Refreshers and regular drills are essential for ensuring workplace safety.
Educational sessions, product demonstrations, and many exhibitors are focused on helping OSH professionals comply with the new OSHA HazCom Standard.
Beyond warning signs, there are a number of underlying causes that can trigger sudden cardiac arrest.
Have a disconnected or relatively disengaged workforce? Aim to get everyone involved in some way, no matter how small at first.
OSHA's new reporting rule raises several questions as to what it even means.
Make sure you have asked the right questions. And if you do not have time or do not want to do the dirty work, ask your safety committee to do this, they typically will be glad to help out.
The updated regulation creates a unified and up-to-date set of requirements to help employers more effectively establish safe work practices to protect their workers.
Many workplaces implement guidelines above and beyond OSHA's for the types of eye protection to be used based on the specific hazards that are present.
The active use of the program by successful teams suggests that acknowledgement is critical to the success of these programs.
Exposures to hazards present in the oil and gas well drilling, servicing, and storage industry are addressed in specific standards for general industry.
The company's not in touch with many of the past winners of its annual scholarships and wants to hear from all of them in time for 2016's 30th year of the scholarship program.
Peter Greany of Work Care, Inc. gave his top ten list of ways to leverage collaboration with occupational health professionals.
"We understand the importance of this industry, but workers' lives should not be sacrificed for a better cell phone signal," said Dr. David Michaels, assistant secretary for occupational safety and health.
The agency issued a safety alert reminding pilots to look out for other aircraft and to make their presence known.
The NHTSA says tire safety is especially important for 15-passenger van users.
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Griffin Lumber & Hardware received a willful violation from OSHA, which said the company ignored hazards.
The agencies plan to implement a system allowing the use of one label and one safety data sheet that would be acceptable in both countries.
OSHA has cited Formica Construction Co. Inc. of Port Richmond, N.Y., for three willful, three serious, and one other-than-serious violation of OSHA standards with proposed fines of $121,000.
The trend is expected to continue as summer arrives.