Their May 30 joint safety communication document strongly encourages their use for suturing fascia and muscle, as a way to prevent needlestick injuries.
Coal mines were issued 254 citations, 19 orders, and one safeguard, and metal/nonmetal operations were issued 52 citations and nine orders.
The company failed to adequately guard processing machinery against contact with workers and provide workers with information and training on specific hazards involving disinfectants and other chemicals used in work areas, according to OSHA.
Driving, working outside, and even petting animals at county fairs can be dangerous activities during the summer months.
Pictograms are just one of the reasons employers should consider training employees on GHS formats well before the December 2013 deadline.
Although engineered nanomaterials present seemingly limitless possibilities, they bring with them new challenges for identifying and controlling potential safety and health risks to workers.
HIOSH said that the zip line company did not use any objective methods to verify that the anchors it installed could support the weight of the towers, cables, and riders or that the guy system could meet the requirements of industry standards.
The agency seeks comments at the informal stakeholder meeting about how to determine whether state plans are at least as effective as the federal OSHA program.
OSHA issued notices for serious violations involving blocked emergency exit doors and routes, multiple electrical hazards, a lack of proper machine guarding, and exposure to contaminated needles.
NIOSH says the findings reinforce the need for heightened efforts to better protect farm workers from pesticide exposure.
An average of 79 men and women between 16 and 24 are hurt on the job every day in Washington, according to the state's Department of Labor & Industries (L&I).
An inspection by OSHA's Buffalo Area Office found that employees removing asbestos and asbestos-containing materials from a former warehouse were working in ripped and torn protective suits and were not wearing respiratory protection.
The inspections followed the agency’s April 26 directive order telling employers throughout the province they must implement an effective combustible dust control program based on a hazard assessment.
U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis announced the newcomers' appointments and the reappointments of five members ahead of the June 19-20 meeting of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health.
Since 2005, 7,065 postal professionals have each driven more than a million miles without a single accident through 2011.
Full-shift breathing zone sampling at 11 hydraulic fracturing sites in five states found 79 percent exceeded the NIOSH REL and ACGIH TLV, with 31 percent 10 times or more above the NIOSH REL.
The contractor was erecting a multistory building on Nov. 8, 2011, when the front bays of the third, fourth, and fifth floors collapsed as concrete was poured onto the fourth and third floors.
Injuries—including those caused by accidents and violence—are the third leading cause of death nationally, and they are the leading cause of death for Americans between the ages of 1 and 44.
Following four falls at northern New Jersey construction sites, the agency issued a "call to action" to every contractor in the state.