Special attention must be paid to remain in compliance with NFPA 2112, NFPA 70E, and now OSHA 1910.269.
The new 2016 edition says existing AN storage facilities of non-combustible construction should be retrofitted with automatic fire sprinklers.
The design and features of rainwear can have a significant impact on how functional it is and its overall user acceptance.
A minor mistake or improperly placed object can send a room up in smoke. As tedious as it may seem, a welder should always do a spot check for combustible objects within the welding vicinity.
Companies can adapt quickly to engineer in efficiency and safety.
Duty holder corporations must prepare a written corporate major accident prevention policy that establishes the overall goals and arrangements for controlling the risk of a major accident for its installations in external waters and outside the European Union.
Drought can affect air quality and increase the incidence of illness and disease, according to the agency. Currently, parts of California, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Nevada are experiencing extreme or exceptional drought.
More than three years after a federal appeals court ruled that OSHA must cite an employer for failing to record an injury or illness within six months of the first day on which the regulations require the recording, OSHA now intends to revise 29 CFR part 1904 to "clarify that the duty to make and maintain accurate records of work-related injuries and illnesses is an ongoing obligation."
"Especially as we approach the most active part of hurricane season, the best time to prepare is now, before a storm is imminent," said DPS Director Steven McCraw. "Early and adequate planning makes all the difference when a hurricane or severe weather threatens an area."
Operators who want to fly their unmanned aircraft operations over people and property must obtain consent from the individuals or property owners beforehand or get an operating permit from the Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand.
Queens Boulevard will get safer crossings, more crosswalks for pedestrians, protected bicycle lanes, expanded medians with trees and plantings, and reconfigured intersections to deter speeding. The mayor’s office says 185 people have died on this street since 1990, most of them pedestrians.
One involves a trench collapse in which a worker was trapped, the other a 12-foot fall from a roof.
Seven workers died in an explosion when a heat exchanger failed in the petroleum refinery on April 2, 2010. The Washington State Department of Labor & Industries cited Tesoro for 39 willful violations and five serious violations, fining the company $2.39 million.
Speakers include keynoter Jim Davidson, a veteran of many high-altitude climbs and rescues, and Closing General Session speaker Daryl "Moose" Johnston, a three-time Super Bowl winner with the Dallas Cowboys and "NFL on Fox" analyst.
Also on the agenda are a staff presentation on the calendared recommendation to BP resulting from CSB's investigation of the 2005 BP America refinery explosion in Texas City, Texas, and staff reports on recommendations related to California's draft Process Safety Management rules and laboratory safety guidelines from the American Chemical Society.
DATIA and some testing companies also submitted comments in response to SAMHSA's proposed mandatory guidelines, which were published May 15, 2015.
A bulletin issued July 14 by the Department of Health and Social Services says the inpatient hospitalization rate nearly doubled from 2008 to 2012, and deaths more than tripled from 2008 to 2013.