Their needs vary by age and also by personal preferences.
Head and face PPE should be rated to meet the rigors of the specific job application, including hazard type, amount of protective coverage required, electrical conductivity, heat rating, and ease of use when worn in combination with other PPE.
It is still a very dangerous business, and even with our best efforts, confined space accidents are still occurring.
Writing in the Fall 2012 issue of Johns Hopkins Public Health, Dean Michael J. Klag calls for the same kind of collaboration as has been used to reduce annual traffic deaths significantly.
A trio of NIOSH employees discussed the enormous cost of arthritis on the agency's Science Blog. They report its prevalence is expected to rise to 25 percent of the adult population by 2030.
NFPA announced Oct. 26 that the new high was reached by the addition of Vansant Mobile Home Park #2 in Cullman County, Ala.
The Form 483 posted by the agency covers five October inspections of the Framingham, Mass., compounding pharmacy.
Safety and health professionals who also have security and environmental responsibility may want to stay a while: Chicago’s McCormick Place plays host to ASIS, Safety Congress, and WEFTEC conferences in a three-week span of September and October.
The Oct. 31 presentation will include a video and will explain how the technology prevents serious table saw injuries, including two case studies of users' experience.
The council already has begun collecting safety professionals' stories via a 100 Years of Safety website.
The new standard will help to ensure safe online transactions and personal information exchanged over the Internet, as well as protecting computers when the users are browsing websites.
A new report highlights issues that pose safety threats to disabled visitors and employees in the U.S. Capitol and congressional buildings.
Used for dental procedures, the devices have been recalled by Accutron, Inc. following two customer complaints that the device was flowing nitrous oxide gas without any oxygen gas flow.
Boeing Defense, Space & Security's Watchstander system was activated this week along the Delaware River near Philadelphia, the company announced Oct. 16.
Stephanie Schorow's cover story recounts a September 2010 fire inside one crammed apartment in a 30-story Toronto building with 1,200 residents. Hoarding Task Forces are being created all around the country, according to NFPA.
The body of an employee was discovered in a tuna factory oven.
There's no threat from Hurricane Rafael, which passed Bermuda on Tuesday, heading harmlessly to the northeast.
Dr. Cecil B. Wilson, who was the American Medical Association's president in 2010-2011, also identified ethics in medicine and the threat of climate change as major challenges facing the world and the medical profession.
Focused on improving safety for airline ground workers, the two-year alliance aims to prevent struck-by injuries, slips and falls, and chemical exposures.
Atomi has voluntarily recalled the Sharper Image USB chargers because they can overheat and smoke, posing fire and burn hazards to consumers, CPSC announced Oct. 10.