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The purchasing manager tells me that since evaluating PPE selection beyond the mere paper value, they

Make No Haste in PPE Selection for Waste Workers

Not considering the whole picture (which includes comfort and adoption) results in a lack of compliance and, therefore, increased injuries.

All new vehicles under 10,000 pounds will be required by the NHTSA final rule to be equipped with rear-view technology as of 2018.

NHTSA Final Rule Requires Rear Visibility Technology

It applies to all new vehicles under 10,000 pounds by May 2018.

Improved manufacturing processes have provided designers with the means to design a TPR exoskeleton that safeguards the user’s metacarpals and knuckles all the way to the tip of each finger without hindering mobility. (Mechanix Wear photo)

High Risk on the Rig

The primary objective is to eliminate hand exposure to pinch points, crush zones, and impact hazards.



We constantly fight non-approved shoes in the workplace.

Walking the Walk on Occupational Foot Protection

Make decisions that work. If you have an area with a slick floor, look at a range of solutions and whether additional problems will be created by solving one.

Airborne pathogens are highly contagious.

Keeping Pathogens Out of the Workplace

Airborne pathogens are not only highly contagious, but also they can put a workforce completely out for weeks at a time.

At the end of the day, improvements to your gas detection program and your overall safety program will occur only if you use the data that you have available to you. (Industrial Scientific photo)

Is Data the 'King' of Your Gas Detection Program?

Regularly looking at data that tells how gas monitors are being used can show where there may be gaps in training and where there may need to be policy changes that lead to safer work practices.

Getting formal training, from robust programs such as the American Heart Association

Essential Training for Childcare Workers

Part of the challenge is that risks of injury change as kids develop their skills and become more independent.

"This is just one more program in SwRI

SwRI Wins Contract for Continued Work on Cyanide Poisoning Treatment

The 28-month contract awarded by HHS' Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) continued development to show safety and efficacy to support FDA approval.

The rule will require employers to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations, or an employee

200 U.S. HAI Deaths Every Day: CDC

Two new reports, including one published in the New England Journal of Medicine, outline the national scope of the problem of health care-acquired infections.

The March 2014 TSA report says the agency will initiate mandatory active shooter training and exercises.

TSA Plans Mandatory Active Shooter Training for Airport Employees

The agency released a 26-page report after an internal review that followed the fatal shooting of an employee in November 2013 at LAX.

Snohomish County

DOT Releases $1 Million to Repair Roads Damaged by SR530 Slide

Snohomish County's emergency management department reported there is concern that additional slide activity may occur at the site, which caused some ground rescue crews to be pulled back from the search area and geologists to take surveys to assess the risk.

The explosion in West, Texas, prompted President Obama

AIHA Submits Comments on Potential PSM Changes

It supports requiring more management system elements and recommends that OSHA include some improvements based on the consensus ANSI/AIHA Z10 standard.

The recalled Kirkland Signature chicken strips may have been sold throughout Canada, according to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

Kirkland Signature Grilled Chicken Breast Strips Recalled in Canada

CFIA testing triggered the recall, and the agency is reported it is verifying that stores are removing the recalled products from the marketplace.

Fumigants containing aluminum phosphide are used to kill insects in grain bins, warehouses, ships, and shipping containers, according to Oregon OSHA.

Oregon OSHA Issues Aluminum Phosphide Fumigation Reminder

The active ingredient in a fumigant used to kill insects in grain bins, railcars, ships, shipping containers, and warehouses, it produces phosphine, a toxic and potentially explosive gas. Fumigation Management Plans are required.

Workers, safety managers, and management are asked to pause during the June 2-6, 2014, stand-down to discuss topics including ladder safety, scaffolding safety, and roofing work safety.

OSHA Seeks Partners for June 2-6 National Stand-Down on Construction Falls

Workers, safety managers, and management are asked to pause to discuss topics including ladder safety, scaffolding safety, and roofing work safety.

The proposed PEL of 50 micrograms per cubic meter of air as an eight-hour time weighted average is half of the current PEL for quartz, the most common form of crystalline silica, in general industry and far below the now-obsolete PELs for crystalline silica applied to construction and shipyards.

OSHA Begins Long Silica Public Hearing

NIOSH published "Criteria for a Recommended Standard: Occupational Exposure to Crystalline Silica" in 1974, recommending there that same exposure limit OSHA has proposed -- 50 micrograms per cubic meter (μg/m3).

The wiring harness of seat-mounted air bags on the Buick Enclave (the 2014 model is shown here in a GM photo), GMC Arcadia, Chevrolet Traverse, and Saturn Outlook vehicles must be repaired, according to GM

GM Recalls 1.5 Million More Vehicles, Names Global Vehicle Safety Chief

Three more recalls and Jeff Boyer's appointment follow the ignition switch recall of 1.3 million vehicles in the United States.

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