The Jan. 9-10 event includes a regulatory/compliance panel discussion and seven other presentations on specific topics.
Our new training curriculum for residential frame carpenters proved the skeptics wrong.
Each of these 10 elements of fall protection must be mastered by the end user.
Wind energy impacts the economy, environment, and employee safety in significant ways.
Ten thousand typical homes on the island can be powered by the eight wind turbines installed on a ridge of the Haleakala volcano.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' 249th Prime Power Battalion non-commissioned officers conducted the training on safety fundamentals, power line maintenance, operating bucket trucks, and operating augur trucks used to drill and place utility poles.
City Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri and his department urged contractors and property owners to follow 10 safety tips for preparing their construction sites for winter.
A West Midlands steel company has been ordered to pay that amount after one of its employees was crushed to death by a 15-tonne crane.
Both mentioned it during Dec. 4 presentations at the 2012 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety Conference in Dallas.
The holiday season in the United States typically is marked by fires, driving hazards, and increased fall and electrical hazards at home. What better time to focus on safety at home, at work, and on the road?
The International Safety Equipment Association's brief online survey asks buyers, users, and specifiers of PPE where they obtain product information, whether existing trade shows have value, and how to make them better.
After reviewing an appeal from an Ohio-based painting company, a judge has upheld the citations OSHA filed against the company.
Before Dec. 15, conduct an on-site compliance check. Confirm that workers elevated 6 feet or more above the lower level of a structure have OSHA-acceptable forms of fall protection.
The American Wind Energy Association and its allies are pleading with Congress to prevent the Production Tax Credit from expiring this year.
OSHA is about to begin enforcing an interpretation of 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which requires workers 6 feet or more above lower levels to be protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or alternative fall protection measures allowed by other provisions of 29 CFR 1926.501(b) for particular types of work.
The National Safety Council celebrated its centennial in style, although not without some grumbling from exhibitors, and looked forward to the next chapter in its long history of service and advocacy.
This year's quartet discussed the value of prescription safety glasses, elements of a quality respiratory program, the new ANSI/ASSE Z359.14-2012 standard for self-retracting devices, and the added value of buying PPE from a Qualified Safety Sales Professional.
Three of the top five violations OSHA cited during FY2012 involved working at height.
A new report highlights issues that pose safety threats to disabled visitors and employees in the U.S. Capitol and congressional buildings.
OSHA renewed it for two additional years.