The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled a meeting of the Federal Advisory Council on Occupational Safety and Health Dec. 5, 2013, in Washington, D.C. FACOSH advises the Secretary of Labor on all matters relating to ...
Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of workers are made sick or die from occupational exposures to the thousands of hazardous chemicals that are used in workplaces every day. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety ...
Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of workers are made sick or die from occupational exposures to hazardous chemicals. Yet, the workplace exposure standards set by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health ...
Tags: Chemicals, Hazardous Chemicals, Construction
In response to OSHA's recently released proposed silica rule, the Natural Stone Council's Board of Directors unanimously voted to join the newly formed Construction Industry Safety Coalition (CISC). The CISC is seeking practical and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Bridgestone Americas Inc. announced that its Bandag retreading facility in Oxford, N.C., has been recognized by the North Carolina Department of Labor as a Carolina Star Worksite. This is the state's highest health and safety honor, awarded ...
Tags: Auto Parts, tyre
Eastern US miner James River Coal has cut about half of its annual Central Appalachian coal production "in response to continued weak coal markets," the company said Monday night after the close of markets. The cutbacks amount to about ...
Tags: Coal, Metallurgy, Mineral, Energy
Is it something on an elevated platform that prevents people from falling? Is it that low-profile metal strip that runs along the freeway? Or maybe nothing significant comes to mind? Unfortunately, the latter is often the case, especially ...
Tags: Industrial Equipment, Components, Guard Rail
From the chemical market to the food and beverage sector, manufacturers rely on labeling solutions to enhance brand image, support product safety, comply with regulations and manage supply chain logistics. To help manufacturers that ...
Tags: Packaging, Printing, Label Printing
The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has released the online version of Spanish Basic Commercial Tire Service (CTS) and Fleet Tire Service training. The training programs are 200-Level Basic programs designed for new hires and employees in ...
Tags: tyre, Auto Parts
On Tuesday, the US Department of Labor's Occupation Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) said that Ohio-based SBQ producer Republic Steel was cited for 24 safety violations carrying fines of $1,138,500. Fifteen willful violations of ...
Tags: Republic Steel, Safety Violations
Accenture has signed a four-year contract extension with Germany-based health insurer Kaufm nnische Krankenkasse (KKH) to provide information technology, training, application development, and maintenance services. As part of the ...
Mining is a robust industry that plays a key role in a nation's economy. Large multi-national companies dominate the industry but small enterprises and individual entrepreneurs are also keen on taking a slice of the market pie. Small or ...
The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OHSA) cited the Colorado-based firm for 10 serious, two repeat and two other-than-serious violations. OSHA began an inspection in November 2012 under its Site ...
Tags: OSHA, Citation, Violation, Health and safety, Penalty
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) clearance to Teleflex's ISO-Gard Mask with ClearAir technology. The ISO-Gard Mask is designed to reduce waste anesthetic gas (WAG), exhaled by the patients who are recovering in ...
Tags: FDA, Drug, Anesthetic Gas
Now a day's people tend to construct higher buildings to cope with the modern environment these has greatly increased the threat of falling for workers working on these high buildings. As a result the U.S occupational safety and health ...
Tags: Fall Protection System, buildings