The American Industrial Hygiene Association recently announced that its 2011 AIHce opening general session speaker Gene Kranz, NASA Flight Control director and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, will be signing his recent book at the AIHA booth following his presentation.
This guide accompanies other OSHA compliance materials on crane-related topics available on the agency's website including a PowerPoint overview, Web chat transcript, Webinar, and fact sheets.
The Department of Labor's Office of Disability Employment Policy has posted an online toolkit comprised of resources to assist federal agencies in recruiting, employing and retaining individuals with disabilities.
The Food and Drug Administration has expanded the use of Allergan's LAP-BAND Adjustable Gastric Banding System, a device implanted around the upper part of the stomach to limit the amount of food that can be eaten at one time.
Research has shown that bystander CPR can double — even triple — survival from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.
OSHA cited the company with 16 safety and health violations that include allowing explosive dust to accumulate and exposing workers to 1.2 times the permissible exposure limit for unwashed cotton dust.
Ten members of the New York City Fire Department joined the Flying Karamazov Brothers last month to film the educational video titled "Safety's Hot, Fire's Not."
According to the NTSB report, the tugboat mate made or received 21 calls during the 2 hours leading up to the July 7 accident.
OSHA's Houston South Area Office began its investigation on Sept. 14, 2010, at the company's South Freeway facility, where an employee died after a pallet-pulling machine came loose and struck him on the head.
Mike Strickland's leadership in safety, environmental programs, and recovery after several disasters earned him KellerOnline's 2010 Safety Professional of the Year.
A new report from the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health says workdays lost to injury and illness rose from 98.4 per 100 workers in 2006 to 114.3 in 2009.
The proposal would require railroads to establish toll-free telephone numbers to allow the public to report malfunctioning highway-rail grade crossing warning signals, disabled vehicles blocking crossings, or any other unsafe conditions at crossings.
OSHA alleges that workers in the Hamden store's service area were exposed to electric shock hazards from damaged power cords, as well as to cuts and lacerations from a grinder that lacked a safety guard, a tongue guard, and guarding of its spindle end.
Several employees at a Tennessee elephant refuge were infected in 2009, including some who had no close contact with the animals. Air flow tests indicated bacteria that were aerosolized during routine pressure washing of a quarantine barn entered an adjacent administrative building.
Laurence Golborne is receiving a Special Achievement Award during the March 7 awards program in Toronto during the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s annual convention, billed as the world’s largest annual mining convention.
In August 2010, anhydrous ammonia leaked out of a 12-inch pipe located on the roof of a Millard Refrigerated Services facility, due to hydraulic shock within the pipe.
Officials representing five countries -- Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan -- where the safety of aging dams is a concern have agreed to continue their cooperation.