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Standard operating procedures (SOPs) outline the necessary steps to take in order to ensure inadvertent reenergization does not occur while specific and routine tasks are taking place. (Rockwell Automation, Inc. photo)

Process Automation and Lockout/Tagout: Finding the Proper Balance

This is the hard part, keeping the requirements in mind while also keeping your production humming along.

Pictograms are required safety data sheet elements that are intended to convey specific hazard information visually.

GHS in the New Year: Five Resolutions for Success

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.

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Evolution of the Met Guard

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.

Smartphones Are Employees' Lifeline During Disasters

Smartphone technology is making it easier for employees to quickly access disaster plans, with or without a WiFi connection.

Airborne pathogens are highly contagious.

Flu Cases Elevated Nationwide

CDC announced U.S. reports of flu illnesses, hospitalizations, and deaths are elevated.

AirAsia Aircraft Wreckage Found

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.

OSHA Cites Robertson Incorporated Bridge and Grading Division after 16-year-old Laborer Dies

The Wage and Hour Division has assessed the company penalties for violating child labor laws.

Pilz Ireland Wins IOSH Unit's Safety Company of the Year Award

Its SafeyEYE technology advances machine guarding, the unit's chairman said.

NFPA is seeking comments by Jan. 15, 2015, to a Tentative Interim Amendment to NFPA 1999, Standard on Protective Clothing for Emergency Medical Operations.

NFPA Amendment Would Update 1999 Clothing Standard

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.

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OSHA's 2014 SST Inspection Program Enters Final Months

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.

New York City Fire Department personnel are expected to answer a record 1.6 million emergency calls during 2014.

FDNY Setting Record in 2014: 1.6 Million Emergency Calls

The department announced that gas emergencies rose by 68 percent, while fires and fire deaths remain at historic lows.

Treating marijuana the same as alcohol is impossible for several reasons. There are no measurements for marijuana impairment that relate across the board to how we understand alcohol impairment.

Washington Judge Upholds County's Ban on Marijuana Businesses

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.

ASSE Files Comments on Total Worker Health Agenda

One suggestion is that NIOSH add another strategy encouraging research that helps employers determine how best to implement TWH organizationally.

State Department Issues Worldwide Travel Alert

It is based on the chocolate shop hostage incident in Sydney, Australia, on Dec. 15.

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