The Sustainable Workplace Alliance will begin its half-day training classes June 24 in Dallas. The training was made possible by a Susan Harwood grant from OSHA.
OSHA has cited Multi-Cast Corp. for 13 safety and health violations, including failing to ensure foundry employees wore fire-retardant clothing and protective equipment while working with molten metal.
"This company was aware that employees were conducting torch cutting on a steel structure coated with lead-based paint and failed to ensure that a respiratory protection plan was in use on the job site," said Michael Connors, OSHA's regional director in Chicago.
BHP Billiton on May 13 published its final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement for a huge expansion of its Olympic Dam operation in South Australia.
The foundation sponsors National Electrical Safety Month each May to raise awareness of electrical safety hazards at work and at home.
Learn whether FR is right for your company and, if so, how to comply with industry standards.
Twenty-five years after the accident at the Ukraine plant's reactor four, more than 3,000 people still work at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant on decommissioning work, managing nuclear material, and building the new structure to encase reactor four.
The Food and Drug Administration cleared the SpectraShield 9500 N95 surgical respirator, a device that kills 99.99 percent of three different kinds of bacteria when exposed to its outer surface. The single-use, N95 surgical respirator is designed for use in health care settings by health care personnel to protect against microorganisms, body fluids, and particulate material.
The standard specifies the minimum amount of background and retro-reflective material and the performance characteristics for such materials used in construction of public safety vests.
Three violations are health-related, including failing to provide a hearing conservation program, exposing workers to airborne styrene that exceeded the permissible exposure limit, and not providing suitable protective clothing and gloves for employees whose skin was exposed to styrene-containing resin.
The British Safety Industry Federation warns that buyers can be confused by a "CE" mark that is not representing true approval.
Effective for standards reporting in the Fall 2013 revision cycle are significant changes that include a new website to be the centralized entry point for participants in the process and also a single comment stage.
The ASTM F2878 standard addresses the mechanics of hypodermic needle punctures in protective clothing.
OSHA has proposed a total of $201,000 in penalties against Miami, Fla.-based E.N. Range Inc.
The document explains in English and Spanish what workers and employers should do to prevent sensitization and diseases related to beryllium exposure.
A 27-employee site in Eugene is the newest member of Oregon OSHA's Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program, the agency announced last week.
The first few months of work done by participants in the European Commission-funded SAFEPROTEX project were devoted to trials of nanoparticles and self-cleaning, antimicrobial fibers.
OSHA initiated an inspection of the facility in August 2010 in response to a complaint and alleges three willful, 18 serious, and two other-than-serious violations of health and safety standards.
The new document is sure to help employers because it lists and links to the standards that require them to provide PPE and links to a list of relevant OSHA interpretation letters.
This year's conference season includes many exciting stops, starting with AAOHN's national conference in Atlanta. The National Safety Congress opens in Philadelphia just in time for Halloween.