A $25,000 fine follows the death of an employee at the employer's high-temperature sauna, OSHA announced.
With a wireless connection, more eyes can monitor underground work and other potentially dangerous work situations.
Understanding the potential health risks and correctly classifying the degrees of severity will aid in respirator selection.
The alliance will focus on sharing information about OSHA's emphasis programs, health laws, and standards.
Silo collapse occurred in December 2013 at a facility cited for several safety violations in June.
Foss Manufacturing Co. in Hampton, NH, received $115,000 in proposed fines along with the citations.
When a person is performing atmospheric testing, he or she must accurately sample the atmosphere to ensure no hazardous gases are present.
"We hit a sweet spot. We'll be here for the long haul," Honeywell Life Safety President Mark Levy said Sept. 18.
The agency has proposed $113,400 in fines against Sherman Brothers Trucking Inc., doing business as Team Transport Inc.
After a construction worker died being swept away in a sewer, federal investigators are trying to determine what went wrong and whether or not any OSHA violations occurred.
Company executives christened a gleaming new Training & Customer Experience Center where workers can get hands-on experience with confined space entry and rescue, communication tower climbing/rescue, servicing a wind energy nacelle, installing and using fall anchorages on a residential roof, and rescuing a co-worker from an oil rig’s catwalk and pipe rack.
The document is designed as a "best practices" guide for working in and around confined spaces.
Virginia Tech researchers received the IEEETransactions in Automation Science and Engineering's Best Paper Award for their development of a sensor and alarm system to detect when a worker's blood oxygen level shows carbon monoxide poisoning is imminent.
Oct. 1’s third keynote session, a new addition to the educational program this year, looks like a "must attend" session of its own: the Prescription Drug Keynote.
Several cleaning technologies are available. They greatly reduce the risk of slips and falls and equipment injuries from working inside tanks where water or cleaning solutions collect at the bottom.
ASSE's Safety 2013 conference includes more than 250 sessions and one of the best safety and health exhibit halls of the year.
One willful and two serious violations were discovered by OSHA investigators at a Niagara Falls worksite.
Several educational sessions and expo products are aimed at the booming oil & gas market.
The company now could owe more than $72,000.
It's time to talk health and safety in Montreal at the 73rd AIHce event.