Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) that took effect July 1 also require all ships to have plans and procedures to recover people from the water.
The comparison for calendar year 2010 found, after making data comparability adjustments, total U.S. private-sector fatalities were 2,530 and total EU fatalities were 3,353.
There is no health reason that can explain why health care providers in the highest-prescribing states wrote almost three times as many opioid painkiller prescriptions as their counterparts in the lowest-prescribing state.
Work is under way July 1 to install the next-to-last sponsor on the ship's port side. It will be refloated within two weeks.
We have recently discovered that many petrochemical processing plants should take action on 50 percent or more of their installed gauges.
Proper equipment and ongoing training save lives and boost employee morale.
"Every good emergency vehicle will have binoculars in the cab so the responder does not have to get too close to the hazard but can see the vehicle and its markings."
The airworthiness directive for certain Airbus Helicopters Model EC120B and EC130B4 helicopters requires replacing parts of the sliding door star support attachment assembly, depending on the outcome of required inspections.
Innovators such as Google, Microsoft, HP, and Logitech are all working on augmented reality displays that help with way finding and technical visualizations, among other applications.
Optimize your equipment to meet ANSI requirements, address facility needs, and provide workers the best washdown coverage.
Although hard hats are among the most commonly worn types of PPE, U.S. workers continue to face an unacceptable number of head injuries.
Buddy systems can increase complacency of workers in the field due to a false sense of greater safety.
Implement a fall protection system that saves your employees and your budget.
There is a growing global push toward hazardous location competency training.
A synergistic approach for integrating occupational safety and health protection with health promotion reduces costs, increases employee productivity, and boosts organizational performance.