The condition of the equipment that employees use or operate in an industrial setting can directly affect a company's productivity.
It can also put workers' safety at risk. Here are six things that should factor into any decision about equipment replacement timelines.
Each day approximately 150 people — more than 54,000 a year — die unnecessarily from work-related injuries and illnesses. Many more suffer nonfatal injuries and illnesses. As part of the American Industrial Hygiene Association's continuing efforts to address these problems, today it has released its first-ever Public Policy Agenda.
The health care industry has a new resource to turn to for information about respiratory protection options for employees, one which crunches the numbers and identifies two types of usage. A recently released report from the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine explores the potential for use of half-facepiece elastomeric respirators in the U.S. health care system with a focus on the economic, policy, and implementation challenges and opportunities.
A glove that protects the back of the hand from impact and a curtain that protects hydraulic press operators from shrapnel were this week’s top workplace safety products featured on ISHN.com.
Exits at a Ohio United Parcel Service (UPS) distribution center weren’t just temporarily blocked, according to the OSHA inspectors; some were permanently locked.
The company was cited for repeatedly putting workers at risk by obstructing exit routes at its Sharonville, Ohio, distribution center and faces $208,603 in proposed penalties for those violations.
It’s a new year, and in many ways a fresh start; but not for the NORA (National Occupational Research Agenda) councils that continue to build on the efforts of the past two years. The ten sector councils from the second decade of NORA carried forward their work to improve occupational safety and health in industry sectors.
The Cordova Safety Products-brand COMMANDER IMPACT™ glove offers ANSI/ISEA A7 cut level protection. It features a 13-gauge, hi-vis yellow HPPE/Glass/Steel fiber shell with a two-layer, red, sandy nitrile palm coating for added gripping power. It offers added impact-protection with back-of-the-hand soft TPR and a secure fit with hook & loop closure at the wrist.
OSHA has cited roofing company Aspen Contracting Inc. – based in Lee’s Summit, Missouri – and subcontractor J Cuellar LLC – based in West Bend, Wisconsin – for exposing employees to dangerous fall hazards at a Fountain, Colorado construction site. The companies face proposed penalties totaling $147, 998.
The American Society of Safety Professionals (ASSP) Foundation today released a fatigue research report that shows the value of wearable technology in the workplace, encouraging employers to make a New Year’s resolution to monitor the fatigue levels of its workers to reduce injuries and increase productivity.
With a new year dawning, it’s a good time to review the rights and requirements of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act), which was passed to prevent workers from being killed or otherwise harmed at work.
The OSH Act gives workers the right to safe and healthful working conditions. In order to ensure their protection from job hazards, workers can:
