June 3, 2008, turned into a nightmare for Chris and Janet Augeri. Instead of celebrating their son Rob's 31st birthday, they were making plans for his funeral.
The Jan. 27-30 meeting at the Silver Legacy Resort and Casino in Reno, Nev., culminates with an eight-hour Safety Training Seminar.
Trust and involvement are vital components of the Incident and Injury Free safety program that has improved results for Baker Concrete Construction Inc.
During the holiday season, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is encouraging youth aged 5-14 years old to enter its 8th annual kids' "Safety-on-the-Job" poster contest. To win, children simply have to draw an example of being safe at work on a poster. The contest is open not only to ASSE members' children, grandchildren, nieces, and nephews, but also to children and schools sponsored by ASSE members.
Children learn fire safety through new interactive features on the site, according to NFPA, which says around 300 children ages 3-9 die from fires per year in the United States.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) will be host to a "Solutions in Safety Training" virtual symposium on Jan. 26-28. The symposium will feature safety training and communications professionals who will explore real-world solutions for developing training that delivers, including a special mini-workshop by trainer Sivasailam "Thiagi" Thiagarajan, Ph.D., on rapid training design.
The council uses the input it gathers from its public meetings held around the country to review and evaluate federal programs and legislation and to provide the President, Congress, and federal agencies with advice and recommendations.
A free one-day symposium on current approaches and innovations in green preservation of older buildings will be held in Indianapolis on Jan. 21, 2010. The event, which begins at 8:30 a.m., will be hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 at the Columbia Club hotel and meeting center, 121 Monument Circle. Government rate rooms are available to symposium registrants. Required registration for the event closes Jan. 7.
The agency's newest area office serves 17 central Texas counties and offers bilingual assistance to the predominantly Hispanic population.
United States Fire Administrator Kelvin J. Cochran recently announced the availability of the fifteenth edition of Fire in the United States. This edition covers the 5-year period from 2003 to 2007, with a primary focus on 2007.
Capital Safety, home of the DBI-SALA and PROTECTA brands, recently announced that it has added three fall protection training courses for the wind energy industry to its roster of training offerings, including Competent Person, Competent Rescuer, and Competent Rescuer Trainer.
The Department of Labor has announced a $3,874,594 grant to assist about 725 workers affected by layoffs at seven companies in Massachusetts' financial industry.
The agency's Schools Air Toxics Initiative, which is monitoring the air around 63 schools in 22 states, is checking for several contaminants associated with industrial and mobile sources such as cars, trucks, and airplanes.
Determining blood loss at the scene of trauma can be critical to successful patient treatment. Health care workers such as emergency medical technicians have used visual estimation, which can be highly inaccurate, as their only means of determining volumes of blood loss. A new, simple method developed by UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School may drastically improve their accuracy.
OSHA will hold a two-day Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) meeting Jan. 19-20, 2010, in Washington, D.C., to address welding, scaffolding, and other safety and health issues in maritime industries.
"Make the Promise" has persuaded 15,000 farmers thus far to promise to work safely for the sake of their families.
With fewer individuals with severe disabilities working for the federal government, "The ABCs of Schedule A" are guides to help anyone involved in the federal hiring process.
Six construction worker fatalities on the mammoth project figured prominently in OSHA’s Oct. 20, 2009, critical report on the Nevada OSHA agency’s performance and earned a Pulitzer Prize in April for the Las Vegas Sun.
The company's proactive approach toward safety is a model for others to follow," said Charles E. Adkins, OSHA's regional administrator in Kansas City, Mo.
As part of the Obama administration's commitment to improved accountability, transparency, and service to the American public, the department of labor has recently announced a broad array of efforts designed to improve the public's accessibility to its agencies and to ensure the department can function more effectively.