The third OSHA visit was anything but a charm for Drive Power, Inc. of Newnam, GA. After being cited for health and safety violations during two previous visits, the company has earned proposed penalties totaling $79,350 as a result of its most recent inspection, in September of 2010.
Failure to follow industry codes likely caused an accident at Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. in Houston, Texas that killed one worker and exposed five others to ammonia, according to a report released today by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB).
Interactive safety training programs may be more expensive, but when the jobs in question are especially dangerous, they are far more effective than other forms of training, according to a study published in this month’s Journal of Applied Psychology, which is published by the American Psychological Association.
Nearly 26 million Americans have diabetes – and seven million of them don’t know it yet, according to new estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
In addition, an estimated 79 million U.S. adults have prediabetes, a condition in which blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes.
An employee of Spray Polyurethane Foam fell almost 30 feet to his death at the company’s El Paso worksite, through a roof that wasn’t strong enough to hold him, according to an OSHA investigation.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently announced a partnership with the National Institutes of Health, The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. and the Jacobs Project Management Co. to promote workplace safety and health, and to provide guidance and training for workers involved in the expansion of the Porter Neuroscience Research Center in Bethesda.
Bowing to concerns from small businesses, OSHA has temporarily withdrawn a proposed column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders, opting instead to open “an active dialogue” with the small business community.
In an effort to reduce worker exposure to diacetyl, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Microwave Popcorn Processing Plants. Diacetyl, a chemical used to add flavor and aroma to popcorn and other foods, has been linked to lung disease when inhaled.
Workplace fatalities cost the United States $53 billion dollars from 1992-2001, according to a study just released by the Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).