giant step in the right direction.
Company executives christened a gleaming new Training & Customer Experience Center where workers can get hands-on experience with confined space entry and rescue, communication tower climbing/rescue, servicing a wind energy nacelle, installing and using fall anchorages on a residential roof, and rescuing a co-worker from an oil rig’s catwalk and pipe rack.
The successful uprighting of the stranded ship has made history.
The AED maker will help meet the public safety agency demand for PulsePoint’s app that alerts CPR-trained citizens by smartphone to nearby sudden cardiac arrest emergencies.
The agency's new report lists four core actions it says must be taken to prevent the spread of infections. Meanwhile, the U.S. Senate HELP Committee has set a Sept. 24 hearing on ways to reduce health care-associated infections.
Most people assume power will be out and they won't be able to reach loved ones or access crucial information, but that's not always true, Region III's administrator notes.
Based on its investigation of the Lac-Megantic derailment, the Transportation Safety Board of Canada sent advisory letters to U.S. and Canadian agencies, and NTSB said it shares TSB's concerns.
This triggers the 90-day countdown to the deadline for filing comments on a proposal that is the most important regulatory action by OSHA this year, so far.
It will help physicians cope with the tougher environment after revisions take effect Sept. 23, 2013, according to the organization.
e campaign was funded by the Prevention and Public Health Fund, which Harkin authored as chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee.
CPSC announced the recall of about 16,000 semi-automatic air pistols by Crosman Corp. of Bloomfield, N.Y.