OSHA has issued a revised hazard alert to hair salon owners and workers about potential formaldehyde exposure from working with certain hair smoothing and straightening products.
Report cites unsafe equipment, failure to investigate near misses
September 22, 2011
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) today released its final report on a series of three accidents that occurred over a 33-hour period on January 22 and 23, 2010, at the DuPont Corporation’s Belle, West Virginia, chemical manufacturing plant – including a fatal release of deadly phosgene gas, which was used as a chemical weapon in World War One.
A Rochester, NY contractor who disposed of asbestos illegally, exposed untrained workers to the substance and lied to an OSHA inspector has been sentenced to six years in prison.
OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have developed new guidance, Nail Gun Safety – A Guide for Construction Contractors*, to help construction employers and workers prevent work-related nail gun injuries.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lisa P. Jackson today defended her agency’s regulatory process in testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and its global counterparts are getting ready for World Standards Week (WSW), in Washington, D.C., October 11-14.
Zaloudek Grain Co., where Bryce Gannon and Tyler Zander each lost a leg after they were caught in an auger on Aug. 4, did not have workers’ compensation insurance at the time of the accident.
A Massachusets adhesives manufacturer is facing more than $900,000 in fines for 50 safety violations, following an explosion at its Middleton plant that injured four workers.