One takeaway: The first step to an effective risk management approach is to divest from the outcome and focus on the execution.
As you are aware, the deadline to train employees on GHS has passed. However, it is required to train new employees, as well as provide training when a new physical or health hazard is introduced into the workplace.
Advanced foam technology is being used in integrated metatarsal guards that are raising the bar on impact protection.
Smartphone technology is making it easier for employees to quickly access disaster plans, with or without a WiFi connection.
CDC announced U.S. reports of flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths are elevated.
The airline announced Dec. 30 that The National Search and Rescue Agency Republic of Indonesia has confirmed debris found floating in the Karimata Strait is from flight QZ8501.
The Wage and Hour Division has assessed the company penalties for violating child labor laws.
The grant is targeted at Ethiopia.
Its SafeyEYE technology advances machine guarding, the unit's chairman said.
The organization's Tentative Interim Amendment would revise its Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations in order to better protect first responders from the Ebola virus.
The 2014 Site-Specific Targeting program ends in March of 2015, so right now OSHA Area Offices are working to finish all of the inspections on lists that were created early in the year, to satisfy quotas before the next SST program directive is issued.
The department announced that gas emergencies rose by 68 percent, while fires and fire deaths remain at historic lows.
Attorney General Bob Ferguson said this is the fifth judicial ruling agreeing with his January 2014 opinion that Initiative 502 does not override local governments' authority to regulate or ban marijuana businesses.
One suggestion is that NIOSH add another strategy encouraging research that helps employers determine how best to implement TWH organizationally.
It is based on the chocolate shop hostage incident in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 15.