The NSC Congress & Expo is sure to be a week full of education and innovation in the safety and health market, so be ready to start your engines come September.
The Z244.1-2016 standard attempts to help employers and safety managers prevent both violations and worker exposures to hazardous energy.
Use these tips for selecting the best protection for those in your laboratory.
Establishments with 20-249 employees that are classified in certain industries with historically high rates of occupational injuries and illnesses -- they include construction, utilities, agriculture, and many more -- will have to electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A.
The agency said it will launch a public dialogue about lowering nicotine levels in combustible cigarettes to non-addictive levels through achievable product standards, including issuing an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to seek input on the potential public health benefits and any possible adverse effects of lowering nicotine in cigarettes.
The Flood Awareness Apex applies emerging technologies to improve community resilience from flood disasters in order to reduce flood fatalities and property losses.
From 2008 to 2016, an average of 568 containers were lost at sea per year -- 1,582 on average when catastrophic events are included. On average, 64 percent of containers lost during that period were attributed to a catastrophic event.
The task force, which Acosta will chair, has been asked to identify strategies and proposals to promote apprenticeships, especially in sectors where apprenticeship programs are currently insufficient.
The performance targets announced this month will apply to all 999 emergency calls and aim to save 250 cardiac arrest victims' lives a year.
NIOSH worked with the U.S. National Response Team, federal agencies, state health departments, labor unions, and volunteer emergency responder groups to develop the ERHMS system, which provides guidelines for protecting emergency responders over a full range of emergency types and settings.
Construction costs nationwide grew by an estimated 68 percent during the past 13 years, with key components measured by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, such as asphalt, concrete, and metal, growing at 107 percent, 61 percent, and 45 percent, respectively between 2003 and 2016.
The Australia government, Malaysia, and the People's Republic of China suspended the search earlier this year after the missing commercial jetliner known as Malaysian Airlines MH370 was not found inside the 120,000-square-kilometer search area in the southern Indian Ocean.
More than $12 million going to 23 states and to Washington, D.C., will strengthen prevention efforts and enable better tracking of opioid-related overdoses. CDC indicated it expects to announce more funding for state opioid overdose prevention programs later this summer.
When safety eyewear fogs, workers have little choice but to remove it and wipe it clear, which can lead to repeated interruptions throughout the shift.
If your best friend, whom you’ve known for years, suddenly fell over in a confined space, how would you respond? Would you rush in to save him or her?
"Exposure to hand/arm vibration is a well-known risk which the company failed to adequately control," said HSE Inspector Helen Jones. "The company also failed to ensure workers were looked after when symptoms did arise, leading to further exposure."
The challenges to address include rising inequality, how to create millions of needed jobs every year, and the accelerating use of industrial robots.