ASSE's Safety 2013 conference includes more than 250 sessions and one of the best safety and health exhibit halls of the year.
Experts discussed the differences between U.S. and international standards and the recent move to make some components strong enough to withstand much larger fall forces.
Several educational sessions and expo products are aimed at the booming oil & gas market.
The alliance will offer guidance on a variety of hazards to workers in four states.
OSHA fined an Illinois industrial cleaning company after a worker was killed falling from his ladder.
It addresses the various hazards encountered in group homes, such as infectious diseases, slips and falls, and patient lifting injuries.
Collis Roofing Inc. received four citations related to the company's alleged lack of fall protection.
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.
MMWR published an analysis of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data for 2003-2010, which tabulated 128 deaths in offshore and on-shore operations.
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.
KG Framing and Construction LLC has been cited six times for this, according to OSHA.
Three rides, including the iconic Space Mountain ride, were closed last weekend at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif.
The $1 billion, 420 MW Macarthur Wind Farm is owned by Australian-based AGL Energy and New Zealand-based Meridian Energy.
The theme of the June activities is "Safety Starts with Me."
Upon receiving complaints about the working conditions of a demolition site, OSHA investigators found $44,000 worth of violations.
Those in the construction industry who need to hear the "Safety Pays, Falls Cost" message most are often the ones who are hardest to reach.
Bristol Metals explored several solutions and found a way to maintain an effective loading process while creating a safer work environment.
The federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement said four contractors received the notices during the first two weeks of March for violating federal regulations.