In a new publication from the ETUI, an international expert in occupational health calls on the EU to be at the forefront of a global campaign for the elimination of occupational cancers.
Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services cited for more than 30 violations after tragedy
November 5, 2015
Moments before a blast ripped through a railcar on April 14, 2015, a check of the air quality inside indicated a serious risk of an explosion. Despite the warning, Nebraska Railcar Cleaning Services sent two employees, aged 41 and 45, into the railcar to work without monitoring the air continuously for explosive hazards as required, nor providing the employees with emergency retrieval equipment or properly fitted respirators.
A system for improving the safety and efficiency of construction equipment is the aim of a three-year, $650,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to a team of researchers from Penn State and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
A 57-year-old trucker with five children was found by fellow oil workers slumped over dead next to a tank hatch at an oil well near Ardmore, Okla., on March 20, 2014
The oil industry is inherently dangerous — and those dangers are vividly illustrated in the many newsworthy accidents that have been reported across the globe.
It’s common knowledge that the oil and gas industry is dangerous and the death toll is higher than other industries, but the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows it hasn’t been improving.
Working from heights is inherently dangerous. Effective and feasible fall prevention and fall protection measures are readily available. Falls can be prevented and lives can be saved.
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