Articles Tagged with ''safety''

Workers have an easy way to monitor their hard hat exposure to the sun thanks to the new 3M H-700 Series Hard Hat equipped with a Uvicator™ Sensor.

In a highly touted safety achievement, deaths on the nation’s roads and highways have fallen sharply in recent years, to the lowest total in more than a half-century. But motorcyclists have missed out on that dramatic improvement, and the news for them has been increasingly grim.

Two technicians who were struck by a hi-rail vehicle died because of inadequate safeguards provided by their employer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).

With lots of Americans planning to hit the roads for summer vacation plans, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is reminding travelers of a serious stastic: that car crashes are the number one killer of children ages 1 to 12.

With workers compensation costs exceeding $55,000 and injury rates far higher than the industry’s national average, Florida wire and cable manufacturer Cable USA LLC reached out to OSHA’s Free On-site Consultation Program for help.

One of the key roles of safety and health pros is to be influence-peddlers. They need to influence line employees, work teams, work cells, supervisors, plant managers, on up to chief executives.

We had the chance in Denver to sit down with Tom Cecich, CSP, one of the driving forces behind the Center for Sustainability in Safety and Health, to catch up on the Center’s activity.

The Institute for Safety and Health Management’s (ISHM) CSHM certification has been approved as an option for professional membership in the ASSE.

Leading premium protective eyewear manufacturer Wiley X, ® Inc. is once again supporting National Safety Month, a four-week awareness and education campaign of the National Safety Council that runs throughout June 2012.

Exhibitor applications for A+A 2013, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health at Work, are now available online at www.aplusa-online.com. A+A 2013 exhibitor applications can only be filled out online – no hard copies will be available.