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.
The subsidiary of Tyco International is also celebrating 80 years of operation and its role in helping to safeguard industrial, military, and fire service customers around the world.
This encouraging finding is reported in the October issue of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
The Standards Council approved in principle a request to proceed with a standard addressing design, use, testing, and certification of SCBAs for emergency response operations that don’t involve structural firefighting.
OSHA proposed more than $82,000 in fines against Hoist Liftruck Mfg. of Bedford Park, Ill.
Here's your chance to get an early look at new products being exhibited at the Orlando conference.
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."
A new Staples.com feature, the Safety Research Center, offers guides to help them prepare for common safety issue and emergencies.
Commerce, Calif.-based 99 Cents Only Stores Texas Inc. faces 19 serious violations in connection with its Houston distribution center.
Released by Safe Work Australia, this is the first annual report summarizing new diagnoses collected in the Australian Mesothelioma Registry, a new national registry that became operational in 2011.
They included personnel from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May (N.J.) and state and local emergency responders .