About 45,000 facilities are underutilized or obsolete, and investments in maintenance and repair have been inadequate for many years, the report says.
OSHA's inspection found a lack of fall protection for employees working on scaffolding and work surfaces at heights of up to 57 feet.
The new www.YouKnowStyrene.org from the Styrene Information & Research Center includes a section about exposure limits and health studies.
The fatal accident rate for curbside carriers from January 2005 to March 2011 was seven times higher than for conventional bus operations: 1.4 fatal accidents per 100 vehicles for curbside carriers compared with 0.2 fatal accidents per 100 vehicles for conventional scheduled carriers.
While the time change provides an additional hour of slumber, sleep experts from Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago warn that the one hour shift in time can be disruptive to sleep patterns and recommend people use the end of daylight saving time as a time to evaluate their sleep habits.
During the industry's big meeting in Philadelphia, leaders in the PPE industry said they're doing well and are optimistic about business next year.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's provisional settlement of a case that began in 2007 shows again that selling a dangerous product can be heavily punished.
The 2010-2011 statistics show 171 fatalities, up from 147 the previous year. Injuries declined year over year, however.
The worker was removing a wooden pallet from a shot blast tumbler barrel when the wire rope cable on the loader bucket broke, causing the bucket to fall and strike the worker.
The resources include a list of potentially life-threatening infectious diseases, including emerging infectious diseases, and specifying those diseases routinely transmitted through airborne or aerosolized means.
The case includes nine per-instance willful citations for failing to require respirator use by six workers exposed to dust above the permissible exposure limit and failing to adequately protect three dust collection units which collect dusts such as starch, potato base, cellulose fiber, and pea protein.
OSHA unveiled its top 10 most frequently cited violations during a live presentation yesterday on the expo floor at NSC.
Multi-purpose gloves and a new system for managing gas detection data highlight some of what's new.
EPA will revise hearing protectors' labels in 2012, Howard Leight's Theresa Schulz predicts, but when is uncertain.
OSHA's Dr. David Michaels joins NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard and Michael Silverstein, assistant director of Washington State's state plan agency, for an NSC panel discussing the value of safety management systems.
The 2011 Robert W. Campbell Award and the 2011 Green Cross for Safety Award winners were announced Oct. 31.
Experts identified combustible dust safety hazards and offered tips on how to mitigate risks in "Combustible Dust, the NSC Focus Team Perspective." An OSHA expert said no timetable has been set for an OSHA rule.