Re-insulating or retrofitting older buildings can expose workers to a variety of respiratory hazards.
"Straight Talk About Nail Gun Safety," available in English and Spanish versions, explains the basics about nail gun triggers' operation and the typical hazards workers who use the devices will encounter.
ASSE's Safety 2013 conference includes more than 250 sessions and one of the best safety and health exhibit halls of the year.
OSHA pulled the rule in February in response to one adverse comment but now is going ahead with it.
Three years have been added, so the date is now Nov. 10, 2017.
Silica exposure is a topic that everyone from OSHA to product manufacturers need to take into consideration.
Raising the deck of the 82-year-old Bayonne Bridge by 64 feet will allow the largest container ships to reach New Jersey ports after traversing the expanded Panama Canal.
Several educational sessions and expo products are aimed at the booming oil & gas market.
The company said the construction passed that mark without a lost-time injury among employees or contractors.
EU-OSHA announced them during an April 29 small business and workplace safety conference.
Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri announced the numbers while kicking off the Department of Buildings' ninth annual Construction Safety Week with the 2013 Build Safe/Live Safe Conference.
OSHA, NIOSH, and CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training collaborate on this campaign with the National Occupational Research Agenda Construction Sector Council.
For the first time, the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2011 include data on fatal injuries involving contractors.
CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training published the expanded edition, a 142-guide to the industry and its workers’ exposures to common hazards, including working at heights, noise above the NIOSH recommended exposure limit, and whole-body vibration.
OSHA has cited Hawthorne Pacific Corp. for 13 alleged serious violations and two other-than-serious violations.
KG Framing and Construction LLC has been cited six times for this, according to OSHA.
Some worked in logging, construction, or fishing, which are acknowledged hazardous jobs, while others worked in insurance, research, or sales.
This will make the agency's most popular document a true pocket guide, one commenter observed. NIOSH officials want feedback from users to help them decide how to organize the content.
This week, sites around the state will focus on struck-by hazards.
The $1 billion, 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm is owned by Australian-based AGL Energy and New Zealand-based Meridian Energy.