The 30th Annual National VPPPA Conference kicks off Aug. 25 with pre-conference workshops at the Gaylord National Convention Center and offers a stellar educational program through Aug. 28.
The agency's proposed rule defines training requirements associated with reverse logistics shipments; provides authorized packaging for reverse logistics shipments; sets segregation requirements for reverse logistics shipments; and allows more flexibility for the transportation of used lead acid batteries.
Accountability is the key, so get everyone involved in housekeeping.
The agency cites Bioiberica Nebraska for exposing workers to amputation and other hazards.
The report to the president was prepared in response to his Executive Order 13650, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, issued in August 2013.
Unfortunately, wholesale adoption of GHS hazard classification system principles will disrupt various chemical hazard assessment programs and heighten problems manufacturers and importers will face.
Safety agencies around the world observe this day, April 28, to encourage workers and employers to do all they can to be safer on the job.
The Institution of Chemical Engineers and Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
This is the first e-learning module to help law enforcement officers identify and prevent this illicit trade, according to the agency.
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.
OSHA has cited Artbeats Inc. for alleged repeat and serious safety violations related to lockout/tagout, electrical safety, and combustible dust and has issued $56,430 in proposed fines.
These are the three of the top issues likely to be on states’ legislative and regulatory agendas this year, according to AIHA government affairs Director Aaron Trippler's forecast.
Here's what OSHA's Dec. 1, 2013, training deadline should mean to you.
A Christmas tree farm's safety program and a manufacturer's safety coordinator are profiled in the December/January issue of "Resource." And don't miss Administrator Michael Wood's column about the hierarchy of controls.
The company allegedly failed to correct workplace health and safety hazards cited from previous OSHA inspections.
The committee is scheduled to meet Dec. 5-6 in Washington, D.C., to discuss GHS and the proposed draft standard on occupational exposure to beryllium, among other matters.
The agency's final rule applies for the reporting year beginning Jan. 1, 2014.
The agency has posted annotated PELs tables showing how its current permissible exposure limits differ from Cal/OSHA, NIOSH, and ACGIH exposure limits and also a toolkit employers can use to choose safer alternative chemicals.
The National Safety Council's big annual conference will return to the Southern California city, which is planning to expand its convention center.
A San Francisco hotel reports 15 illnesses from an accidental release of bear repellent.