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Mining safety regulation kicks in next month

February 21, 2018

The deadline by which underground coal mine operators must equip continuous mining machines with proximity detection systems is fast approaching. The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has issued an alert to remind the mining industry that the deadline for installing the life-saving technology is March 16, 2018.

Workrite Uniform Company shares top 5 lab safety tips

Protective clothing manufacturer offers recommendations for preventing accidents and injuries in labs

February 20, 2018

From fires and explosions to sharp objects, pathogens and dangerous chemicals, laboratories are home to a variety of hazards. To help promote lab safety, Workrite Uniform Company — a manufacturer of protective workwear, including lab coats — recommends following these safety tips.

Distracted walking leads to collisions at Apple HQ

February 19, 2018

At many companies, employees complain of hitting the glass ceiling as they try to advance their careers. At Apple headquarters in Cupertino, California, glass walls are the problem. Apple Park opened to employees in April, 2017 – while construction was still ongoing – but giving workers early access apparently didn’t help them acclimate themselves to their new surroundings.

Wisconsin co. achieves injury-free workplace with On-Site Consultation Program

February 18, 2018

Rotating Equipment Repair (RER) has had no recordable incidents of worker injuries in the last six years, but that wasn’t always the case. When the Sussex, Wisconsin-based company, that provides parts and services for high-energy pumps reached out in 2008 to OSHA's On-Site Consultation Program for help improving its safety and health program, the company had experienced two recordable injuries that year.

Worker’s leg amputated to free him from trenching machine

February 15, 2018

A team of surgeons were flown to the site of a construction accident in North Texas earlier this month, in order to amputate the leg of a worker who’d gotten caught in a trenching machine.

Nonfatal injuries to cops trending upward

February 14, 2018

Law enforcement officers (LEOS) are three times more likely to sustain a nonfatal injury than all other U.S. workers, according to a first-of-its-kind study that examines nonfatal injuries among the group on a national scale. Assaults and violent acts are the top cause of such injuries (36%), followed by bodily reactions & exertion from running or other repetitive motions (15%), and transportation incidents (14%).

Arc flash burns 3 Minn. energy industry workers

February 14, 2018

A Minnesota energy company says it will contest the $21,000 in fines leveled against it by the state’s OSHA for an incident at the company’s Becker power plant that left three workers with severe burns over large portions of their bodies.

NYC construction worker gets $1.5 million for eye injury

February 13, 2018

A New York City construction worker who was permanently disabled on the job has settled a lawsuit for $1.5 million against a construction company and three real estate companies that owned the site. News sources report that 44-year-old James Morrow was partially blinded in one eye at a Manhattan construction site on Aug. 29, 2014.

New Pig offers slips, trips, and falls online training

- Protect workers, facilities and the environment

February 13, 2018

Every year, same-level slips, trips and falls send five million people to the emergency room — costing American businesses nearly $11 billion in direct costs according to the 2017 Liberty Mutual Workplace Safety Index. New Pig, the leading brand for helping facilities maintain safe, compliant workplace environments has introduced PIG® Slips, Trips, and Falls Online Training for Beginner or Intermediate level trainees.

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No protections: Children get hurt and die on family farms

February 12, 2018

What happens when financial pressures and fear of “big government” intrusion run into concerns about the safety of children. In the case of agriculture, the children lose. The New York Times ran heartbreaking story earlier this week about children as young as 5 getting hurt and killed working with heavy machinery on the family farm.