Electrical workplace safety deficiencies are among the top 10 violations most frequently cited by OSHA.
If injury potential is so predictable, why are employees so surprised when they are injured? Eye injuries may be predictable, but the exposures are not always apparent.
The calendar is full of big meetings from early September to mid-December, including VPPPA, NSC, A+A, the IFMA World Workplace 2011, and NFPA's Fire & Life Safety Conference.
Violations include failing to provide machine guards on a bandsaw blade, allowing aluminum dust to collect in the shot blast machine, and failing to implement explosion protection measures for equipment and exhaust ventilation systems.
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The number of construction fatalities in 2010 was 751, down from 834 in 2009 and 1,239 in 2006.
Eight serious violations involve a storage cabinet for flammable liquids that did not meet fire resistance requirements, an auger that did not have its power source locked out to prevent its activation while employees cleared jams, and blocked and unmounted fire extinguishers.
OSHA's Baton Rouge Area Office began its inspection March 10 following a report that an employee was fatally injured when a land-based portable rig, which was mounted on a barge, tipped over and crushed the employee to death.
This year's Fire-Rescue International conference put on by the International Association of Fire Chiefs gets rolling Aug. 26 at Atlanta's Georgia World Congress Center.
Two repeat violations with penalties of $30,000 involve to the company's failure to ensure workers were wearing safety glasses and ensure the proper level of compressed air was used for cleaning food particles.
Five years after the company was founded, it has landed a deal with the U.S. Marine Corps that opens more opportunities with the U.S. military, CEO Justin Miller says.
ABIH has approved the Aug. 31 event for 0.67 Industrial Hygiene Certification Maintenance (CM) points.
The $344 million acquisition is subject to customary closing conditions and expected to be completed in the third quarter of 2011.
About 50 events reached their maximum number of competitors and have been closed. Schedules for the events will be posted Aug. 15, and the games take place Aug. 26 through Sept. 5.
When hazardous drugs must be prepared and administered, there are workplace best practices that can minimize potentially harmful exposure. These include the use of engineering controls and personal protective equipment.
Fourteen serious violations involve the company's failure to install isolation devices on the dust collector system to prevent fires and explosions, keep steel beams and floors free of coffee and tea dust accumulation, and develop and implement an emergency action plan and training in the use of fire extinguishers.
Several large gifts already have been made to assist the institute and the 65 Faces Campaign marking its 65th anniversary.
The serious violation was cited for failing to ensure that employees who worked more than eight hours during a workday were not exposed to lead at concentrations greater than the reduced permissible exposure limit.
"The violations which related to improper management of the anhydrous ammonia system demonstrate a lax attitude towards a potentially catastrophic atmospheric release," said John Healy, OSHA area director in Englewood.
The 2010 Joint Action involves market surveillance of five new product categories in 21 European countries.