DEA started this in September 2010. Its eighth day, April 26, 2014, resulted in 390 tons of pills being brought to more than 6,000 collection sites, meaning 4.1 million pounds of prescription medications have been collected to date. The most recent collection day took place last month.
A report posted on the organization's website this week said NFPA's Standards Council has approved a request to establish the standard.
The agency's Health Hazard Evaluation Program is seeking five facilities to participate. A team of industrial hygienists and medical officers will make site visits to assess workers' occupational exposures.
Remote circuit breaker racking mitigates arc flash hazards at Cascade Steel.
Providing properly installed heat sources that can keep up with low temperatures is essential. Otherwise, employees may resort to using personal space heaters, which can be unsafe.
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The company could have prevented the deaths.
The Department of Environmental Protection is hosting the Oct. 1 meeting to hear stakeholders' comments about the draft Aboveground Storage Tank emergency rule.
The worker was using a hand-powered grease gun to tension the track of a piling rig when the nipple connecting the grease gun to the track mechanism detached, permitting the grease to release, injecting him.
More than a month before the Oct. 23 expo and job fair in Austin, the Texas Railroad Commission exceeded the number of anticipated exhibitors.
President Obama signed it Sept. 18 and the administration released its national strategy the same day.
The big three -- falls, scaffolds, and ladders -- are among the Top Ten most-violated OSHA standards for FY 2014, agency officials announced during the NSC conference.
"This year, we recognize a talented group of individuals at our Congress & Expo," said NSC President and CEO Deborah A.P. Hersman. "These young professionals are rising to meet emerging safety challenges and are the future leaders of the safety movement."
The study shows an increase in the use of potentially impairing medications.
This is the first time in more than a decade that it has increased, according to the company's Drug Testing Index™ analysis of 8.5 million workplace drug tests. The data were released Sept. 8.
The six-member team utilized a large amount of data to help provide information during Colorado floods last year.
Panelists in the Oct. 21 event will discuss countermeasures that could reduce the risk of drowsy driving crashes.
The agency estimates 8 million U.S. health care workers are potentially exposed to such drugs in their workplaces.
According to OSHA, the conveyor in which the employee was caught was not guarded, and the shredder was not locked out prior to workers entering the pit.
A host of organizations are partners in the Got Weather? campaign that is focused this month on pre-flight weather.