Articles Tagged with ''OSHA standards''

General deterrence — that is, the potential to be inspected, cited and fined — is less effective in reducing injuries than the specific deterrence effect of an actual inspection, according to a study by the Institute for Worker Health and Safety

When new construction begins on a structure, tunnel, roadway or any other large project, safe and dependable lighting is always a challenge.

There are more than 50 confined spaces on Western Illinois University's Macomb campus. On any given work day at Western, technicians in WIU Facilities Management may find themselves working in one of these potentially dangerous work sites.

Results from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Survey of Occupational Injuries and Illnesses released that private industry employers reported nearly 3 million non-fatal workplace injuries and illnesses in 2014.

Data collected by OSHA shows Ohio leading all states in the Midwest region for the number of workers killed on the job this year, according to the Associated Press.

...Earlier this year in Houston, Texas, a worker was hospitalized with broken arms and severe contusions after falling 12 feet off of a roof. The saddest part of this case wasn't that the employer did not provide fall protection for this worker; it was that the worker had actually requested fall protection and the employer had denied it.

OSHA has conducted a special enforcement program in the North Dakota oil fields due to the high number of serious injuries and fatalities. In this eBook we list the most common OSHA violations, and you’ll see they are not exclusive to the oil and gas industry.<

This article will provide users with an overview of OSHA recordable and reportable incidents, will review recordkeeping requirements for the 301, 300, and 300A logs

Powered industrial trucks -- commonly called forklifts -- can raise or lower large objects, stack them on pallets or place them in crates.