The boy, waiting for his father to get off work, found keys in the ignition of a forklift, started the engine and drove off before the machine flipped over and landed on him, the company says.
5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules in landscaper injury case that the Employee Retirement Income Security Act does not pre-empt state law claims regarding unsafe workplaces.
Company faces fines from Cal/OSHA after a nitrous oxide compound used during a test last summer exploded, killing three workers and injuring several others.
Nearly 75 percent of the U.S. workforce will be mobile in a few years due to advances in technologies, younger workers' affinity for technology and competitive pressures.
How EHS professionals can work to eliminate or reduce risks connected to “greening” efforts is the topic of a new "Safety Implications of Greening" white paper released yesterday by ASSE.
OSHA found that employees of two contractors were exposed to falls, possible drowning in Boston Harbor and other hazards while removing lead paint from structural steel supports.
Following the death of a worker this week, a BP spokesman said that the company’s safety standards were “not where we want to be,” despite a $1 billion safety improvement program.
OSHA and Marathon Petroleum Co. LLC have agreed on a settlement after a safety inspection at the company's Canton, Ohio refinery revealed multiple workplace safety violations.
The interim guidance concerns the medical screening of workers potentially exposed to engineered nanoparticles in the manufacture and industrial use of nanoparticles.
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