Just in time for thousands of safety professionals' arrival to attend the Safey 2017 conference next week, the city's airport offers travelers tips for surviving its busiest season.
De-energizing equipment does not absolve the facility from the responsibility of performing an arc flash analysis or providing the necessary PPE.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, up to 40 percent of workers will suffer from occupational dermatitis at some point in their working lives.
Employers and workers need to pay special attention to minimum recommended safety requirements of approved standards and safe working procedures.
Today's safety eyewear can be so lightweight and comfortable that at times workers don't even notice they are wearing it once it's on.
Computer work is more visually demanding than any other type of office work.
Flash fires and fuel-fed fires are two different hazards, and it's critical to distinguish between the two for various safety reasons.
We're better equipped than ever before to provide hand protection to industrial workers. The biggest challenge is making sure regulations and standards around PPE and hand protection keep pace.
This could be the most consequential annual conference for the society in many years.
What's shocking is that many workers are not using rubber insulating equipment because they simply don't know they need it.
When vision is impaired, quality of life and the ability to work experience a drastic and unfortunate decline. Preventing eye injuries should be a top task on every safety professional's to-do list.
They can quickly retrieve important information about chemicals' health effects while in the field, explains Naomi Hudson, DrPH, MPH, a health scientist in NIOSH's Education and Information Division.
The money is part of the Brookwood-Sago grant program.
The association's The Synergist magazine explores PPE practices for the young industry.
The Ohio company has been cited for willful violations of machine safety procedures.
The administration is seeking applications from nonprofit organizations interested in providing occupational safety and health classes.
The year's biggest U.S industrial hygiene show, AIHce EXP docks in the Emerald City next month.
Decision makers must consider that in many cases, workers have to wear hearing protection for eight hours.
The contest seeks algorithms or methods for increasing the clarity of conversations in noisy settings.
To prevent this population of firefighters from developing hearing loss, the authors recommend enrolling all wildland firefighters in a hearing conservation program and that fire agencies maintain fire service-specific hearing loss prevention programs.