The agency has given feedback on how to improve the consensus standard.
OSHA found multiple safety issues in its visits to the plant.
The inventors were chosen during the first "Hear and Now—Noise Safety Challenge," hosted by OSHA and MSHA.
21 serious violations were given to PECOFacet.
Get a grip on safety with new single-use glove technologies.
Differentiating between contaminants that are gaseous or dust can be crucial in ensuring your PAPR is the proper PAPR.
When the correct level of persistence is applied toward identifying the hazard exposures, true cost savings will be seen every time.
Glasses are more protective, resilient, and fashionable than ever before.
When respiratory hazards cannot be eliminated and employers are considering using respiratory protection, choosing the right respirator is the key.
Twenty-two companies, including four multiple winners, won in the magazine's eighth annual New Product of the Year contest. Winners will receive their trophies at the 2016 National Safety Congress & Expo in Anaheim.
The annual forklift rodeo is a highlight of the event being held in Spokane. The 2016 Governor's Lifesaving Awards will be presented during a luncheon at the conference Sept. 29.
As many as 16 million Americans have uncorrected vision impairments, according to the report, which urges efforts to eliminate avoidable impairments by 2030.
Hearing damage is pervasive, both from occupational exposures and from recreational exposures. According to NIOSH, U.S. business paid more than $1.5 million in penalties last year for not protecting workers from noise and an estimated $242 million is spent annually on workers' compensation for hearing loss disability.
VPPPA's regional conference calendar is packed in late spring and summer next year, starting with the Region IX conference in early April.
New Orleans is a very popular destination and Louisiana is in VPPPA's Region VI, the biggest region, which encompasses Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Louisiana.
The pre-conference program identifies 10 technical sessions as "hot topics" for this year—and they look very promising.
Allowing time for workers to acclimate to working in cold weather and limiting the length of outdoor shifts help prevent cold-related injuries. The right types of protective clothing are also essential.
The chance of experiencing dry eye disease rises with age, affecting approximately 5 percent of the adult population age 30-40 and 10-15 percent of adults older than age 65; it is more common among women.
OSHA is asking companies to make sure employees use the proper equipment when required.
13 serious and one other-than-serious violation were found.