The United Kingdom, Finland, Japan, and South Korea also have ratified the 2006 ILO document recently.
Three incidents of the lights overheating and melting have been reported.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it changed all three strains for this year's influenza vaccine -- an unusual occurrence because usually only one or two strains are updated from year to year.
Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced yesterday that nine firms have agreed to pay the money for failing to report children's clothing products that pose a strangulation hazard.
The recalled devices can operate when the lock-off (safety) is in the
locked position, and when the trigger is not pulled and the contact
trip is depressed.
This year marks the 20th anniversary for the Chicagoland Safety & Health Conference, co-sponsored by the OSHA and slated for September 15-18 at Northern Illinois University, 1120 E. Diehl Road in Naperville.
China has the second highest number of cases of human rabies in the world, according to the report. In 2006, 140,000 animal bites were reported in Beijing, and, throughout China, nearly 3,300 people died from rabies the same year.
It is critical for employers to ensure employees assisting with the lift are properly trained--including signaling, load limits, and rigging techniques--and are aware of the hazards of operating a crane.
"Yesterday's earthquake was a wake-up call--a reminder to us to make the important changes we need to survive the inevitable," said the U.S. Geological Survey's Dr. Lucy Jones, on Wednesday.
Good communication is one of the most important tools for ensuring workers’ safety and work efficiency, especially when confronting the hazards of confined space entry. Benefits are also realized in productivity, costs, and workers’ confidence. In some circumstances, communication makes an otherwise impossible task possible.
The manufacturer says the defective ropes--sold at retailers nationwide from August 2006 through June 2008 for between $180 and $262--can break, posing a serious fall hazard for climbers.
In an average year, about 200 Americans die from heat-related illnesses, and during hot summers the toll can double. Many more suffer less severe heat-related problems. The August 2008 issue of Harvard Men’s Health Watch outlines three threats from the heat, along with simple precautions that can help people protect their health, and potentially their lives.
An ongoing red tide episode in northern New England and eastern Canada is likely associated with the current high levels of Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning toxins in lobsters harvested from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean from Northeastern Canada to South Carolina, the agency said.
While there have been no reports of major damage or injuries in Los Angeles, San Diego, or Tijuana, some buildings in downtown Los Angeles reportedly swayed for several seconds, prompting some precautionary evacuations.
The agency says that even though the pesticide is used on only a small percentage of the U.S. food supply, making the likelihood of exposure through food low, it has identified risks that do not meet the agency's rigorous food safety standards.
The 11 contaminants include naturally occurring substances, pesticides, herbicides, and chemicals used, or once used, in manufacturing.
Two companies, one in Bensenville, Ill., the other in Sonoma, Calif., are recalling the made-in-China products that were sold to educational supply distributors nationwide for at least the last five years.
July 31 meeting in Washington, D.C., comes 100 years after the U.S. hazmat transportation safety program began with enactment of the Transportation of Explosives and Other Dangerous Articles Act.
Swimming can pose hidden dangers if proper precautions aren’t taken, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.