Being prepared, knowing your rights and presenting your company “in the best possible light” is the way to face local and national emphasis program inspections, according to Michael T. Taylor, a lawyer with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm of Arent Fox LLP.
The WorkLife Program of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is “evolving to address a wider range of factors that influence workers’ total health,” according to the institute.
The number of women working in industry and trade is growing slowly but steadily. The most popular professions include gardening, carpentry and joinery, painting, tiling and mechatronics.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Dr. David Michaels has signed an agreement renewing OSHA's partnership with Ford Motor Co., the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and Automotive Component Holdings LLC, and welcoming the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a new partner.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said its ongoing investigation has revealed that the explosion at the Hoeganaes facility in Gallatin, Tennessee was caused by hydrogen gas leaking into a trench from a large hole in a vent pipe -- but that combustible dust played a part as well.
Serious and disabling foot injuries such as crushing, puncture wounds and sprains get considerable attention in the workplace, but a more subtle kind of foot injury — one which develops over time — can also be painful and disabling.
Musculoskeletal pain, obesity, and smoking are among the factors associated with an increased risk of work disability due to low back disorders, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
RSS