Of all the tools professionals in the automotive service industry can take great pride in ownership of, the paint spray booth is perhaps one of the most coveted.
Tri-State Roofing and Sheet Metal Co. has been issued one general duty clause citation and one serious citation.
OSHA issued eight serious citations to TIMET for the incident.
"These products are intended to offer greater options and help create a continuum of care in a mass casualty incident. Together, they have the potential to eliminate resource-intensive steps, shorten hospital stays, and improve patient outcomes," said BARDA Director Robin Robinson, Ph.D.
MSHA issued the rule because it determined miners are exposed to pinning, crushing, and struck-by hazards when working near mobile machines in underground coal mines.
The biggest U.S. safety trade show of the year returns to the West Coast next October, taking place in the shadow of Disneyland at the Anaheim Convention Center.
The agency recommended that Park Compounding Pharmacy cease sterile operations and recall all non-expired sterile drug products; the company agreed to halt sterile operations but not to the recall.
New neuroscience institutes at Johns Hopkins University, The Rockefeller University, and the University of California, San Francisco, along with their commitment of more than $100 million in new funds for research on the brain and brain-related disorders, such as traumatic brain injuries, Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease.
Our time at the 2015 National Safety Congress & Expo was spent looking at a range of new products—both familiar and new.
Fall protection was the most common violation in 2015, followed by hazard communication.
The current oversight body is hampered by its structure: Three jurisdictions trade the leadership position, and it cannot levy penalties or halt revenue service, according to the board.
The 2015 DuPont™ Kevlar® Innovation Award recognizes innovative glove designs from Kevlar® licensees who challenge the boundaries of conventional cut protection.
"We see only a small portion of those at the top of the iceberg that are occupational illnesses and diseases," NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard said.
Worker training must be conducted at minimum every three years, although many companies do it more frequently, and employees now must be able to demonstrate skills and know-how.
Dr. Amy Harper of NSC says that highlighting the costs associated with injuries and illnesses will help persuade management to invest in safety.
Many small businesses fail to develop an emergency preparedness plan—until it's too late.
The WMATA corrective action plan was required by an FTA Safety Directive.