New safety initiatives and a National Academy of Sciences study have come in response to dozens of accidents in recent years at industrial and academic labs.
Oct. 1’s third keynote session, a new addition to the educational program this year, looks like a "must attend" session of its own: the Prescription Drug Keynote.
Specialty gloves designed to withstand the hazards of high-pressure jetting strikes must be used to prevent injury, and they can be used in other industrial applications where the operator is exposed to high-pressure fluids.
If you don't know where you're going, any path will take you there.
Lockout/tagout and rubber insulating gloves help to protect workers.
The association's room block at the Gaylord Opryland hotel will expire this Friday.
The reconstruction of I-74 and I-55 in Tazewell County by Fred Weber Inc. includes demolishing six bridges and two tunnels, replacing several miles of pavement, and rebuilding ramps.
It runs through the end of 2013 and is open to North American entrants.
Sales of $2.4 billion in the quarter were 6 percent higher than a year ago, and earnings rose 14 percent to $218 million, the company announced July 17.
The notice of proposed rulemaking would align its regulations with the 2010 Coast Guard Authorization Act.
Proven strategies and technologies will protect workers and speed the recovery from arc flash incidents in mining operations.
The Aug. 26-29 national conference, one of the top annual events on the safety community's calendar, will take place at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville.
The committee's members are international experts who will meet July 9 and July 11.
The Safe-in-Sound Excellence in Hearing Loss Prevention Awards™ are a partnership between NIOSH and the National Hearing Conservation Association to honor excellent hearing loss prevention practices in the workplace.
They died Sunday while fighting the Yarnell Fire, which may have destroyed as many as 250 homes.
The agreement followed negotiations after inspections at 42 facilities in 2009-10 found violations of OSHA electrical standards.
Safety is no longer "in the rear view mirror chasing upper management objectives." We are now leaders of the merged upper management team that runs the company.
ANSI Z359.7-2011 took effect on Oct. 3, 2012. It applies to all products within the Z359 Fall Protection Code.
This is key: Once the right risk assessment data is collected, it should be used to implement a long-term fall protection abatement program.
New wrinkles in hard hats include one sourced from sugar cane and another with an ultraviolet indicator to help the wearer determine when the hard hat should be replaced.