New Hampshire and Illinois have become the latest states to enhance public safety by mandating that all cigarettes sold in their state be “fire-safe.†Such cigarettes are less likely to ignite fires if dropped or carelessly discarded.
OSHA’s 2006 Site-Specific Targeting (SST) plan will focus on approximately 4,250 high-hazard worksites in its primary list for unannounced comprehensive inspections over the coming year, the agency announced May 31.
A requirement to train employees on the proper use of PPE seems comical to many safety trainers. How hard could it possibly be for someone to put on a pair of safety goggles?
The men who died from carbon monoxide poisoning at an eastern Kentucky coal mine Saturday were using the exact air pack model as the Sago Mine disaster victims, even though the lone survivor had questioned the reliability of the devices about a month ago, according to the Associated Press.
Government officials are baffled over what killed four people last week at a mine in southeastern British Columbia, Canada that has been closed 4-1/2 years, according to The Globe and Mail.
In response to the Sago and Alma mine tragedies, legislation was introduced Friday to better ensure the safety of West Virginia's miners by drastically reform mine safety regulations. The legislation was cosponsored by Rep. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV).
OSHA’s new “Best Practices Guide: Fundamentals of a Workplace First-Aid Program†is designed to help employers and employees develop workplace first-aid programs.
School is out, and as teens throughout the nation take on summer employment, OSHA is focusing on keeping these young workers safe and healthy. The agency recently kicked off its Teen Summer Job Safety Campaign, a multi-year campaign that will focus on industries in which young people are likely to work during high school or college.
For the first time in a decade the rate of fatal workplace injuries increased, according to a new AFL-CIO job safety report, “Death on the Job: The Toll of Neglect — A National and State-by-State Profile of Worker Safety and Health in the United States.â€
OSHA has fined a Louisiana-based contractor $179,900 for alleged safety violations related to the injury of a 19-year-old worker at an Atlanta, Texas, worksite in November 2005. The teen lost both his legs as a result of a workplace incident.
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