A wind farm worker in Illinois suffered severe burns after a fellow worker inadvertently energized a transformer – an incident which sparked an OSHA investigation resulting in multiple violations against Outland Renewable Services.
Innovative research and programs that get kids moving will reduce the devastating toll of heart disease and stroke in communities across the country, according to American Heart Association patient advocates, who delivered that message to Congress during last week’s You’re the Cure on the Hill Day.
For the first time ever, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released two separate guidelines for the same chemical based on size – and it’s all about nanotechnology.
Although it’s three decades old, a powerful enforcement tool has been used for the very first time by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA).
URS Corporation, a global engineering and construction firm, has been awarded the Corporate Health Achievement Award (CHAA) by the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
OSHA has cited Pearl Leather Finishing Inc. of Johnstown, NY for 20 alleged violations of workplace health and safety standards at its Johnstown plant.
OSHA, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the Canadian Society of Safety Engineering (CSSE) are readying for the May 2nd start of the North American Occupational Safety and Health Week, an annual event highlighting workplace safety.
A team of investigators from the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has begun investigating a train collision in Iowa that killed two workers Sunday morning.
A chemical blending facility in Columbus, Ohio has been cited by OSHA for safety violations that include failing to protect workers from electrical hazards to not having an effective lockout/tagout program.
Exposing workers to combustible dust hazards was among the multiple workplace health and safety violations found by OSHA at Sterling Seating Inc. of North Arlington, NJ.
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