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Big tire servicers get revised safety guidance from OSHA

December 5, 2011

OSHA has revised its tire servicing materials to address current hazards in the industry and help workers safely perform maintenance on large vehicle tires.

3E Company launches new Chemical Data Reporting services

November 15, 2011

3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced the availability of a new suite of Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) services.

Community noise course sells out at industrial hygiene conference

November 10, 2011

The range of industrial hygienists indeed reaches beyond industry gates, as shown by the sell-out audience that attended a full-day, for-fee course in community noise held during the Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene held earlier this month in Baltimore.

OSHA issues new small businesses document to explain respiratory protection standard

October 18, 2011

OSHA has released a revised Small Entity Compliance Guide for the Respiratory Protection Standard intended to help small businesses protect workers from respiratory hazards.

Up to code?

Industry expert Jeff Tarter discusses hazardous materials management

Jeff Tarter

October 1, 2011

What do organizations need to consider when addressing hazardous materials management safety?

Dilemmas posed by EU’s REACH legislation

8 recommendations to handle stricter exposure limits

October 1, 2011

The European Union’s chemical management law known as REACH requires chemical manufacturers and importers to assess risks and describe conditions under which their chemical substances can be safely used.

The improved Uni-Fit™ ear plug by Elvex®

September 6, 2011

Elvex® introduces the improved, Uni-Fit™ disposable ear plug with a higher rating of 32 NRR!

Feds crack down on unsafe motorcoach & trucking companies

August 9, 2011

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced that in the last two years, the Obama Administration has issued as many imminent hazard orders placing unsafe bus and truck companies out of service as in the previous ten years combined.

Sound Meter

August 3, 2011

Designed for safety compliance and exposure monitoring, the Casella CEL-620B sound meter digitally measures sound level in factories, refineries, construction sites or other workplaces where noise is a concern.

Practical drift and writing safety rules

Behaviors get loose when procedures are too tight

James E. Leemann Ph.D.

August 2, 2011

Last month I introduced you to Scott A. Snook’s term practical drift, which he coined in his root cause analysis of the accidental shoot down of two U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters resulting in the loss of 26 peacekeepers.