The Lancet's editors say the Sept. 19-20 UN High-Level Meeting on Non-communicable Diseases could produce a "bold and comprehensive statement" to stimulate a global response, but negotiations have produced a weak draft.
More screenings of passengers and baggage, increased use of K-9 explosives detection teams, and expanded police patrols are being used across the country.
The International Code Council’s activity heightened when the National Institute of Standards and Technology released its “Report on the Collapse of the World Trade Center,” which contained 30 broad recommendations for the model codes, standards industry, design community, and emergency responders.
Electrical equipment that has contacted water or been submerged usually must be replaced, although larger equipment may be able to be reconditioned by trained factory service personnel, Schneider Electric advises.
Some of the serious violations involve exposing employees to electrical hazards due to the company's failure to properly mark voltage panel boxes, properly guard voltage junction boxes, and cover live electrical parts.
Researchers found that exactly half of all the cultures taken, representing 65 percent of RN uniforms and 60 percent of MD uniforms, harbored pathogens.
Some may assume that the lion's share of the responsibility is upstream, but downstream employers are not exempt.
What training have they had? Are they qualified to the NFPA 70E standard and to 29 CFR 1910.332, 1910.333, and 1910.269?
Safety Data Sheets will for the most part grow exponentially. And they still will be written by technical professionals for technical professionals.
The Canadian Standards Association has released its Z662-11 standard, the sixth edition, which includes a revised "Guidelines for Pipeline System Integrity Management Programs" annex.
After Napa Home & Garden recalled 460,000 bottles and jugs of the fuel in June, CPSC announced Sept. 1 that these nine companies are recalling 2 million more.
Electrical workplace safety deficiencies are among the top 10 violations most frequently cited by OSHA.
Here's the story of how two OH&S case studies lead to a new national standard.
Committee members are hard at work on the 2014 edition of the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Health Care Facilities.
The agency says the international radiation protection community may follow the International Commission on Radiological Protection's recommended limit of of 20 mSv (2 rem) per year, versus the current U.S. limit of 150 mSv (15 rem) per year.
If injury potential is so predictable, why are employees so surprised when they are injured? Eye injuries may be predictable, but the exposures are not always apparent.
Oct. 31 is the deadline for safety professionals to apply in the 10th Annual Safety Professional of the Year competition.
"For far too long, occupational safety and health has been dominated by a politically charged yes and no conversation about occupational safety and health that, as these statistics demonstrate, is not advancing worker protections," Terrie Norris said in response to the BLS preliminary fatality data from 2010.
Violations include failing to provide machine guards on a bandsaw blade, allowing aluminum dust to collect in the shot blast machine, and failing to implement explosion protection measures for equipment and exhaust ventilation systems.
The paper examines existing research and case studies to assess the state of workplace wellness incentives and their supporting ROI data, and makes recommendations for determining what rewards are most effectively used in wellness programs.