McGough Construction has been working on the $225 million, multi-phase project at St. Cloud Hospital since 2007 and has accumulated almost 1 million hours with no lost-time incidents, according to Minnesota OSHA.
The new site, www.workerhealthsafety.com, will offer news and information about the profession of industrial hygiene and related fields.
One of the most popular OSH social media sites for safety news is still going strong.
The Office for Nuclear Regulation issued interim Design Acceptance Confirmations and the Environment Agency issued interim Statements of Design Acceptability for both.
Oregon OSHA's Resource e-newsletter for December offers some useful guidance for supervisors. The newsletter is being redesigned for its next issue in February 2012.
MedPro Safety Products, Inc. said it surveyed 262 health care professionals during a conference in mid-2011, and 43 percent of them said they don't believe safety features in place to prevent injuries are always used.
The agency said it has proposed $468,000 in penalties against Boomerang Tube LLC for alleged violations at its Liberty Works in Texas.
"This new page compiles an extensive library of information about robot safety that is available from RIA," said Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotic Industries Association.
Sentinel Event Alert Issue 48: Health care worker fatigue and patient safety was created to help health care organizations address the risks of extended work days and cumulative days of extended work hours.
The branch in Guangdong Province is the largest property and casualty insurance market in China, according to the company.
The agency conducted fire experiments in vacant but furnished townhouses with results covered in a report about the damage to facepieces caused by "uncovered temperature and heat flow conditions," it said.
The civil penalty is one of the largest ever under the CWA provisions prohibiting the unauthorized discharge of dredged or fill material into waters of the United States.
S. 1855, the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act Reauthorization of 2011, a reauthorization to build on the 2006 law that strengthened public health preparedness for a pandemic, is included in the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's Dec. 14 executive session.
According to the company, the 3M™ Molecular Detection System is an accurate, easy-to-use method for detecting pathogens such as Salmonella, E. coli O157, and Listeria.
A variety of occupations such as agricultural workers, groundskeepers, pet groomers, and fumigators are at risk for exposure to pesticides including fungicides, herbicides, insecticides, rodenticides, fumigants, and sanitizers.
The European Commission has told member states to prohibit the Expert EP-EX-1 phone from being marketed as complying with the ATEX Directive.
NOAA is inviting 150 leaders to the National Weather Center in Norman, Okla., for three days of discussions to set in motion actions to make the United States more resilient against tornadoes and other severe weather.
The study identifies major cooking fire scenarios and focuses on the types of prevention technologies suitable for use on or with home cooking appliances, and provides an action plan on how to further utilize these technologies to improve cooking fire safety.
Fatality and injury data from 2010 show that highway deaths fell to 32,885 for the year, the lowest level since 1949.
The initial violations assessed in connection with the Macondo well were issued Oct. 12. After a 60-day appeal period for the second set, BSEE will consider imposing civil penalties.