Several significant regulatory actions are planned for this fiscal year, according to the semiannual regulatory agenda published Jan. 8.
Wind energy impacts the economy, environment, and employee safety in significant ways.
Both mentioned it during Dec. 4 presentations at the 2012 OSHA Oil & Gas Safety Conference in Dallas.
Louisiana Generating must pay $14 million in penalties for illegal air pollution.
The association's news release thanked Draeger Medical Inc., saying the company "responded to our call for items and contributed over 56,000 N95 units to the relief effort."
People passing by, cleaning, or working near designated smoking areas in five large U.S. airports are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to the study.
The committee meets this week in London with a packed agenda, including approval of draft amendments to the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) and creation of a passenger ship safety working group.
The International Safety Equipment Association's brief online survey asks buyers, users, and specifiers of PPE where they obtain product information, whether existing trade shows have value, and how to make them better.
The donated items will be sent to 501c3 organizations in areas still recovering from Hurricane Sandy's damage.
Workers were exposed to a high volume of lead dust during sandblasting operations.
Its breadth is impressive -– tools, training materials, hazard awareness, and a What's Working section to share success stories and discuss challenges are included.
The alert cites a September 2012 fatality that is under investigation.
Several advances are in operational use. They improve the safety of operations and improve user comfort for increased productivity.
Coal mine inspections for September produce 150 citations.
The National Safety Council celebrated its centennial in style, although not without some grumbling from exhibitors, and looked forward to the next chapter in its long history of service and advocacy.
A worker died in April 2012 in Portsmouth, N.H., when a plastic keg exploded as he was using a compressed air line to purge liquid from it.
This year's quartet discussed the value of prescription safety glasses, elements of a quality respiratory program, the new ANSI/ASSE Z359.14-2012 standard for self-retracting devices, and the added value of buying PPE from a Qualified Safety Sales Professional.
FAA's final rule adding seven models to the list will take effect Oct. 31.
Three of the top five violations OSHA cited during FY2012 involved working at height.
CEO Dave Cote said "the commercial aerospace outlook, increasing infrastructure spending, and oil and gas investments" are encouraging.