Articles Tagged with ''safety''

Brady, a leader in safety, facility and equipment identification products, will be celebrating the National Safety Council’s (NSC) 100-year anniversary by giving away 100 prizes, valued at $25,000 (MSRP) at the 2012 Congress & Expo.

Scott Safety, a subsidiary of Tyco International, is celebrating 80 years as a global leader in development and manufacture of leading-edge fire protection and detection equipment and technology—but the company is really celebrating 80 years of safer industrial and military emergency preparedness and response.

ANSI/AIHA Z10-2012 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems provides organizations an effective tool for continual improvement of their occupational health and safety performance.

Here were the top stories related to occupational health and safety featured this week on www.ishn.com:

The FBI Laboratory’s Evidence Response Team Unit recently conducted a two-week training course for 18 Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) accident and special investigators at the National Mine Health and Safety Academy in Beaver, W.Va.

A Florida metals manufacturer managed to bring its injury and illness rates from above industry averages to well below, after using OSHA’s on-site consultation program to identify hazards in its workplace.

The need for safety equipment when performing hazardous tasks is undisputed, yet U.S. workers continue to take risks by failing to wear personal protective equipment (PPE) when it is needed.

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Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis has appointed four new members and re-appointment of two current members to the Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health.

Pediatricians are being urged to advise parents and patients about pedestrian safety by the authors of a new study showing that child pedestrians are often hit by cars because they are distracted by mobile devices, such as MP3 players and cell phones.