Adding Inequality to Injury: The Cost of Failing to Protect Workers on the Job,” is a recently released 20-page OSHA report that has the agency jumping into the national debate about income inequality and raising the federal minimum wage.
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Today’s most successful occupational safety and health professionals arm themselves with a toolbox of information, innovations and resources to guide their mission.
In an effort to establish minimum performance and use requirements for emergency eyewash and shower equipment, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) created industry standard ANSI Z358.1 in 1981.
Noise control is difficult in refining and chemical plant environments. To mitigate hazardous noise, personal protective equipment (PPE), i.e. hearing protection, is often required.
Indeed all employers have the right to implement as strict a drug policy as they desire. Likewise, employees signing on with an organization know their responsibilities.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the U.S. Since the primary cause of skin cancer is exposure to the sun
Millions of manufacturing workers — automotive, farm equipment, aircraft, heavy machinery or other hardware — are exposed to oil-based machining fluids every day.
OSHA standard 1910.147 The control of hazardous energy (lockout/tagout) covers the servicing and maintenance of machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or startup of the machines ,/p>
When Bryan Johnson and Jim Bacon made their way to Watford City, North Dakota, to see the oil industry boom for themselves, they recognized an opportunity, but it wasn’t working in the oil fields.
Model 9400 AXION® Steam Water Heater uses existing plant steam supply to provide ANSI-compliant tepid water to standard safety shower and/or eye/face wash stations with normal water pressure.
LiftWise offers the next generation of its fall arrest service crane basket, which is designed for accessing high-reach maintenance areas, especially on large equipment.
The GSM-60 is a microprocessor-based gas monitor especially designed for use in industrial process, aerospace, pharmaceutical and semiconductor applications.