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OSHA and Chicago Roofing Contractors Form Safety Alliance

The alliance will focus on sharing information about OSHA's emphasis programs, health laws, and standards.

NCCCO experts will provide safety guidance and live demos of crane safety in the Lift Safety Zone at this year

IPAF, NCCCO to Offer Safe Lifting Demos at CONEXPO-CON/AGG

The biggest North American construction show of 2014 will take place in early March at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with more than 125,000 attendees expected.

Port Authority Inducts 195 New Police Officers

The recruits – 173 men and 22 women –are the second-largest recruit class in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Police Department’s 85-year history.

Transit Administration Issues National Roadway Worker Advisory

Following the NTSB's recommendation, it agrees with the NTSB that "all rail transit systems are at risk for roadway worker fatalities and injuries."

2013 Best Year Yet for Alaska Tanker Company

CEO Anil Mathur reports the marine transportation company's safety and environmental performance was the best since its formation in 1999.

OSHA asked for comments on its Process Safety Management standard, potential changes to PSM enforcement policies, and potential updates to its Explosives and Blasting Agents, Flammable Liquids and Spray Finishing standards.

GHS: Perception vs. Reality

Here's what OSHA's Dec. 1, 2013, training deadline should mean to you.

A new category of climbing equipment called aerial safety cages has recently hit the market. (Little Giant Ladder Systems photo)

Keys to Preventing Ladder Falls

What do you do about a problem that is never going away? I think you have to design around it.

A fire severely damaged the B777 after it crashed on July 6, 2013, while on approach to San Francisco International Airport. (Mike Brake / Shutterstock.com photo)

NTSB Hearing Set on Asiana Crash

Asiana Flight 214 crashed on approach to San Francisco's airport in clear weather. Experts from Boeing, the FAA, and other agencies are participating in the Dec. 11 investigative hearing, which is being streamed as a live webcast.



Alert App, Safety Talking Points Book Now Available

David Lynn, CSP, said his book, "Principle to Practice: Safety Talking Points," contains material on 103 safety topics that will help people think about how to make safe decisions.

The new CDC tools will help health departments and authorities that inspect food service establishing pin down the causes of foodborne illness outbreaks.

New CDC Tools Intended to Improve Food Service Safety

"We are taking a key step forward in capturing critical data that will allow us to assemble a big picture view of the environmental causes of foodborne outbreaks," said Carol Selman, who heads CDC's Environmental Health Specialists Network team at the National Center for Environmental Health.

Committing to safe practices is required to optimize the protection that advanced technology affords workers.

Next-Generation Gas Detection

Commitment to safe practices is required to optimize the protection that advanced technology affords workers.

Being a large facility does have its disadvantages, as well. Job changes, retirement, and reductions in the workforce can all play a role in how your safety management team operates.

Fire Protection Systems and Procedures for Large Sites

Conducting Safe Zone drills and evacuation drills as required is a good measure of your company's safety program.

Do employees understand the Adverse Weather Policy if you have one and know when it goes into effect?

Safety on Ice

Do employees understand the Adverse Weather Policy if you have one and know when it goes into effect?

When conducting safety training, don

Flashlights: Critical Safety Tools

When conducting safety training, don’t forget what could be the most important tool of all. New technology innovations are yielding important safety benefits.

12 Offshore Operators Cited for Missing SEMS Deadline

The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement announced that the companies either failed to submit initial audit plans by the Nov. 15 deadline or didn’t complete their audits by that date.

Boeing, Korean Air Building New Training Facility

The facility will be the largest in Korea, with 12 full-flight simulators, when it opens in 2015.

Routine Safety Sweep at Camp Pendleton Leaves Four Dead

Four marines who were clearing unexploded ordnance in California found dead.

FAA Mandates Stall Training for Commercial Pilots

The final rule comes as a result of the Colgan Air 3407 crash in 2009 near Buffalo, N.Y., which killed 49 people on board and one person on the ground.

Safety advocates want OSHA to take several steps, including establishing a National Emphasis Program, to strengthen safety and health protections for temporary workers.

OSHA Urged to Launch Temp Worker Emphasis Program

The agency's assistant secretary, Dr. David Michaels, has spoken repeatedly about the issue of temporary workers' safety. A group of safety advocates has drawn up 15 recommendations to address the issue.

Employers must have a written program outlining employees

Dust Mask or N95?

OSHA's respiratory regulations require that you have a written program outlining your company's usage of respirators. The program needs to be reviewed annually.

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