According to OSHA, each year 22 million employees are exposed to hazardous noises at work, making hearing loss the most common work-related injury. It’s time to understand, and consider, the role technology can play in workplace noise monitoring.
New research indicates that injury reduction campaigns – especially those for seafaring workers – should focus on personal protective equipment (PPE).
This year’s NSC 2019 Congress & Exposition is less than a week away, and this year, it’s in San Diego! You can follow all the action from the show floor by visiting our Live From NSC 2019 social zone at https://ohsonline.com/live.
San Diego Convention Center will be the backdrop for this year’s NSC Congress & Expo.
After a worker was burned at the Queen City, Texas facility, OSHA launched an investigation and found multiple violations.
In May, an Iowa worker fell 1,000 feet from a television antenna tower and died. Further investigation showed he was not wearing available fall protection equipment. The employer now faces two serious violations, including inadequate strength in a protection attachment.
A hard hat is designed to protect from impacts that could damage the brain, so take its upkeep seriously.
Training provided to workers must cover the physical and health hazards of chemicals in the work area and measures workers can take to protect themselves.
Today's safety professionals have more data at their fingertips than ever before, but simple hand lacerations continue to plague work sites, creating mountains of paperwork and productivity delays.
Utility workers need garments that not only provide protection from arc hazards and foul weather, but also ensure that they can be seen by others, reducing the risk of visibility-related workplace accidents.
The confined space standards for both general industry and the construction industry place great emphasis on safety training.
Respirators, when used correctly, can be an effective layer of protection for many tasks in and around a chemical plant.
You should strive to select the best CPC for worker protection.
Think of your hard hat as a walking billboard promoting your company and its safety principles.
Especially in the summer months, employee comfort is a critical factor as wearer comfort directly impacts a user's want-to-wear experience.
OSHA has cited Northridge Construction Corp for willful and serious violations of workplace safety standards following the fatality of one of the company’s employees. In the incident, the structure collapsed during the installation of roof panels to a shed in December 2018.
The Safety 2019 Professional Development Conference & Exposition went by in a busy blur! We’ve rounded up some of the highlights from the show floor—you can catch up on everything you may have missed on our Live From Safety 2019 Social Zone at OHSonline.com/live.
Next year's Professional Development Conference and Exposition will take place June 22-25, 2020.
The agency seeks companies that have adopted a "no tolerance" attitude toward occupational hearing loss and have both employees and management involved in preventing it, as well as organizations that have developed evidence-based, innovative approaches to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
New equipment, products, or chemicals might make the PPE that was perfect last year less than ideal for what you're doing now. It's also worth asking if any new OSHA rules affect the PPE you choose.