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The Automation and Control Solutions segment, which includes Honeywell Life Safety, posted a 3 percent gain in sales and 12 percent gain in profit in 2008’s fourth quarter.
Yesterday's full-year results for the company as a whole were welcome good news: Total sales were a record $25.3 billion, up 3.3 percent. The Safety, Security and Protection Services unit's 2008 sales actually rose 2.9 percent in the fourth quarter and totaled $3.6 billion for the year, up from $3.1 billion in 2007.
The event, from 11 a.m. to noon Central, opens the series with Editor Joel Haight participating and a focus on successful management of safety engineering work.
California Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. filed a lawsuit to recover $4.13 million in lost wages, benefits and penalties from a drywall contractor who "cruelly and illegally" violated the rights of its workers by prohibiting them from taking rest breaks, denying overtime pay and forcing them to work without safety equipment.
OSHA has cited the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics for nine alleged serious safety violations and proposed $56,700 in fines against the laboratory as a result of an Aug. 6, 2008, accident that seriously injured an employee.
The proposed revisions would allow certain machine-based fit tests to be conducted more quickly and increase the required score for passing them.
The program comes in the form of a CD-based PowerPoint presentation and instructor notes that are separated into a train-the-trainer section and four individual PPE modules for ease of training ready mix concrete personnel.
Frost & Sullivan's China consultant for Chemicals, Material & Food Practice, Vivian Chen, says the global financial crisis has had a great impact on quite a few industries in China, including construction and petrochemicals, which traditionally create a large demand for PPE.
Acting OSHA chief Thomas Stohler is the signer of the Jan. 9 letter, which ISEA requested on May 19, 2008. The letter's impact in courts isn't certain, but there are hundreds of thousands of pending claims, according to ISEA.
The time is right for all parties -- including the National Association of Manufacturers and the U.S. Chamber -- to adopt a new approach, ISEA President Daniel K. Shipp said Wednesday.
The voluntary submissions EPA has received contain scant EH&S data, and much of the information they do contain is kept secret from the public because the companies submitting the data claim it is confidential business information.
OSHA has proposed $115,500 in fines against Kahr Arms of Worcester, Mass., for alleged willful and serious violations of workplace health and safety standards at its Goddard Memorial Drive manufacturing plant and testing facility.
Announced today, the deal for approximately $200 million "is believed to be the largest acquisition in the history of the protective case industry," Pelican said.
Both the developing brain and the aging brain can suffer from lead exposure, according to a report that appears in the January issue of Neuropsychology, titled "Association of Cumulative Lead and Neurocognitive Function in An Occupational Cohort" and published by the American Psychological Association. For older people, a buildup of lead from earlier exposure may be enough to result in greater cognitive problems after age 55, according to a follow-up study of adults exposed to lead at work.
Designed for power systems professionals, the event will offer educational resources and networking opportunities with leading industry authorities, manufacturers, and suppliers.
More than 25 residential homebuilders, together employing more than 1,600 employees, participate in the program.
The pact will target specific hazards, including falls, combustible dusts, trenching/excavation, 'struck-by' object hazards associated with local petrochemical and construction industries, and more.
The seven goals listed today start with making protecting workers on the job a top priority for President Obama and the 111th Congress. Goal 3: Count all occupational injuries and illnesses.
So what’s new with respirators? It’s true that most respirator designs do not change much from year to year. And when they do, the changes are very likely within the expected evolutionary range.Components are enhanced by technology to provide more safety for users. Cartridge designs are a little sleeker. The air for air-supplied respirators is bottled in a smaller or larger cylinder that may be made from a new material or improved by a new manufacturing process.