Conduct research, assess and plan, and hold people accountable. It's never too late (or too early!) to integrate a safety plan or policies into a project.
The quickest way to making the entire process ineffective is to fail to look at what is collected or act on what is found.
There is flexibility in determining the best method to warn others working in the area of backing vehicles and equipment.
Florida state officials' tips to help motorists avoid being victimized by staged crashes start with not tailgating.
The federal government's potential cost depends partly on an FAA calculation dating to 1988. So far, the government's commitment hasn't been needed, according a new GAO review.
Most safety signs in facilities today communicate partial information. The newer technology is better.
Fulfilling an NTSB recommendation, the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration issued it with a July 31 notice. It stems from a June 2009 Canadian National Railway derailment in Cherry Valley, Ill.
Chicago Bridge & Iron plans to acquire it for $3 billion in a deal creating one of the world's largest construction and engineering firms serving the energy industry.
The Aug. 20-23 event at the Anaheim Convention Center includes an impressive list of exhibitors. Voting for VPPPA board members takes place Aug. 20-21.
The agencies said it will be a resource used by federal risk assessors, their agents, contractors, and others in the risk assessment community.
IOSH is urging all construction companies to learn from the London 2012 building project’s success and put five good practices to use.
The World Health Organization has published a report on public health challenges from mass gatherings, focused mainly on the UK health system's preparations for the London games. The NHS also offers tips for visitors.
"The magnetic field of the MR scanner creates a very hazardous environment, and it is important that all personnel have a basic understanding of MR safety," said Russell Blanchard, media manager at Falck Alford Productions.
Although it is currently focused on undergraduate colleges and universities in New Hampshire, free introductory safety training courses at LabSafetyWorkspace.org are open to researchers anywhere.
UC Santa Barbara is the most recent university participant.
Testimony on Capitol Hill by the organization's first vice president on July 24 supported H.R. 2069, which would add a 4 percent incentive to FEMA's Hazard Mitigation Grant Program to encourage states to adopt the latest building codes.
More than 90 member states have representatives taking part in the meeting in Vienna, Austria this week to discuss how to share information better about trafficking incidents.
The safety board's hearing in Houston highlighted similarities between the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and the 2005 Texas City refinery disaster and reminded the offshore industry that process safety is more important than tracking injury statistics.
The technology reacts to detected crash hazards, with or without the driver's assistance.
OSHA cited stevedoring services company SSA Marine with five safety violations, including one classified as willful, after investigating the Jan. 19 death of a worker at the port of Long Beach.