The American Industrial Hygiene Assocation (AIHA) is using OSHA’s open docket process to publicly offer support for the revised interpretation for noise standards.
The oldest safety society in the U.S. will review the horrific tragedy that inspired its founding and move on to explore contemporary fire safety issues, in a virtual symposium it will host March 1-2, 2011.
Everything from human behavior to sprinkler protection will be covered at the upcoming Suppression, Detection and Signaling Research and Applications conference (SUPDET) – the 15th annual gathering of the Fire Protection Research Foundation.
Failure to record work-related injuries and illnesses has landed a Louisiana payroll conglomerate in hot water. Superior Energy Services Inc., payroll company SESI LLC and five subsidiary companies in Louisiana have been cited for 38 violations of the OSHA recordkeeping standard, with proposed penalties totaling $337,500.
OSHA added $70,000 to the U.S. Postal Service’s “debit” column for a willful safety violation -- on the same day the USPS announced a whopping first quarter net loss of $329 million for this fiscal year.
Already one of the most dangerous occupations in the U.S. – with a fatality rate four times higher than the national average – law enforcement deaths have escalated dramatically in recent years, according to a new report by the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF).
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has issued citations to North Western Energy in Billings for one repeat and two serious safety violations after an employee was injured while working on high-voltage equipment.
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