The Department of Agriculture requires the heat treatment of wood pallets imported into the United States. The requirement is designed to prevent plant pests that can destroy domestic agriculture and livestock from entering the United States in wood packaging materials.
OSHA has cited Lyons & Sons Inc. with seven serious citations and Cocoa Services LP with five serious citations for workplace safety and health violations following the death of a worker.
Most characteristics of the "Type A" personality are linked to increased work stress. But there's one important exception, according to a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
The videos also explain how workers can perform a user seal check to test whether a respirator is worn properly and will provide the expected level of protection.
"Our inspections, and a worker fatality at the Blakely (Ga.) plant, show the need for management to get serious about the safety and health of its employees," said Robert Vazzi, OSHA's area director in Savannah, Ga.
The official launch date of the new campaign is April 28, 2010, this year's World Day for Safety and Health at Work.
Presenter Rand Beers, under secretary for the National Protection and Programs Directorate, will discuss the infrastructure protection mission and “The Next Frontier in Homeland Security.”
The agency has developed a new Web-based tool and interactive map that allows the public to get detailed information by location about the enforcement actions taken at approximately 4,600 facilities.
The event, held in conjunction with Reach Expo 2010, will feature a variety of noted professionals in the overhead crane and rigging industry.
Executives are people first. Sounds obvious, but this is key to heightening active support for Safety and Health from your company's apex.
The clock is ticking. Companies will have three years from promulgation to come into compliance with the final rule and two years to implement training requirements.
The Jan. 27-30 meeting at the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino in Reno, Nev., culminates with an eight-hour Safety Training Seminar.
Building a mobile computer for health care involved totally sealing it and adding features such as a fingerprint reader for biometric sign-in, an integrated camera, and a built-in bar code scanner for scanning patients' wrist bands and medicines, said Greg Davidson, Senior Business Development Manager for Health Care for Panasonic Computer Solutions Company (Secaucus, N.J.). He talked about creating computers for these and other challenging environments during a Dec. 1 conversation with OH&S Editor Jerry Laws.
"Companies that were doing private work are now shifting to public sector projects, and larger firms are going after small and medium-type projects, where you wouldn't expect them to submit a bid," said Roland Salman, president of RW Armstrong, an Indianapolis global design and management consulting firm.
According to the society, four factors can contribute to slip, trip, and fall hazards: 1) workers; 2) machines/equipment; 3) work environments; and 4) management.
"The resolution of this matter yielded a substantial recovery for taxpayers, and it underscores our commitment to ensure that services reimbursable by federal health care programs are based on the best interests of patients rather than the personal financial interests of referring physicians," said Tony West, assistant attorney general for DOJ’s Civil Division.
The council uses the input it gathers from its public meetings held around the country to review and evaluate federal programs and legislation and to provide the President, Congress, and federal agencies with advice and recommendations.
A free one-day symposium on current approaches and innovations in green preservation of older buildings will be held in Indianapolis on Jan. 21, 2010. The event, which begins at 8:30 a.m., will be hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 at the Columbia Club hotel and meeting center, 121 Monument Circle. Government rate rooms are available to symposium registrants. Required registration for the event closes Jan. 7.
The workplace recycling guide provides tips on establishing a workplace recycling program and on educating and motivating employees.
Singularity Hub's "best robots of the year" report for 2009 shows industrial robots are faster than ever. AI is still several years away, however.