Articles Tagged with ''safety''

OSHA inspectors who witnessed workers exposed to fall hazards at several commercial roofing projects began an investigation that resulted in a half dozen safety violations and $121,660 in fines against the contractor.

The CSB has released its latest compilation of safety videos entitled “Safety Videos Volume 2” which includes, “Fatal Exposure: Tragedy at DuPont” detailing three accidents over a 33 – hour period at the DuPont plant in Belle, WV; “Experimenting with Danger” which focuses on the hazards associated with conducting research at chemical laboratories in academic institutions; and “Iron in the Fire” which discusses three iron dust fires that occurred in 2011 at the Hoeganaes plant in Gallatin, TN.

Nearly two thousand chemical engineers will converge on Houston next week for the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Spring Meeting and 8th Global Congress on Process Safety.

The exhibits of the expected 150 international exhibitors at OS+H Asia 2012, 8th Occupational Safety & Health Exhibition for Asia, will be supported by the 2nd Singapore WSH Conference and the Forum on Safety & Health.

Can you remember a public opinion poll in the U.S. on job safety issues? I can’t. But in Europe it is a different story.

Would you watch out for my safety? Discover 5 reasons people will want to watch out for your safety and the safety of others Monday, June 4 session 502 at www.safety2012.org in Denver, CO.

Richard Fairfax, OSHA deputy assistant secretary issued a memorandum on March 12, 2012 to agency regional administrators and whistleblower protection program managers that might have slipped under the radar of many safety professionals.

Injury, damage and lost work hours resulting from untethered tools falling from aloft cost U.S. industry about $6 billion a year. A staggering figure, yet this type of accident is almost completely preventable by using a relatively inexpensive tethering device. 

Safety and health experts from the United Mine Workers of American (UMWA) said a recent visit to coal mines in Columbia gave them a sense of nostalgia -- and not in a good way.

Research conducted by the federally-funded National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has helped to reduce fatalities among commercial fisherman by 42 percent.