One completed OSHA action ushered in the era of workers' right to understand, while a still pending crystalline silica rule could have international significance.
The PSM standard requires employers to work with employees when establishing and reviewing plans.
Workers were exposed to a high volume of lead dust during sandblasting operations.
The aim is to discuss proposals in preparation for the December 2012 24th session of the United Nations Subcommittee of Experts on the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.
The 85-3 Campaign is encouraging employers to adopt lower decibel standards in an effort to prevent noise-induced hearing loss.
A Massachusetts company is contesting two citations it received following an April inspection.
A challenging factor is potential risk from several different chemicals, each of which requires a different glove material for maximum protection.
A new app provides real-time safety information to those in the path of deadly wildfires.
Safety and health professionals who also have security and environmental responsibility may want to stay a while: Chicago’s McCormick Place plays host to ASIS, Safety Congress, and WEFTEC conferences in a three-week span of September and October.
Three of the top five violations OSHA cited during FY2012 involved working at height.
Focused on improving safety for airline ground workers, the two-year alliance aims to prevent struck-by injuries, slips and falls, and chemical exposures.
Sharing lab safety training curriculum among organizations to improve safety culture is the right way to improve lab safety for all concerned.
OSHA has proposed $72,800 in fines against Cleveland Tank & Supply Inc., with 19 serious health and safety violations cited.
NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."
BLS released its 2011 summary of the Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries data on Sept. 20. Deaths in private construction declined for the fourth consecutive year.
UL Environment produced "Navigating the Product Mindset," which is based on a 2011 quantitative survey of consumers and manufacturers in China, Germany, India, and the United States.
A rail chemical emergency response scenario will be one of the highlights of the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals' 2012 National Conference.
After employees allegedly were exposed to dangerous chemicals, including lead, OSHA has notified the Navy about 21 serious violations.
The British agency has opened a public consultation on proposals to exempt some self-employed people from health and safety legislation.
a national nuclear security regime stands or falls because of the quality of people involved," said Khammar Mrabit, director of the Office of Nuclear Security.