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Training a literacy-challenged workforce

June 2, 2014

The State of Western Australia is the largest federal division by area in Australia, and is the second largest country subdivision in the world.

Help support ASSE’s Family Scholarship Fund

Brenda Kay Zylstra

June 2, 2014

The Family Scholarship Fund (FSF) debuted at Safety 2013. One year later, as the fund balance stands at more than $100,000 and the first recipient has been selected, Henshaw is optimistic about how far this program can reach.

Does your training meet new 29 CFR Parts 1910 & 1926 requirements?

Dennis Neitzel

June 2, 2014

The answer to this question depends on whether or not you previously complied with the training and documentation requirements of any or all of the following:

Top products of the week

June 1, 2014

Hearing protection, safe hazmat disposal and area lighting are among this week’s top EHS-related products as featured on ISHN.com.

Weekly news round-up

May 31, 2014

A fatal forklift accident, the health implications of housing conditions and climate change and arc flash myths were among this week’s top EHS-related stories featured on ISHN.com.

Are Americans worrying too much about the wrong things?

National Safety Council uses National Safety Month to highlight a top killer: Unintended injuries

May 30, 2014

June is National Safety Month, and the National Safety Council is calling on Americans to take notice of the fifth* leading cause of death – unintentional injuries. Every four minutes someone in the U.S dies from an unintentional injury. That’s 120,000 people a year.

Cost of motor vehicle accidents in U.S. per year: $871 billion

Economic costs alone are nearly $900 for each person living in the U.S.

May 30, 2014

The U.S. Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a new study that underscores the high economic toll and societal impact of motor vehicle crashes in the United States.

Measles cases in the United States reach 20-year high

CDC urges vaccination as summer travel season approaches

May 30, 2014

Two hundred and eighty-eight cases of measles were reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States between Jan. 1 and May 23, 2014. This is the largest number of measles cases in the United States reported in the first five months of a year since 1994.

OSHA investigates a hospitalized injury due to an arc flash

May 30, 2014

A crew from the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power was working upgrading the battery room at a receiving substation. (The room provided emergency power for up to 8 hours.) The electric utility had purchased replacement batteries from RSC in Wilmington, CA.

NIOSH ladder safety smart phone app is a finalist for Innovation Award

May 29, 2014

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)’s ladder safety smart phone app is a finalist in the national HHS Innovates awards contest. The app addresses the major causes of ladder falls by placing a number of interactive and easy-to-use graphic-oriented safety tools, checklists and guides into the hands of ladder users wherever and when they are needed.