Wind energy impacts the economy, environment, and employee safety in significant ways.
When a worker is injured, his or her average time lost for recuperation is 24 days, according to OSHA.
More Americans abuse prescription drugs than use cocaine, hallucinogens, and heroin combined, according to the agency.
The latest update from WorkSafeBC indicates some orders for corrective action on combustible dusts have been issued by the agency during follow-up visits to 172 locations.
The goal of the plan is to encourage the use of health information technology to eliminate medical errors, improve the quality of care, protect patients, and increase efficiency in the U.S. health care system.
The conference report to H.R. 4310, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2013, would reauthorize the FIRE and SAFER grant programs and the U.S. Fire Administration through FY 2017.
City Buildings Commissioner Robert LiMandri and his department urged contractors and property owners to follow 10 safety tips for preparing their construction sites for winter.
The agency, equivalent to OSHA in the United States, said the simpler regulations will not add new responsibilities for employers or reduce important protections for workers, the public, and the environment.
The task of uprighting and refloating the stranded cruise ship involves about 400 workers and a seven-days-a-week schedule, the salvors reported Dec. 23.
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine patient safety researchers studied national malpractice claims to form their estimate, which is reported online in the journal Surgery.
The Dec. 20 Health Alert Network notice re-emphasized guidance from a month earlier recommending “assertive clinical evaluation” of patients.
This was the fourth time since the Deepwater Horizon explosion that remotely operated vehicles allowed a visual inspection at the floor of the gulf.
The state's Department of Conservation says the draft does not begin a formal rulemaking process. It would require "rigorous" testing before, during, and after fracking operations that exceed what other states have implemented.
The agency's request for information cites recently reported animal studies where lung, kidney, and liver function were affected by exposure to AgNPs.
The chairman of the Responsible Care board committee announced updated product and process safety codes will be issued.
The agency announced it has filed a petition seeking SeaWorld of Florida LLC’s compliance with administrative subpoenas requiring three managers to be interviewed during a follow-up abatement inspection.
Two will be held Jan. 8-9 at DOL’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., and the others will take place Feb. 5 at the University of Texas at Arlington. The agency seeks comments on how to prevent this all-too-common type of injury and fatalities.
A new API report also says 35 percent of the environmental spend, or $4.5 billion, in 2011 went toward air pollution abatement.
The Health Hazard Evaluation involved musculoskeletal disorders among surfacing and finishing department employees at three facilities.
Significant numbers of workers ages 50-54 say they must work night shifts, lift heavy loads, and work at high speed, causing one-third of this age group to say they believe they won’t be able to work to age 60 or wouldn’t want to do the same job until then.