The job safety analysis (JSA) performed for each particular job function will best determine what is needed in a safety shoe -- or if a safety shoe is needed at all.
Earlier SCBA alarms would be important protection for firefighters. Meanwhile, NFPA is moving to change its NFPA 1981 standard to require that indicators alarm at 33 percent of rated service time.
Allegedly willful violations of fall hazards were the cause of $315,000 of the penalties OSHA filed against two concrete contractors for a Jersey City, N.J. site.
The violations involve deficient lockout/tagout procedures, a lack of machine guarding, defective slings, poor housekeeping, a lack of protective footwear, and failing to have legible load ratings on slings.
Montreal is the destination and May 18-23 are the dates of next year's American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo.
John C. Sheptor detailed his company's four-year recovery process from a devastating explosion to an AIHce audience June 20 and said their 18,000-item action plan will be finished this year.
States that have them saved almost four times more per registered motorcycle than those without these laws, according to the study in CDC's MMWR.
MRA, a nonprofit employers association, announced the opening of this division on June 6.
Mike Rawlings, mayor of Dallas, spoke at a public officials breakfast June 12 as the AWWA annual conference reached its midpoint.
OSHA issued citations following a Jan. 21 inspection referred by the Illinois Department of Public Health that found two gun range operators were exposed to airborne lead levels up to 12 times the permissible level.
OSHA found that emergency exit access from a receiving and storage area was obstructed by the storage of pallets containing merchandise and equipment.
Award presentations and reports by President James M. Shannon are highlights of the June 11 session in Las Vegas.
The heat may not be to your liking when next year's ASSE conference takes place June 24-27 in Vegas, but McCarran International Airport's Terminal 3 may be.
An offering on display during this week's Safety 2012 conference brings the concept of fit testing to yet another PPE category.
OSHA's Little Rock Area Office initiated an inspection on Dec. 12, 2011, under the agency's National Emphasis Program for Chemicals.
LIUNA and the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America say the new law significantly increases penalties for violating environmental laws related to asbestos remediation.
Coal mines were issued 254 citations, 19 orders, and one safeguard, and metal/nonmetal operations were issued 52 citations and nine orders.
The show features more than 500 exhibitors in 77,600 square feet of sold expo space. This is significant because last year’s record-setting centennial expo in Chicago featured 475 exhibitors, taking up 75,000 square feet in expo space.
Last month, Mayor Michael Hancock said approval of the recommendation for Denver Civic Center "would shine a spotlight on this city treasure and help to deliver Denver as a world-class city."
The weak May jobs report on June 1 coincided with General Motors' report the same day that its U.S. vehicle sales rose 11 percent, Ford's report of 13 percent higher sales, and Chrysler's 30 percent increase.