Dubose Construction Co. LLC of Mt. Meigs, Alabama has been cited by OSHA for exposing its workers to potential cave-in hazards while they were relocating a water valve in Montgomery. Proposed penalties total $46,970.
Although west coast radiation levels continue to be “far below levels of concern,” the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says it will increase monitoring nationwide due to concerns over the ongoing radiation release in Japan.
Slips, trips and falls are one of the leading causes of workplace accidents each year. Many factors contribute to these accidents, including poorly maintained floors, the use of inappropriate products for floor care, cords or cables stretched across walkways, failure to clean up spills, and ignoring methods and equipment to avoid spills in the first place.
No matter what industry you work in, most companies open corrugated boxes - whether it is to get parts, ingredients or items for stocking shelves. This task is such a basic part of all operations that the risks involved can be overlooked easily and employers could fail to consider the impact it could have on their organization.
For many years, companies in cold or hot climates have installed cartridge dust collectors designed to remove welding fumes and recirculate heated or cooled filtered air back through the workspace. But in temperate regions where manufacturing areas are not climate-controlled, many plants have found it more expedient to exhaust weld fumes outside.
For the first time in its 100-year history, the Des Plaines, Illinois-based American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) annual professional development conference (PDC) and exposition, Safety 2011, will be held in Chicago June 12-15 at McCormick Place - and it is already breaking records.
Significant developments within OSHA and ANSI safety standards will have a considerable effect on fall protection requirements throughout general industry.
When OSHA published its proposed rule for Walking-Working Surfaces and Fall Protection last year, it was the culmination of a regulatory project that’s been brewing for decades. For the members of the Fall Protection Group of the International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA), it was a mark of success in efforts to get the agency to focus on protecting workers from falls.
General industry and the construction industry have a lot in common when it comes to confined space hazards: the potential for fire, explosion, chemical exposure and oxygen enrichment or deficiency.
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