OSHA cites a Champaign, IL facility for $144,000 in proposed fines.
The first 7000-series train will be tested for months before the new cars carry passengers, according to the agency.
Time, money, safety, productivity, and even employee morale are on the line when implementing equipment-based solutions.
The height and cylindrical shape of tanker trucks can pose a real safety risk to workers who have to climb around on top of them.
What do you do about a problem that is never going away? I think you have to design around it.
It was designed to test harnesses, connecting and anchorage devices, lifeline systems, confined space equipment, and escape and rescue products according to global regulatory standards.
The employee fell about 125 feet in August while installing a microwave dish on a cellular tower in Louise, Miss.
The Long Island, N.Y.-based contractor is cited for alleged fall and scaffolding hazards.
Slip-resistant flooring in all railcars and better lighting inside the mezzanines of underground stations in the transit system of the nation’s capital are in the works.
The company allegedly failed to correct workplace health and safety hazards cited from previous OSHA inspections.
Researchers will try to correlate head injuries with later health problems through the two-year, $2.4 million study.
Foss Manufacturing Co. in Hampton, NH, received $115,000 in proposed fines along with the citations.
"We hit a sweet spot. We'll be here for the long haul," Honeywell Life Safety President Mark Levy said Sept. 18.
According to ANSI standards, fall protection equipment should be inspected by the user before each use and inspected at least once a year by a competent person.
Nevada OSHA inspectors issued six citations against Cirque du Soleil and three against the hotel-casino because of Sarah Guillot-Guyard's death last July.
Sailors must now wear life jackets when watching topside aboard Navy submarines.
The goal of the effort by the Philadelphia Insurance Companies is to help businesses avoid serious slips and falls during the fall and winter.
The deadline is Jan. 10, and the awards will be presented at the Indiana Safety and Health Conference and Expo, which will be held Feb. 18-20, 2014, in Indianapolis.
The National Safety Council's big annual conference will return to the Southern California city, which is planning to expand its convention center.
The top ten list announced Sept. 30 contains many familiar items, including Hazard Communication, powered industrial trucks, lockout/tagout, and electrical general requirements.