The Bomb Arson Tracking System is a tool geared to aid U.S. fire departments and fire marshals in their efforts to track arson incidents, manage investigation data, and apprehend arsonists.
The industry's major names are here in Portland and, from the looks of things so far, they brought their best with them.
Fall protection expert Thomas Kramer will receive the Charles V. Culbertson Outstanding Service Award from the American Society of Safety Engineers on June 12.
It is on the agenda for the 64th session of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland, May 16-24.
One of the AIHce technical papers in which NIOSH personnel were involved provides a disappointing update on what the agency reported at the 2009 AIHce.
A "General Topics in Occupational Safety" starting at 2 p.m. includes a critical look at the Macondo well blowout, and at 10:30 a.m. several Certified Health Physicists discuss radiation hazards in light of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
OSHA's Corpus Christi Area Office initiated an investigation Nov. 27, 2010, after an employee setting up a rig was struck and killed by a section of the track for the drive system on the drilling derrick.
“The FAA is proposing the most significant changes to air carrier training in 20 years,” said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. “This is a major effort to strengthen the performance of pilots, flight attendants, and dispatchers through better training.”
Upper Iowa University's Fayette campus will be the first U.S. university to install what is billed as an intelligent evacuation system from Lightstep Technologies of Belfast, Northern Ireland.
AIHA and ACGIH kicked off the 2011 American Industrial Hygiene conference and exposition here today at the Oregon Convention Center with an opening general session featuring former NASA flight control director and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Gene Kranz.
Noncommunicable diseases such heart disease, stroke, diabetes, and cancer now make up two-thirds of all deaths globally, due to the population aging and the spread of risk factors associated with globalization and urbanization.
BHP Billiton on May 13 published its final Supplementary Environmental Impact Statement for a huge expansion of its Olympic Dam operation in South Australia.
OSHA found employees exposed to falls ranging from 20 to 33 feet while working on the building's roof, a roof bracket scaffold, a ladderjack scaffold, and ladders.
HHS released the "Partnering to Heal: Teaming Up Against Healthcare-Associated Infections," an interactive computer-based video-simulation training program on May 13.
Driver Acceptance Clinics will test new technologies geared help DOT learn more about how drivers respond to vehicle-to-vehicle communications that can help reduce traffic accidents and save lives.
Vive Nano specializes in encapsulation and in developing new formulations for the crop protection industry.
The new certification label will bear the manufacturer's name and helmet model and the words "DOT FMVSS No. 218 Certified."