Small businesses with questions about OSHA’s cranes and derricks rule can get answers in the form of a new brochure, Small Entity Compliance Guide for Cranes and Derricks in Construction, issued yesterday by the agency.
Comfort, performance, fit testing and training are some of the topics covered in this month's special issue of Noise and Health magazine, which covers the latest research findings on hearing protection devices.
Current and former nuclear weapons industry workers in Lockport, N.Y., Lynchburg, Va., and Texas City, Texas were added to the Special Exposure Cohort of the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) this week, according to the Department of Labor (DOL), which says the action is part of an ongoing effort to reach workers at smaller covered sites who may not realize they are eligible.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) yesterday announced the Opening General Session speaker for AIHce 2011: NASA Flight Control Director and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Gene Kranz.
OSHA has cited AGP Grain Marketing LLC in Hastings, Nebraska for exposing workers to machine guarding and fall hazards, as well as other safety and health hazards.
OSHA has cited Seaboard International Inc. with 24 serious and two other-than-serious safety violations following the death of a worker at the company's Houston facility.
Warning Pep Boys that it should check its other locations for electric shock hazards, OSHA issued the auto service company five citations for problems at its Hamden, Conn. Facility, with proposed fines totaling $75,000.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is asking for the public’s help in implementing the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2010.
Training and focus in four critical areas can improve general aviation safety, according to the March/April 2011 issue of FAA Safety Briefing, the Federal Aviation Agency’s (FAA) safety magazine for the general aviation community.
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