The NIOSH director and the OSHA administrator also discussed construction falls, silica exposures, GHS, and incentives during their joint keynote Oct. 23 at the National Safety Congress & Expo.
The Sanford and Susan Greenberg Prize, $2 million in gold bullion, will go to the person or group deemed most responsible for ending blindness by Dec. 13, 2020.
The council already has begun collecting safety professionals' stories via a 100 Years of Safety website.
The new standard will help to ensure safe online transactions and personal information exchanged over the Internet, as well as protecting computers when the users are browsing websites.
Three of the top five violations OSHA cited during FY2012 involved working at height.
In a panel discussion at the 2012 National Safety Council Congress & Expo on Oct. 22, Honeywell executives explained how the company's "culture of safety" approach aids employers and workers.
The Oct. 15 ribbon cutting officially opened a 15,200-square-foot facility in Mobile, Ala., that includes a training room, conference rooms, and a multi-function space that can be used for emergency response operations and drills.
Wind Energy Update is hosting the second annual Offshore Wind Health and Safety Summit.
The former Labor and Transportation secretary accepted the Flame of Life Award on Oct. 22, while the former airline pilot made famous by the "Miracle on the Hudson" event in New York City gave a stirring keynote.
The state agency faces claims that it failed to enforce its own outdoor work regulations.
The top 10 sources of repeated false fire alarms were hospitals, the London Fire Brigade reported.
Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin ordered state flags on the State Capitol's grounds to be lowered to half-staff on Oct. 21.
Safety leaders for UPS, Captive Resources LLC, and the IBEW were elected to serve two-year terms.
CEO Dave Cote said "the commercial aerospace outlook, increasing infrastructure spending, and oil and gas investments" are encouraging.
A new report highlights issues that pose safety threats to disabled visitors and employees in the U.S. Capitol and congressional buildings.
The subsidiary of Tyco International is also celebrating 80 years of operation and its role in helping to safeguard industrial, military, and fire service customers around the world.
Used for dental procedures, the devices have been recalled by Accutron, Inc. following two customer complaints that the device was flowing nitrous oxide gas without any oxygen gas flow.