“When you’re operating in extreme cold conditions, it’s a challenge to find apparel that will keep workers comfortable and still allow them to do their jobs,” said ISEA Director of Member and Technical Services Cristine Fargo.
Researchers, who studied 42,883 men in the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, found that the heart disease risk persisted even after controlling for other risk factors, including smoking, physical inactivity, alcohol use, and family history of heart disease.
On June 20, 2009, the employee submitted a letter to his direct supervisor that addressed alleged safety hazards, specifically, improperly placed extension cords and a lack of sprinkler systems.
The youngest winner ever at age 25 is sponsored by J.J. Keller Extreme Transportation Solutions.
It will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the agency's Vehicle and Research Test Center in East Liberty, Ohio.
Survey data collected with smartphones in this study had fewer errors and were more quickly available for analyses than data collected on paper.
Assaults between 8 p.m. and 4 a.m. were the most common cause of death in 2009 among the estimated 1 million security guards nationwide. The most common cause of a non-fatal injury was a fall, however.
OSHA's Birmingham Area Office initiated an inspection Sept. 12 in response to the fatality. The willful violation is failing to install guards to prevent access to the rotating and moving parts of a pre-plate boring machine used to drill holes into railroad ties.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey lit the control tower at John F. Kennedy International Airport red through March 14 to mark Red Cross Month and recognize the disaster relief and lifesaving work of the American Red Cross.
The 29-day campaign stressed moving over one lane or slowing to 20 mph below the speed limit when approaching any emergency vehicle stopped on the side of the road.
When the transaction is completed, ZOLL will be a wholly owned subsidiary within the Asahi Kasei Group, managed by its current management team and with all business units and operations intact. It will be delisted from the NASDAQ exchange.
Smoking and obesity place a growing strain on an already stretched health care system. Employers are evaluating wellness programs—such as quit-smoking and fitness programs—in an attempt to lower costs by reducing health risk factors.
Tan Kia Tang, deputy director of the Occupational Safety and Health Specialist Department at the Ministry of Manpower in Singapore, is the Yant Award winner.
More medical liability claims come from ambulatory settings than anywhere else, but there is a "serious shortage of reliable data" to help those trying to improve the situation, it finds.
"The lasting legacy of Sept. 9, 2010 is San Bruno's dedication to ensure this type of disaster is never allowed to happen again," said Mayor Jim Ruane.
SAFFiR is a humanoid robot that would be outfitted with sensors and is being designed to interact with people and perform many of the dangerous firefighting tasks now done by humans.
The citation follows an investigation in September, prompted by a complaint, which determined employees were working on top of rail cars without fall protection while preparing the cars for loading of corn and soybeans.