OSHA found that The Hartford's data center policy required electricians employed by its maintenance contractor, Grubb & Ellis, to perform work in live electrical panels for computer equipment without first de-energizing the panels.
Homeowners are advised to be vigilant in eliminating places where water can collect and stand in their yards and gardens.
Celebrating its seventh consecutive record year, this organization has grown far beyond its roots as a jan/san buying group.
Most customers using the FAST 5000SM machines find they have better control of their PPE and MRO supplies than ever before.
Online SafetyManager, management tools organized into "Four Corners of Safety," was a hot item during the 2011 Grainger Show.
An investigative team deployed to the Tennessee company's site May 27 -- the third serious accident CSB has investigated there, according to the board.
"It is projected that we can expect more serious storms and tornadoes during the summer," said ASSE President Darryl C. Hill. "Thus, it is imperative we plan accordingly.”
Serious violations include failing to ensure the safe and proper use of step ladders, to keep floor surfaces free of water to prevent slipping or sliding, and to provide an adequate and timely emergency response plan for night shift workers.
The repeat violations include a lack of guardrails on work platforms greater than 4 feet above the ground, a lack of eyewash and shower, and unguarded machinery.
OSHA's Little Rock office initiated a safety inspection on Dec. 22, 2010, at the company's facility on Frazier Pike following a report that a worker was crushed to death by being caught between two pipes on a conveyor.
OSHA cited AMD Industries Inc. of Cicero for 19 allegedly willful and eight allegedly serious violations after inspecting its facilities at the request of the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.
On Nov. 30, 2010, an OSHA inspector found two of the store's emergency exits blocked by filled totes and wooden crates, and informed management that the exits must not be blocked.
Questions include whether respondents already have a safety management system, whether they perform annual inspections, who manages safety at their establishments, and what kinds of hazards they encounter at their facilities.
Some members of the LinkedIn Combustible Dust Policy Institute Group are concerned that the fire service may not be involved in discussions as the proposed standard is being developed.
Mike Weightman's interim report for the British government said there's no need to curtail operations at the country's nuclear power plants in light of the Japanese crisis.
Besides infection and allergic reactions, excessive mold growth indoors can result in offensive, musty odors from the gases released by certain molds as they grow and die.
OSHA's inspection of the beef processing and packaging company was initiated in November 2010 under the agency's Site-Specific Targeting Program, through which OSHA focuses on employers with higher-than-average occupational injury and illness rates.
Upper Iowa University's Fayette campus will be the first U.S. university to install what is billed as an intelligent evacuation system from Lightstep Technologies of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
BHP Billiton on May 13 published its final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement for a huge expansion of its Olympic Dam operation in South Australia.
OSHA found exit routes blocked by bins, carts, boxes and other equipment, and electrical control panels blocked by carts and bins.