The employer of welders killed and disabled in a pipeline explosion two years ago in Walnut Creek, Calif., is urging Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to sign a worker-safety bill, reports the Walnut Creek-based Contra Costa Times.
Three holdouts among hundreds of plaintiffs who sued BP PLC for injuries or deaths in the 2005 Texas City explosion are set for trial this morning as the British energy company is under fire for management lapses in Alaska and Texas.
The Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) will hold a public meeting in Washington, D.C., Oct. 11-12, 2006. Notice of the meeting is scheduled to appear in today’s Federal Register.
Once I had the chance to create a mini work culture. I was to lead a small editorial team out of corporate cubicleland and set up shop in a small suite of offices nearby.
Influenza pandemics can be expected to occur, on average, three to four times each century when new virus subtypes emerge and are readily transmitted from person to person.
I became acquainted with safety many years ago. My first acquaintance was on my first introduction to industry — an aircraft manufacturer upon my graduation in industrial engineering in 1952.
For many people, wearing sunglasses serves a basic purpose — shielding our eyes from the bright light of the sun and the uncomfortable glare that causes us to squint and strain.
Training class is into its third day and we have broken into teams to begin identifying all the safe practices and conditions required within each team’s assigned work area. One group is having difficulty determining the safest way to perform a particular function.
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