The Health and Safety Executive alerted known users of hand-fed platen machines about the potential risk of serious or fatal injuries and announced it will carry out inspections this year.
Beginning with the Triangle Shirtwaist fire in New York City, the 21-minute film "tells the story of how and why we are safer at work today" and how the occupational safety, health, and environmental profession developed.
No recordable accidents have occurred in the Quality Assurance department of Toyota Industrial Equipment Mfg., Inc., for 200,000 consecutive hours, which represents 1,000 work days, parent company Toyota Material Handling U.S.A. Inc. announced Wednesday.
The nonprofit organization provides radio frequency technology and training to public safety agencies to help locate people with cognitive disorders.
The Postal Service faces $238,000 in fines, mainly for exposing workers to electrical hazards.
The agency has finished a draft Current Intelligence Bulletin containing an assessment of the toxicological data and recommendations for safe handling of the materials.
The latest issue of the Green Labor Journal showcases a solar air heating training program by the ironworkers union and also the Apollo Alliance, a San Francisco organization promoting energy efficiency, mass transit, and domestic job growth through green technologies.
The new study seeks to identify critical elements of programs that are successful in reducing health care costs.
The AHA's new 2010 Guidelines focus on chest compressions.
The latest Switching Operations Fatalities Analysis report, for example, shows December and January are high months for switching fatalities.
The National Demolition Association said more than 2,000 eLearning courses are offered in its new online training system.
Increased safety emphasis by leadership in the United States Division-South serving in southern Iraq brought the average monthly accident rate down by one-third, from three per 1,000 service members to slight below two.
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The Swiss organization's latest newsletter explains that development of the course is far along. Key issues to be covered have been determined, and the preliminary outline calls for eight modules.
The guidelines, developed by the Pipelines and Informed Planning Alliance (PIPA), mark the first time a set of recommendations for development near existing transmission pipelines has been issued.
OSHA began its inspection on Oct. 21 at the company's facility, which found employees working at an elevation of approximately 14 feet without wearing fall protection.
OSHA has proposed $91,000 in fines against the company for one alleged willful, two alleged serious, and one other-than-serious violation.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association has opened registration for the 2011 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition. The conference, scheduled May 14-19, will take place in Portland, Ore. and will include the latest in industrial hygiene technology, methodology, and innovation.
The deadline to comment on the 582-page document is April 4, 2011, and government safety agencies are urging employers and workers to participate as Australia moves toward harmonized regulations.
As the donation was announced Dec. 10, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said unemployment was 13.3 percent in October in Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Mich., the second-highest rate in the Midwest census region.