The Health and Safety Executive issued four recommendations as businesses prepare for a five-hour walkout by members of the Fire Brigades Union on Oct. 19.
The citations for an unsafe workplace total more than $34,000 in fines.
Users can silence incoming calls and texts so they won’t be distracted by them, and they can configure Driving Mode to send automatic replies to calls or texts while they're driving.
The emergency regulations announced Oct. 11 would implement a methodology for collecting an annual assessment to fund the state plan's Process Safety Management Program.
The individual was struck by a load of rebar as it was being unloaded from his truck, according to the San Jose Mercury News' report.
The company's new "Dynamic Partnerships for a New Economy" playbook is intended to help businesses and community colleges to train workers for industrial skilled trades.
New studies suggest that understanding bosses, a cooperative environment and a social support network are the keys to a healthy workplace free of bullying.
Health promotion programs also save employers money, a study in the October issue of ACOEM's Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine confirms.
Though steps have been taken to make state-operated mental health institutions safer, violent acts are still occurring.
A seminar on psychological health suggests that mental injuries exist and should be taken seriously.
This third case reportedly involves a rookie cornerback on the football team. A Duke Infection Control Outreach Network specialist spoke with the players and the team’s staff on Friday and answered their questions.
The deadline is Jan. 10, and the awards will be presented at the Indiana Safety and Health Conference and Expo, which will be held Feb. 18-20, 2014, in Indianapolis.
Though the shutdown prevented OSHA from announcing it, the agency has proposed $118,300 in fines again Adair Grain Inc., which owned the fertilizer storage facility that blew up in the Texas town.
Attorney General Pam Bondi filed the emergency rule this week that designates them a Schedule I substances.
The agency's chairman said carryover funds are exhausted, and the agency cannot function without a new appropriation.
Three were found along the state's coast recently by Oregon State Police Hazardous Device Technicians and Air Force Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel, prompting the Oct. 7 alert.
Following several serious incidents earlier this year, yet another garment factory in Bangladesh suffers a fire that kills 9.