Many EH&S professionals are unlocking the hidden value in their SDS data, and so can you.
This year's ASSE gathering in Denver will be something of a jungle, booked to the rafters.
Industry officials are reviewing lessons learned form the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and trading notes on new technology and upcoming projects at the Offshore Technology Conference this week in Houston.
When the energy company holds its annual meeting May 30, the sixth shareholder proposal would require the corporation’s board to prepare a report on steps taken to reduce the risk of accidents.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2010 there were more than 10,000 construction workers in the private construction industry who were injured as a result of falling while working from heights on the job and another 255 workers were killed.
The handbook covers topics ranging from occupational health and safety to liability issues.
An uncharacteristic trend identified over the quarter is that five of these fatalities—three of them involving mine supervisors—occurred on five consecutive weekends.
An investigation that began on Oct. 24, 2011, found that employees were exposed to noise levels surpassing 85 decibels, as well as excessive airborne levels of lead and copper.
In April 2011, BNSF coal train collided with the rear end of a standing BNSF maintenance-of-way equipment train near Red Oak, Iowa. Both crewmembers had fallen asleep, which led to their failure to comply with the signal indication requiring them to operate at a restricted speed and stop short of the standing train.
"Struck-by" injuries and fatalities are caused by conventional traffic/passenger vehicles, forklifts, and other moving powered industrial equipment such as cranes and yard trucks.
The citations are the result of a follow-up investigation conducted in January. Proposed penalties total $71,280.
"Our seminar will teach manufacturing industry professionals how to protect their most valuable asset: their employees' hands," said STOKO Skin Care Senior Technical Manager Armand Coppotelli.
American Building employees were installing metal roofing onto a prefabricated steel building when one of the workers fell 35 feet to the ground and sustained fatal injuries.
During the two-year agreement, the alliance will develop fact sheets for paramedics, police officers, truck drivers, and other work zone visitors.
Additional abatement measures Republic Steel agreed to take at the Lorain mill include providing a two-hour lockout/tagout training program to all affected employees, conducting a fall hazard audit, and developing a fall protection abatement plan.
OSHA set a June 15 deadline for applications from nonprofit organizations interested in joining the OSHA Training Institute Education Centers Program.
H.R. 4297, the Workforce Investment Improvement Act of 2012, is the subject of an April 17 hearing by the U.S. House Education and the Workforce Committee.
The 2012 edition provides the most current technical information and training programs in traffic incident management for fire and emergency service providers.
The free, CE accredited webinar on April 20 is sponsored by Becton, Dickinson and features experts from Illinois, Washington state, and Texas.
Bechtel Corporation's revenue rose by 18 percent to $32.9 billion, and it reduced its lost time and recordable incident rates by 20 percent, top management reported April 11.