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Wisconsin shipyard hit with $1.4M OSH fine

August 2, 2016

Employees of Fraser Shipyards, Inc. were exposed to lead levels up to 20 times the exposure limit as they retrofitted a ship’s engine room, OSHA has found. The reason? Speed.

Illinois EMTs exposed to bloodborne pathogens

July 25, 2016

Federal safety and health investigators found Altamont Ambulance Service Inc. failed to follow specific guidelines to protect emergency healthcare workers from exposure to bloodborne pathogens and other hazards while providing patient care.

Home health care worker sexually assaulted on the job

July 20, 2016

The sexual assault of a home health care worker has resulted in a willful citation against one of the nation's leading providers of pediatric home health and therapy services for medically frail and chronically ill children, after it failed to protect its employees properly from the dangers of workplace violence.

Top laboratory hazards

July 18, 2016

More often than not, accidents in laboratories can be prevented and, with the proper precautions and by wearing the right personal protective equipment (PPE), severe injuries can often be avoided or minimized. To generate awareness and offer safeguards for laboratory workers, Workrite Uniform Company presents the following “Top 5” list of laboratory hazards.

Gastec Dosimeter Tube allows anyone to measure full shift exposures to hydrogen peroxide

July 14, 2016

Nextteq is proud to provide Gastec’s innovative Dosimeter Tube system, which provides on the spot, time-weighted average (TWA) monitoring of air contaminants. The Gastec No. 32D Dosimeter Tube is the only commercially available detector tube to accurately measure TWA exposures to Hydrogen Peroxide, which is used extensively in sterile and aseptic manufacturing.

VeriAir Flex® Manual-inflating gas sample bags for air quality testing

July 14, 2016

Nextteq’s VeriAir Flex line of manual-inflating sample bags offers a patented design that allows grab sample of whole air to be collected directly without any need for sampling pumps or other equipment.

Speakman introduces Lifesaver® Emergency Shower Heads

Offers superior showering performance for critical safety situations

July 14, 2016

Speakman, the premier maker of high-performance shower heads and plumbing products for over 145 years, today announced the introduction of its Lifesaver® Emergency Shower Head, a safety shower head providing a spray strong enough to cleanse away harmful chemicals but soft enough to be used comfortably in labs, industrial buildings, and other settings requiring emergency shower capabilities.

Ion Science ‘Titan’ achieves Underwriters Laboratories (UL) certification

World’s first continuous, real-time benzene specific monitor set to help refineries meet new EPA regulations covering mandatory fence line monitoring

July 7, 2016

World’s first continuous, real-time benzene specific monitor set to help refineries meet new EPA regulations covering mandatory fence line monitoring

A DOL Blog post

Sounding off to stop the hurt

Elizabeth Linda Routh

June 30, 2016

Anthony “RG” Gonzales is a superintendent with Ref-Chem, an oil and gas support company. He and his crew were about to weld a piece of metal inside the Navitas Plant in West Texas when they smelled gas.

ClickSafety launches training to help construction leaders and workers meet new OSHA respirable crystalline silica standards, maintain safer work environments

June 28, 2016

ClickSafety, a leading provider of online safety training for the construction and general industries, today announced its latest offerings, Respirable Crystalline Silica Awareness in Construction and Respirable Crystalline Silica in Construction for the Exposed Worker.