Written with younger and less experienced workers in mind, it is a guide to preventing manual material handling injuries.
"We wanted this to be a sort of road map to healthier and safer industry – something that lets anyone in waste and recycling join us on a journey. There’s a long road ahead, but we're off in the right direction," said WISH Chair Chris Jones.
Keynote speakers include Hillary Clinton and CNN journalist Fareed Zakaria as more than 15,000 attendees meet at McCormick Place to discuss hot-button issues ranging from immigration reform to implementation of the Affordable Care Act.
One result is a number of new measures have been taken to reduce non-accident releases, with 99.98 percent of Dow's hazardous material shipments now reaching their destination without an NAR.
The American Industrial Hygiene Foundation gave 25 students scholarships that ranged from $1,000 to $6,500.
Twenty-eight workers were killed in a cave-in at the gold and copper mine last month.
Its May 28 announcement of a fire safety forum for them came in response to the inquest on the Lakanal House fire that killed six people in Jul y 2009.
"I usually tell class participants that conditions have probably changed, processes have changed in five, ten, fifteen years, and you should constantly be sampling and updating your initial exposure assessment results."
NTSB has reissued a recommendation that FAA require helicopter EMS pilots to undergo periodic, FAA-approved, scenario-based simulator training.
Dr. Bentley J. Bobrow discusses the lessons for employers in a study that involved resuscitation training and AEDs that provide real-time CPR feedback.
Employers can find assistance in maintaining an effective noise monitoring and hearing loss prevention program from OSHA and NIOSH.
It is a best practice to integrate training within the safety incentive program.
Fewer than 30 percent of ASSE's members today engage with their local chapters even once per year, and most members pay additional dues so they can belong to a common interest group or practice specialty.
ASSE's Safety 2013 conference includes more than 250 sessions and one of the best safety and health exhibit halls of the year.
Cost savings and workforce productivity ranked below it; last year's survey by GE Capital Fleet Services had the top two in reverse order.
Penford Products of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, announced the simulator's completion on May 21. It was developed in partnership with Iowa State University's American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.
Three years have been added, so the date is now Nov. 10, 2017.
Court documents indicated Connie M. Knight required each attendee to pay between $150 and $300 cash to enter a class and at least 950 people were victims of her crimes in the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The alliance will offer guidance on a variety of hazards to workers in four states.
The regulations implement a European Directive and build on already existing Health and Safety Executive rules.