Bullard, the inventor of the hard hat, has added a new bump cap to its line of head protection products. The new Bullard Bump Cap is a lightweight, sleekly styled cap designed and engineered to provide wearers with all day comfort, durability, and protection against minor bumps, bruises and lacerations. This latest head protection offering from Bullard is the result of direct feedback received from users in the field.
Grace Lone Worker is pleased to introduce a new product designed to recognize and serve the OSHA general duty requirement where “Each employer shall furnish to each of its employees a workplace that is free from recognized hazards that are causing or are likely to cause death or serious physical harm.”
Employees at a Florida health care facility were exposed to verbal threats as well as punches, kicks, bites and other physical assaults – including some using objects as weapons, according to OSHA, which has cited the company for failing to protect its workers from violent mental health patients.
All Power Construction Corp. of Huntsville, Alabama faces $139,684 in proposed penalties following a trench collapse that killed a temporary employee in November 2017. A staffing company, Labor Finders of Tennessee Inc., has $12,934 in penalties levied against it – the maximum allowed.
An OSHA investigation into a fire at a New York State manufacturing facility that claimed the life of an employee uncovered a host of safety hazards – for which the company is facing proposed fines of $281,220.
New Windsor-based Verla International LTD was cited by the agency for failing to protect its workers from dangerous chemicals, and other hazards.
The fatality rate in the marine industry may be low compared with other sectors, but more can be done to prevent incidents. That was the message conveyed by the National Transportation Safety Board’s (NTSB) Office of Marine Safety (OMS) during its recent “safety advocacy tour.”
National Safety Apparel is proud to offer the USA made VIZABLE™ FR Hi-Vis Dual Hazard T-Shirt. This hi-vis long sleeve T-shirt is made from a blend of breathable modacrylic, rayon, and aramid FR fabrics. At 6.25oz, this is our lightest weight hi-vis knit.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) team investigating an explosion at the Husky Energy oil refinery in Superior, Wisconsin has narrowed its focus to equipment within the refinery’s Fluid Catalytic Cracking, or FCC, unit. The April 26, 2018 blast injured approximately 20 employees and caused an evacuation of residents in the surrounding area.
OSHA releases its spring regulatory agenda, more tobacco warnings rolled out and the effects of climate change on health were among the top safety and health stories featured on ISHN.com this week.
Hazardous material incident response teams responding to a release or spill and law enforcement officers executing search warrants on opioid processing or distribution sites are some of the first responders who risk coming into contact with fentanyl during the course of their work, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
