The safety training you do today has a very long lifespan.
Is I2P2 the game changer that Dr. David Michaels hopes it will be? And what does the future hold for OSHA rulemaking, enforcement, and cooperative programs?
Managers, here are five reasons not to wait for DOT to tell you what to do.
Two serious safety violations related to the fatality include failing to train employees on work safety practices and allowing unqualified employees to work on energized equipment.
After a record low in the number of people killed at work, provisional figures from the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) show a rise of 24 fatalities, from 147 in 2009-2010 to 171 in 2010-2011.
Seventeen serious violations include the company's failure to ensure exits were unblocked, provide eye protection approved by the American National Standards Institute, and provide written energy source lockout/tagout procedures.
Issues on the list include human fatigue, safety management systems, motorcycle safety, and bus occupant safety.
Those intending to take the CIH exam may have reason to join authors Allan K. Fleeger and Dean R. Lillquist on July 19 when they discuss the IH Reference and Study Guide, 3rd Edition.
The Web-based tools include the full text of “A Guide to Miners' Rights and Responsibilities,” links to additional information on miners' rights, an electronic form for filing an anonymous hazard complaint, a discrimination complaint packet, and black lung benefits and resources.
Those working outdoors may have to cope with warm weather, workers who drive for their jobs may need to watch for an increasing number of pedestrians, and amusement parks must ensure workers are safe when erecting new rides or operating and maintaining rides.
OSHA opened an inspection in February after an incident in which a worker had both legs amputated when his foot got caught in a baling machine as he attempted to clear cardboard that had jammed in the machine at MTD Products in Verona, Miss.
Based on previous studies, American Heart Association resuscitation guidelines advise minimizing interruptions to chest compressions to 10 seconds or less.
OSHA initiated an investigation following the accident that occurred when two employees were installing storm water pipes in a trench that was approximately 60 feet long and 18-20 feet deep without trench protection, such as a trench box or proper sloping.
Industrial hygienists saw the Mile High City's expanded convention center last year. It is the site of ASSE's annual conference next June.
The keynoters highlight a powerful educational program for the Society for Human Resource Management's 2011 annual conference and expo, which opens June 26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Energy Secretary Chu said the program "will make sure that the next generation of American workers has the education and skills they need to further our transition to a clean energy economy."
With more than 500 exhibitors on hand, all simultaneously vying for attention -- and with a recordbreaking number of attendees on the receiving end of that vying -- this year's show was especially bustling. Here are just a few of the sights, sounds, and goods that grabbed our attention.
If workplaces installed AEDs more than five years ago, the devices need to be checked and possibly replaced.
OSHA's Region 4 announced the program began May 29 in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia and will end Sept. 30, unless it is extended.
NFPA's latest needs assessment found equipment and training shortages remain, but in fewer departments, because of the Assistance to Firefighters Grant programs.