Studying the effect of on-site medical clinics on employee benefits and continuously evaluating limits on residents' hours are proposed in two resolutions to be considered at the House of Delegates 2012 Annual Meeting.
The agency announced a new, two-year strategy as well as a voluntary early retirement incentive for more than 21,000 non-executive postmasters.
In the landscaping industry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is always better to try and prevent an injury before it occurs, according to Denver-based Eley Law Firm, which specializes in worker’s compensation.
Research reveals that intimate partner violence resulted in 142 homicides among women at work in the U.S. from 2003 to 2008, a figure which represents 22 percent of the 648 workplace homicides among women during the period.
The report includes state-by-state profiles of workers’ safety and health and features state and national information on workplace fatalities, injuries, illnesses, the number and frequency of workplace inspections, and more.
Speeding was a contributing factor in eight percent of all reported large truck crashes in 2009, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
As a result of an investigation, which revealed that staff members at the facility had been assaulted numerous times, OSHA has cited the employer for a serious violation of the agency's "general duty clause" for failing to provide a workplace free from recognized hazards likely to cause serious injury or death.
The first thing we think of with respect to accommodations are for those with mobility impairment, but what about workers with hearing impairment?
With a mix of planned and unexpected recognition, you can maintain participation and your recipients will maintain interest.
The Fort Worth, Texas-based company recognized Safety Employees of the Year, Achievement Award winners, and the Best of the Best leaders of teams that showed outstanding safety performance in 2011.
It includes definitions for military-connected talent: veterans, guard, reservists, spouses, and other supporting family members.
Industry officials are reviewing lessons learned form the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil spill and trading notes on new technology and upcoming projects at the Offshore Technology Conference this week in Houston.
When a worker explained that he could not cut his hair because of his religion, the company told him that unless he cut his hair, he could no longer continue to work at its Taco Bell restaurant.
In April 2011, BNSF coal train collided with the rear end of a standing BNSF maintenance-of-way equipment train near Red Oak, Iowa. Both crewmembers had fallen asleep, which led to their failure to comply with the signal indication requiring them to operate at a restricted speed and stop short of the standing train.
An OSHA whistleblower investigator found that the company terminated the employment of a riverboat barge captain after he complained to the U.S. Coast Guard about an inoperable starboard vessel engine.
Kurt E. Mix, 50, a former BP plc engineer from Katy, Texas, was charged with two counts of obstruction of justice and was arrested April 24.
Announced April 20, the instruction makes it the policy of the Department of Defense to authorize telework for the maximum number of positions "to the extent that mission readiness is not jeopardized."
Fire departments can create a wish list by creating a profile and clicking the boxes to indicate the fire safety educational materials they need.
The employee had reported serious concerns to management regarding rodents and rodent droppings in the office and requested to have these problems corrected.
Early and effective CPR, along with early access to defibrillation to shock the heart to restore a normal rhythm, is essential to patient survival.