He walked into the grain storage bin on his own two feet, but left in an ambulance. A 35-year-old employee of the Beattie Farmers Union Cooperative had to have all the toes on his left foot amputated after his foot became entangled in an auger that was inadvertently turned on while he was cleaning out a bin.
To help communities prepare for and reduce their risk of wildfire damage, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), with generous funding and support provided by State Farm®, has launched the Year of Living Less Dangerously from Wildfire campaign aimed at residents and fire departments in an effort to keep wildfire safety top of mind for people living in the nation’s highest risk areas.
Once again, OSHA has found workers at Basic Marine, Inc. in Escanaba, Michigan exposed to dangerous amputation hazards while operating press brakes because safety mechanisms were not in place. The machines cut large metal pieces weighing up to 450 tons.
Cartridge dust collection systems are the preferred technology for capturing most dry industrial dusts, and there are many different pleated filter cartridges available for these collectors.
In a study recently published by “Physical Review Letters,” a pair of MIT researchers demonstrated that an LED can actually put out more optical power than the electrical power fed into it.
Anyone who has had the opportunity to tour Ernest Hemingway’s house outside of Havana, Cuba, will find that the author’s work area was not the typical office.
Poor ventilation was only one of the hazardous conditions found by Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) inspectors during a special impact inspection last month at Mill Branch Coal Corp's Osaka Mine in Wise County, Virginia.
The U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) launched two new online tools this week to assist operators, miners, MSHA and others in tracking violations of standards commonly associated with mining deaths and frequently found by federal mine inspectors in examinations of underground coal mines.
Elisabeth A. Scotland plunged about 25 feet down an elevator shaft onto the top of an elevator car on May 16, 2014, after attending a Red Sox game at the team’s Fenway Park stadium in Boston.