As of April 21, industry personnel who apply for qualification, certification, and instructor credentials must register to get a new ID number. THose responsible for maintaining dust sampling units must get a new number to continue sampling.
The report, "Emerging Health and Safety Issues in the Volunteer Fire Service," cites PPE and safety measures as shortcomings that must be overcome to reduce deaths among volunteer firefighters.
For the better part of 30 years, I have been involved in a variety of nuclearrelated projects. This is what I know: For the most part, if you give the craft accurate drawings, the tools they need to perform their work, and clear direction, they will perform for you every time. If your staff has a well-defined scope, open communication, and management support, they will perform, as well. If you are doing all of these things and still find project success elusive, what’s missing? I have found that management credibility in regard to safety is the key.
AAA says its new analysis should spur more state action on graduated driver licensing programs.
Medications formulated for adults but administered to children must be more carefully dispensed and monitored, the alert says.
The private mutual insurance company founded on Jan. 1, 2006, to offer comp coverage will pay a $40 million note payment as scheduled on July 1, CEO Greg Burton announced recently.
Monday's notice cites two counterfeit valves at a facility near Baxley, Ga., and four circuit breakers removed from stock by a facility in Rock Hill, S.C.
The document lists good practices that can prevent excessive exposure to lead and noise by officers using indoor firing ranges and by employees of the ranges who clean up.
NOAA's hurricane experts will visit five cities in their WP-3 Orion turboprop to raise awareness about hurricanes.
It seems that each year, new hazards in the home, workplace, and community are identified that endanger our health and well-being. Bloodborne pathogens such as bird flu and the mutant bacterial staph, MRSA, continue to threaten our health. New toxicity hazards have been discovered in chemicals that have been used for decades.
OSHA’s recent guidance document for protecting against the skin ailments related to portland cement exposure was a handy reminder that impact hazards are not the only one to be addressed by your foot protection program.
A U.S. under secretary of energy co-chaired a meeting in New Delhi on Friday that concluded a week of discussions on expanding cooperation in research and clean energy production.
The authors warn that female vets of childbearing age "should be fully informed of the possible reproductive effects of ionising radiation, unscavenged anaesthetic gases, and exposure to pesticides."
"The technology should be developed in a way that minimizes potential risks to human health and helps preserve the potential market for the technology," said Jack N. Gerard, president and CEO of the American Chemistry Council.
The cost-benefit analysis says providing water as required could cost employers $5.7 million to $15.8 million per year, with training expected to cost about half as much.
The unions singled out Houston-based Waste Management Inc. for criticism, but the company cites refuting data and a corporate culture of safety.
Saying casualty rates "remain unacceptably high," the U.S. Coast Guard published its ANPRM today, calling for more crew safety training and regular stability assessments of vessels as they age.
Digital employees and virtual assembly are testing job tasks and the manufacturing feasibility of each part before physical prototypes are built.
A new study done for the Federal Railroad Administration analyzed demographic factors of the approximately 500 trespassers who died per year in 2002-2004.