The International Safety Equipment (ISEA) lauded the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for issuing new rules to make road workers safer by requiring that they all wear high-visibility apparel whenever they are exposed to moving traffic, work vehicles or construction equipment, according to an ISEA press release.
The Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) announced in a recent press release that the overall steel recycling rate for the world’s, and America’s, most recycled material — steel — reached a record high of 83.3 percent. This means that more than 82 million tons of domestic steel scrap was charged into furnaces, both in the United States and abroad, to make new steel products to be used by the steel industry’s customers in meeting consumers’ needs.
With the holiday season approaching, most Americans turn their thoughts to home, family and friends. To make sure that you stay safe and sound this holiday season, the Electronic Security Association (ESA), in a recent press release, recommends some basic home safety and security tips.
A campaign warning tradespeople about the dangers of asbestos has won a prestigious international award, according to a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) press release. The HSE’s “hidden killer” campaign was top in the health category of the European Excellence Awards, held in Vienna, which honor outstanding achievements in public relations.
Kathy Seabrook, owner of the consultancy Global Solutions, Inc. and Global Solutions International Ltd. (www.globalehs.com) tells ISHNshe represented the American Society of Safety Engineers, as Sustainability & Safety Professional Chair, at the NIOSH Green Jobs: Making Green Jobs Safe Workshop held this week. Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health (aka the OSHA boss) Dr. David Michaels, all of five days into his new job replacing acting OSHA chief Jordan Barab, provided the closing presentation for the workshop.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has announced a multifaceted, comprehensive strategy to end new cases of black lung among the nation's coal miners.
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) B101 committee on Slip, Trip and Fall Prevention has released the nation's first-ever, floor safety standard designed to prevent pedestrian slips and falls, according to a press statement from the National Floor Safety Institute.
As a result of negotiations with EPA, several companies announced yesterday they will undertake a three-year phaseout of decabromodiphenyl ether (DecaBDE), a persistent and toxic chemical that has been used as a flame retardant in consumer and other products.
Preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) shows that mine fatalities in 2008 fell to an all-time low recording a 31 percent drop from 2007. Metal/nonmetal mines recorded the lowest level of fatalities in that sector of mining since statistics were first recorded in 1910, and the fatality level in coal mines was the lowest recorded number since 2005.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has proposed a $4 million civil penalty for Spitfire Aviation Services, LLC, of Fayetteville, Ark., for numerous violations of the Federal Aviation Regulations.