Occupational Safety - Articles - Page 219

Travelers introduces innovative risk management mobile app for business customers

April 23, 2019

The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) today announced a new and innovative mobile app for its business insurance customers called Risk Toolworks™. Available on iOS and Android devices, the app allows customers to access the company’s best tools, guides and resources from their mobile devices to conveniently manage risks.

New Gold Series X-Flo system protects operators from toxic plasma cutting fumes and smoke

April 23, 2019

Camfil APC has introduced the Gold Series X-Flo (GSX), a powerful and cost-efficient system for collecting and containing the fumes generated by plasma cutting tables. The system is used in conjunction with a downdraft table to capture fumes at their source, reducing operator exposure to toxic fumes and helping shops meet OSHA permissible exposure limits (PELs).

“It’s the individual that counts”

A+A 2019 is Nov. 5-8 in Düsseldorf, Germany

April 23, 2019

From November 5 – 8, 2019, occupational safety and health take center stage in Düsseldorf, Germany. The increasing level of international interconnectivity and networking is accompanied by new company structures and production conditions. These in turn mean employees have to master new challenges. To do this successfully, we need modern occupational safety and intelligent concepts.

Course is set for A+A 2019 Occupational Health and Safety Trade Fair

Interview with Wolfram N. Diener, Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf

April 23, 2019

A+A 2019, International Trade Fair with Congress for Safety, Security and Health, will be held from November 5 – 8, 2019 at the fairgrounds in Düsseldorf, Germany. Since October 1, 2018, Wolfram Diener has been the new Managing Director of Messe Düsseldorf and responsible for A+A. Diener is enthusiastic about his new job.

AXION® MSR wall mount eye/face wash from Haws

April 23, 2019

Model 7260B-7270B wall-mounted eye and face wash features the medically acclaimed AXION MSR eye/face wash head assembly (patent pending).

Fall, trenching & hazmat hazards: safety violations across the USA

April 23, 2019

A fatal fall, hazmat exposure and trenching hazards are among the workplace conditions that resulted in federal and state OSHA violations in recent cases.

reporting serious injuries and fatalities

Knockin’ on heaven’s door

It’s a sound no one wants to hear in safety – to the harm of protecting workers

Dave Johnson

April 23, 2019

In 2017, 5,147 workers in the U.S. were killed on the job, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, down slightly from 5.190 in 2016. The fatal injury rate in 2017 was 3.5 per 100,000 full-time employees. Three or four people out of 100,000. Not close to one percent. Meaning most everyone escapes being touched by a work-related death.

What’s next in OSH: Edible safety messages

April 22, 2019

A Certified Safety Professional (CSP) with 17 years’ experience in the field has found a way to communicate safety messages to workers by way of their taste buds. Cynthia Braun, who is also a Certified Environmental Trainer (CET), and Certified Hazardous Materials Manager (CHMM), is the is the President and Principal Consultant of Braun Safety Associates, LLC, an occupational safety consulting and training firm in Littleton, CO.

Wyoming nursing facility scores a zero – in a good way

Hospice partnered with state’s OSHA Consultation program to improve workplace health and safety

April 22, 2019

A skilled nursing facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming has achieved injuries, illnesses and lost days that are dramatically below the average for their industry since it began working with Wyoming OSHA Consultation. From 2016 through 2017, the Davis Hospice Center’s Total Recordable Case Rate (TRC) rate was zero, and their Days Away from Work, Job Transfer and Restriction (DART) rate was also zero. These rates are astounding when discussing the healthcare industry and health and safety challenges they face.

Physical activity key to farmers' heat-related illness

New study explores the link

April 22, 2019

Farm workers are at high risk for heat-related illness in hot temperatures, especially during summer crop production. Farming is also physically demanding, further increasing the likelihood of developing heat-related illness. In California, where an estimated 30%-40% of U.S. farm workers are employed, temperatures in the state’s Central Valley – are typically in the 90s in June and July.