The Board of Certification in Professional Ergonomics (BCPE) recently announced the addition of the Certified User Experience and Associate User Experience certification designations.
ASSE Region III and ASSE South Texas Chapter from San Antonio are proudly presenting a Night Out at Rio Cibolo Ranch as an evening that is intended to put attendees in the mood for the Wild West of Texas, on Monday, June 29, from 6-10 p.m.
Secretary Ray LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt joined representatives of pilots' unions and U.S. airlines to promise mentoring, a better system for checking pilots' records, and a review of existing training programs to see how to strengthen them.
With the June American Society of Safety Engineers' (ASSE) Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition in San Antonio just around the corner, attendees are signing up quickly for sessions that provide the latest insights into enhancing safety efforts and business success in a global marketplace.
The presentation took place at a ceremony last Friday. This Friday, most state agencies will be closed as Michigan saves $21.7 million by requiring 37,400 employees to take a total of six unpaid furlough days this summer.
The U.S. Department of Labor has released more than $450 million in Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) funding to states to provide career training, and employment, and case management services to workers who lose their jobs due to outsourcing and foreign trade.
Nearly $7 millions in new safety and health training grants are available to nonprofit, community, and faith-based organizations to provide training and education programs on safety and health topics for workers and their employers.
"Management and labor working together has resulted in an injury and illness rate that is 86 percent below the national average for the postal industry," said Richard S. Terrill, OSHA's regional administrator in Seattle.
The need for training, communications, and community planning is made clear in the video released June 10 by the federal agency.
The arrival of summer means roof falls and rib rolls increase, the agency says. MSHA inspectors will be discussing this with miners and operators through Sept. 30.
"This is a major threat," says Teresa Dwyer, CSP. "It can cost several hundreds of dollars to have a professional remove an AHB hive and, without the correct protective equipment and training, the potential rescuer may become an additional victim."
Students and faculty from six colleges and universities including UMDNJ will travel through 150 years of history and cover more than 1,100 miles by bus to explore the hazards faced by workers in industries that fueled America's industrial dominance during the 20th century.
The Health and Safety Executive introduced the strategy June 3 as a way to achieve much lower injury and fatality numbers. Managers' role in training and motivating safe work will be critical in achieving the goals.
June 3, 2008, was not just another hot day on the Las Vegas Strip. After 12 workers died in 18 months on Strip construction projects (an average of one worker every six weeks), some 7,000 construction workers on the CityCenter and Cosmopolitan work sites walked off the job over safety concerns.
U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has announced 13 grants totaling $9,899,200 aimed at providing young parents with employment and training opportunities to provide a better future for themselves and their families.
The state's safety administration purchased and repurposed the campaign from Australia, where surveys showed that about 85 percent of viewers thought it was quite or very effective. Also, 24 percent of employers and 18 percent of employees said they had personally taken action as a result of the ads. L&I said this was considered a very strong result in a low-interest category such as occupational safety and health.
"In this case, a worker was unloading materials from a box that was being elevated on a lift truck that became unstable, causing the worker to fall 36 feet to his death," said Stephen Boyd, OSHA's area director in Dallas.
To the thousands of visitors planning to attend the American Society of Safety Engineers' Safety 2009 conference and expo, symbols are valuable tools. At the job site, symbols can warn workers of imminent danger, advise them about proper PPE, or convey the quickest egress route during an emergency.
Painters, janitors, helpers, apprentices, and any other worker who may come in contact with equipment that could be exposed and energized will require electrical safety training.