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A complaint brought OSHA inspectors to a rubber and plastic manufacturing plant in Killbuck, Ohio, where they found that employees were being exposed to nearly four dozen safety and health violations.

3D printing or additive manufacturing allows users to “print” a variety of items, from airplane parts to prosthetic limbs. 3D printing is still a relatively new technology and there are many gaps in the information available about health and safety implications. As with many innovations, workers are the first groups exposed to potential hazards.

In celebration of Manufacturing Day, Faztek, LLC will open its doors on October 5, 2018 to more than 100 students from Fort Wayne Community Schools, Purdue of Fort Wayne, and other local schools.

The construction industry, by its nature, can be dangerous. SangHyun Lee, an associate professor in the University of Michigan’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, says wearable sensors can can improve construction worker safety and also reduce costs through better data on worker health. He answers questions about his research.

A controversial new emissions rule from the EPA, contaminants in a street drug send hundreds to hospitals and a fire safety group accuses a state of watering down safety requirements in its building codes. These were among the top stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Cal/OSHA has issued citations to an outdoor advertising company for serious safety violations after a worker suffered third-degree burns when a metal pole he was using to install a sign on a billboard came into contact with an overhead power line.

A Hollywood stunt man injured in a fall is out of the medically induced coma he was put into last Monday, but family friends are reportedly saying he's "not out of the woods yet." Justin Sundquist suffered a serious head injury when he fell from a moving vehicle while filming the CSB show, “MacGyver” in Atlanta. News sources say Sundquist remains hospitalized but is out of ICU and is able to communicate with visitors.

Two organizations that are working together to develop information to help mitigate hazardous exposures in brick kilns have won recognition from the International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA).