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Tree trimmer electrocuted while working on California palm trees

February 8, 2019

Tree trimming companies should perform hazard assessments before allowing a worker to begin a task, according to investigators who looked into the electrocution death of a tree trimmer working in the backyard of a private residence. The incident in California was unwitnessed, but occurred while the tree trimmer was trimming palm trees that were in close proximity to a utility power pole and high voltage lines.

Cal/OSHA ponders federal OSHA rule change

February 7, 2019

Cal/OSHA is taking a look at how a change in OSHA’s recordkeeping regulation affects its own injury tracking requirements. The state agency that helps protect California’s workers from health and safety hazards on the job has scheduled an advisory committee meeting on the electronic.

Elevator-related construction fatalities on the rise

February 7, 2019

Workers are at risk of serious injury or death when installing, repairing, and maintaining escalators and elevators, as well as when cleaning elevator shafts, conducting emergency evacuations of stalled elevators, or performing construction work near open shafts. A recent study by CPWR's Data Center found that while fatalities fluctuate year-to-year, the general trend in elevator-related deaths has been upward.

Networked high-tech sensors to the rescue

Smart lighting and signage could provide emergency information in case of fire

Lee Sadd

February 7, 2019

Despite all our best efforts and often those of the employees we train and advise - people have a problem with safety. It can be a hard topic to bring to life, and there’s a fine line between honesty and being accused of scaremongering.

How to get the best from your dropped objects prevention program

“Look out below!”

February 7, 2019

Dropped tools and equipment are some of the deadliest hazards from working at height that often go overlooked. New developments and standards are bringing more focus to this hazard in general, but is your company maximizing the benefits of a dropped objects program?

Curtain walls trap noise in sonic attacks

Curtain walls trap noise in pockets of protection

A solution for sonic attacks

Chuck Ashelin

February 7, 2019

Loud noises such as a backing semi-trailer or a fire alarm alert workers of impending danger. However, loud noises themselves can be dangerous, causing a host of immediate and long-term problems for employees and operations.

Pure Safety Group unveils two next generation harnesses

Completes the S Series line-up of harnesses

February 7, 2019

Pure Safety Group (PSG), the largest company dedicated solely to fall protection, has unveiled two new products to complete its Series line-up of three Guardian Fall Protection safety harnesses, with applications for keeping workers at height safe in many real-life work scenario. All harnesses meet OSHA standards, exceed ANSI standards and are pending CSA certification.

NC town fined for letting teen workers operate chain saws

February 7, 2019

Canton, North Carolina employed two minors to operate chainsaws and to ride in the back of a dump truck while removing overhead tree branches on a residential street – tasks deemed too hazardous for young workers, according to child labor requirements Fair Labor Standards Act's (FLSA). After an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD), Canton, North Carolina, paid a civil penalty of $7,060 for violating the FLSA.

OSHA to gun range: Get the lead out

February 6, 2019

OSHA investigators found that employees at a Texas gun range were not only exposed to above-permissible limits of lead in the air, they also risked potential exposure due to surfaces throughout the facility that were contaminated with the substance. Tap Rack Bang Indoor Shooting Range LLC - operating as The Gun Range faces penalties totaling $214,387 for safety violations at its facility in Killeen.

Suddath warehouse workers log 500+ days without injuries

February 6, 2019

A global transportation, relocation, and logistics company headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida is celebrating more than its 100 anniversary this year. Suddath® reached a significant safety milestone in its Global Logistics division –500+ days – or more than a half-million consecutive hours - without lost workdays due to injuries.