IOSH is urging all construction companies to learn from the London 2012 building project’s success and put five good practices to use.
The World Health Organization has published a report on public health challenges from mass gatherings, focused mainly on the UK health system's preparations for the London games. The NHS also offers tips for visitors.
More than 90 member states have representatives taking part in the meeting in Vienna, Austria this week to discuss how to share information better about trafficking incidents.
The safety board's hearing in Houston highlighted similarities between the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion and the 2005 Texas City refinery disaster and reminded the offshore industry that process safety is more important than tracking injury statistics.
The technology reacts to detected crash hazards, with or without the driver's assistance.
The MSC Flaminia is under tow about 320 nautical miles off the British coast, owner Reederei NSB reported July 24.
A firm that specialized in shot-blasting metal components gave some workers sand for their work but did not provide sufficient PPE to protect them from the dust, and the company now has pleaded guilty to violating the Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974.
The agencies say runway excursions, controlled flight into terrain, and loss of control are the major air transport accident types, and the main contributing factors are insufficient regulatory oversight and lack of Safety Management Systems.
The Asahi Shimbun reported July 21 that they followed a superior's advice to cover their dosimeters with small lead plates to keep radiation doses low so they could continue working. The newspaper reported July 22 that Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry personnel were searching for the discarded plates.
The new regulation involves the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in the scientific evaluation of biocidal products and requires manufacturers to share data on vertebrate animal studies, as a way of reducing animal tests.
Rising temperatures have raised the wildfire risk, posing new challenges for insurers, according to the venerable British insurance body.
The company reported $90 million in energy costs saved during the past three years. Safety KPI scorecards also are planned.
A research report from Britain's OSHA points out loading and unloading operations cause many of the reported injuries at companies operating them.
A July 18 symposium at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine will launch The Lancet's series examining the global impact of physical inactivity on non-communicable diseases.
On Oct. 1, the Health and Safety Executive will start its cost recovery scheme, with violators paying its costs, pending Parliamentary approval.
The assistance is free pictograms for workers in greenhouses, retail establishments, and restaurants.
The revised implementation schedule issued June 27 by the Panama Canal Authority is not satisfactory, the Japanese Shipowners' Association said in comments submitted July 6.
Top officials from Boeing, which now forecasts a $4.5 trillion market in new airplanes during the next 20 years, and other big names in the industry are heading to London for the Farnborough Airshow.
The co-pilots who were in the cockpit when Air France Flight 447 ran into trouble and then crashed June 1, 2009, were startled and never grasped that the plane was stalling, France's aviation accident investigative agency concluded.
Vaccinations, travel health insurance, and knowing the location of emergency exits while at large events are among CDC's tips for U.S. travelers.