Industrial Safety & Health Top Stories - Articles - Page 277

Getting at root causes - Automate and incentivize to reduce your incident rate

February 2, 2016

Incidents can occur on a daily basis -- including injuries, illness, chemical spills and more. To manage these events effectively and stop them at the root cause, technology is key.

Where’s the evidence? Pre-placement exams lack consensus risk analysis protocols

Dave Johnson

February 2, 2016

OSHA has medical screening and surveillance requirements for 24 standards, including asbestos, bloodborne pathogens, cotton dust, HAZWOPER, lead, noise and respiratory protection.

Safety Software helps you accurately track incidents & injuries

Claire Epstein

February 2, 2016

Health, safety, and industrial hygiene professionals are continually confronted with the challenge to gather, review, and act wisely based on various types of data.

Your facility is flooded… Beware of electrical hazards during cleanup & recovery

Gavin Burdge CSP, CIH

February 2, 2016

Electrical hazards are one of the many hazards that can occur in a flooding incident involving potential exposures to harmful substances, or contact with energized surfaces or energized water itself.

OSHA regulations vary for eyewash flushing & shower drenching

Wesley J. Maertz

February 2, 2016

The question often comes up as to where OSHA calls out eyewash requirements.

Colorado worker pulled into a compression machine; seriously injured

L&P Springs Manufacturing faces $77,000 in OSH fines

February 2, 2016

An OSHA inspection conducted after an employee at a mattress spring manufacturer was hospitalized with serious injuries found that the employer exposed its workers to crushing hazards from manufacturing equipment that was not properly guarded.

CSB releases dramatic video on West, Texas explosion

February 1, 2016

The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a safety video into the fatal April 17, 2013, fire and explosion at the West Fertilizer Company in West, Texas, which resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and widespread community damage. The deadly fire and explosion occurred when about thirty tons of fertilizer grade ammonium nitrate (FGAN) exploded after being heated by a fire at the storage and distribution facility.

CDC: Zika outbreak in U.S. is likely-

-but scope will be limited

February 1, 2016

Public health experts are bracing for the appearance of the Zika virus – which causes severe birth defects among pregnant women who’ve been exposed to it – in the United States. However, they predict that it will not have the same devastating effect that it’s had in South America and the Caribbean.

NIOSH study reveals cigarette smoking behavior of working women

February 1, 2016

As many as 1 in 6 working women of child-bearing age in the U.S. are cigarette smokers and numbers vary widely across industries and occupations according to a National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) study published this month in Nicotine & Tobacco Research.

Chemical Safety Board wraps up investigation into 2013 West Fertilizer blast

Recommends changes in hazard awareness, land use planning and regulatory oversight

February 1, 2016

The US Chemical Safety Board (CSB) last week voted on its final report and safety recommendations on the April 17, 2013, West Fertilizer fire and explosion in West, Texas, which resulted in 15 fatalities, more than 260 injuries, and widespread community damage.