Here's how companies can improve workers' safety harness compliance.
April traditionally signals the beginning of the spring season for U.S. metal and nonmetal mining operations.
"Marines always have safety in place, but it was not an official program. I built the program up from scratch and it became necessary for us to have a fall protection system here for working on the jets."Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. Kwan Cochrane said.
Inspectors also found workers had to enter a dust-collection silo referred to as a "bag house" to perform routine maintenance without the required confined space safety precautions being in place, so 13 of the serious violations involved confined space hazards.
The funding is part of the Face Forward Initiative.
The program calls on employers to reduce the most common musculoskeletal, repetitive motion injuries.
The grants will provide critical job training to low-income and older workers.
ALSS Recycling Inc. faces $84K in fines.
OSHA has cited Lunda Construction Company for one willful and five serious safety violations and placed the company in its Severe Violator Enforcement Program.
The company faces $198,550 in fines for the alleged violations.
"In 2015, 28 miners lost their lives, the lowest number of deaths ever recorded in a single year.... I am proud to be part of this institution and its legacy," Assistant Secretary Joseph A. Main wrote in a blog post honoring the agency on its 38th birthday.
The managers retaliated after employees raised safety concerns at the Selma foam manufacturer.
The conference will take place in Sugar Grove, Illinois.
The best and brightest 2016 shows include NFMT 2016, which takes place in March 2016 in Baltimore, followed by AIHce 2016, ASSE's Safety 2016, NFPA's Conference & Expo VPPPA's national conference, WEFTEC 2016, and the 2016 National Safety Congress & Expo.
The agency says comprehensive training will emphasize safety and driving efficiency as well as other key factors.
The partnership aims to put educational tools in the hands of drivers at driver services offices.
Thirty-five workers have been killed in struck-by incidents in Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri.
A centralized lockout station prevents confusion and clutter. Maximizing space, in addition to streamlining operations, also helps to make a facility safer.
Knowing which drivers commit unsafe behaviors the most or least allows a manager to reward and reinforce safe driving habits, provide additional training on safe driving, and coach drivers to safer driving habits.
If you expect your workers to use firefighting equipment, you should give them appropriate equipment and train them annually to use the equipment safely.