When safety becomes one of the design criteria for a project, it's a much more economical approach for that customer or company.
Using effective control factors to streamline PPE selection and simplify conformity across sites has the full attention of today’s safety managers.
Temperature, humidity, and pressure levels at the location all have a direct bearing on the type of equipment that should be selected.
Wise companies have attempted many strategies for mitigating the drag-down effects of older workers while trying to maximize their strengths.
The ripple effects of the 2016 proposed rule have yet to be determined.
"As a leading provider of flour for 150 years, we felt it was important to not only recall the product and replace it for consumers if there was any doubt, but also to take this opportunity to remind our consumers how to safely handle flour," said Liz Nordlie, president of General Mills Baking division.
Commenting on a proposed rule on accidental release prevention requirements, the board has asked EPA to adopt more robust requirements regarding the use of inherently safer systems analysis and the hierarchy of controls.
British Telecommunications PLC has been fined £600,000, equivalent to $881,000, after two of its workers were seriously injured in falls in April 2010, the UK's Health and Safety Executive reported May 27.
WHO calls plain packaging "an important demand reduction measure that reduces the attractiveness of tobacco products, restricts use of tobacco packaging as a form of tobacco advertising and promotion, limits misleading packaging and labeling, and increases the effectiveness of health warnings."
An NFPA staff member provided an update on the new NFPA 652 standard during the AIHce 2016 meeting and said the association is moving toward a single combustible dust standard.