A total of 1,142 grounds maintenance workers (GMWs) were fatally injured at work during 2003--2008, an average of 190 each year, according to figures just released by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
The North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week ended on Saturday, but its themes will live on in artwork created by children for the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) “Safety on the Job” poster contest.
OSHAhas cited Taft Grain & Elevator Co. with four willful and 16 serious violations following the death of an employee who became engulfed in grain at the company's work site in Taft, Texas.
As part of Asthma Awareness Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recommending ways people can help prevent asthma attacks. The agency says the disease has consistently increased over the past decade with more than 4 million additional cases reported, including nearly 1 million additional cases reported in children.
OSHA has cited Quinco Steel Inc. of Chicago Heights for four repeat safety violations after people were observed working at heights without fall protection during a January job site inspection in Chicago.
One employee was killed and another injured when hot sparks from a welding operation ignited flammable vapors inside a tank in Buffalo, NY, according to OSHA.
New federal data reveals a modest increase in seat belt use among commercial truck and bus drivers. Newly released statistics from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) data shows that 78 percent of professional drivers wore safety belts while operating behind the wheel in 2010, compared to 74 percent in 2009.
In the wake of a particularly deadly year at the nation’s oil refineries, United Steelworkers (USW) union members are using shareholder resolutions to call on major oil companies to improve disclosures on safety at oil refineries.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) this week announced that federal inspectors issued 20 withdrawal orders and five citations to Randolph Mine in Boone County, W.Va., during an impact inspection conducted in April.
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Orval Kent Foods Co. Inc. in Delphos for 11 safety violations after a worker suffered a puncture wound from a drill press in December 2010.
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