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NFPA: There’s no safe way to use consumer fireworks!

Only attend public fireworks displays put on by trained professionals

July 1, 2015

As the Fourth of July approaches, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is reminding the public that there’s no safe way to use consumer fireworks. According to NFPA, coordinator of the Alliance to Stop Consumer Fireworks, over 11,000 injuries resulted from consumer use of fireworks in 2013.

OSHA raises awareness to reduce fatal falls

Maureen Brady

July 1, 2015

Falls are the leading cause of fatalities in construction, accounting for about one-third of all fatalities in the industry.

Hazards, requirements & advancements: PPE in the oil and gas industry

Katherine McCarthy

July 1, 2015

Potentially hazardous work conditions, job duties and health risk… it’s no secret that the oil and gas industry can be a dangerous place to work.

Raising the risk: driving exemptions put oil and gas truckers at risk

Dave Johnson

July 1, 2015

Hundreds of oil and gas workers have been killed on the job in the past decade in highway crashes.

Center for Safety and Health Sustainability appoints Fay Feeney to Advisory Board

June 30, 2015

Adding to its list of global leaders in safety, the Center for Safety and Health Sustainability (CSHS) is pleased to announce the addition of Fay Feeney to its Advisory Board. Feeney’s knowledge and experience in risk management and corporate governance will help advance the CSHS vision for safe, healthy and sustainable workplaces for all.

EPA plan to reduce power plant emissions halted by Supreme Court

June 30, 2015

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday announced a ruling that amounts to a setback for an Obama administration initiative to combat climate change by limiting pollution from coal-fired power plants.

ASSE’s COPS names award winners

June 30, 2015

The winner of this year’s Council on Practices and Standards (COPS) Safety Professional of the year award is Thomas (Thom) Kramer, P.E., CSP Mr. Kramer is a safety consultant and structural engineer with more than 15 years of expertise. As a dually registered professional engineer and certified safety profession, he has spent much of his career consulting with clients on the investigation and renovation of facilities, which often required extensive and creative structural and safety modification.

62-year-old worker dies after manufacturer ignores safety hazards

OSHA cites Ridewell Corp. for one willful safety violation

June 30, 2015

If they had been in place, safety mechanisms might have saved a 62-year-old parts assembler who died after he was struck by a 4-pound metal spacer that flew off a 4-ton hydraulic press, OSHA inspectors determined.

Arc flashes cause 7k injuries per year, $200K to $750K hospital costs

June 30, 2015

Federal regulators’ adoption of industry consensus standards shows their desire to keep up-to-date with worker safety risks posed by electricity, including highly dangerous arc flashes that cause thousands of burns each year, according to Business Insurance, a bi-weekly magazine and daily news website.

Journeyman at Missouri utility company suffers arc flash injury

June 29, 2015

A journeyman lineman with Marshall Municipal Utilities in Missouri was airlifted to a hospital after he suffered an arc flash injury on the job on June 8, according to the Marshall News.