“Although workplace eye injuries can be devastating, there is a positive story to tell about prevention when workers consistently use the right protective eyewear.”
"There are plenty of employers out there who play by the rules and want to do the right thing, and we're hopeful we can work with them to craft a policy that's good for all."
The humble ladder may soon benefit from a technology that enables it to be electrically attached to a variety of building surfaces, according to NIOSH, which is collaborating with SRI International, an independent nonprofit research and development institute, to develop a prototype.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA), in collaboration with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), has released two new fundamental consensus standards which promote conformity among assessment systems.
OSHA has cited New England Motor Freight Inc., an Elizabeth, N.J.-based freight carrier, for 17 serious, repeat and other-than-serious violations after an employee sustained a foot injury while operating a forklift at the company's Pawtucket, R.I., freight terminal. The company faces a total of $76,000 in fines.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Industrial Ceramic Products, also known as ICP, with two willful, seven serious and four other-than-serious safety violations after a worker suffered a permanent arm injury while fixing a jammed machine. The manufacturer of industrial ceramic products is facing proposed penalties of $91,500.
A fire and explosion at a titanium and zirconium processing facility in the northern panhandle of West Virginia Thursday afternoon has claimed the lives of two workers.
OSHA has issued a total of $154,700 in proposed fines against three Massachusetts contractors for exposing workers to cave-in hazards at a Salem, N.H., worksite. Cited were Joseph P. Cardillo & Son Inc. of Wakefield, Majestic Mechanical Contractors Inc. of Tewksbury and Domenick Zanni Sons Inc. of Reading.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Newman and Co. for exposing workers to numerous workplace safety and health hazards after a worker was killed at the paper manufacturer's Philadelphia plant.