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Tower workers' deaths could have been prevented with personal safety gear

Scaffold collapses during commercial painting job

May 4, 2015

Florjan Nilaj and Gazmend Vukaj left their Michigan homes and traveled 260 miles south to Oxford, Ohio for a commercial painting job, never thinking that Oct. 24, 2014, might be the last day of their lives.

Top products of the week

May 3, 2015

Lightweight FR products, heavy duty head protection and a noise dosimeter with Bluetooth connectivity were among the top OSH products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Weekly news round up

May 2, 2015

Workers Memorial Day produced a series of occupational safety reports and suggestions for initiatives, as well as events for remembering workers who died on – or as a result of – the job. Additionally, teen worker safety and fatigue-caused train accident were among the week’s top EHS- related stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

OSHA issues final rule on confined spaces in construction

May 1, 2015

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a final rule to increase protections for construction workers in confined spaces. “This rule will provide construction workers with protections already afforded to workers in manufacturing and general industry, with some differences tailored to the construction industry,” said OSHA chief David Michaels, who predicted that it will prevent 800 serious injuries and save five lives a year.

ESFI kicks off National Electrical Safety Month

Publication reveals how America’s “aging house stock” poses hazards

May 1, 2015

May is National Electrical Safety Month and the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is kicking off its annual effort to raise awareness of potential home electrical hazards and the importance of electrical safety.

New report: Toll of unsafe workplaces is much higher than 12 a day

May 1, 2015

According to a new report released by the AFL-CIO, 4,585 workers were killed in the United States during 2013 due to workplace injuries. An additional estimated 50,000 died from occupational diseases, resulting in a loss of nearly 150 workers each day from preventable workplace conditions.

A FairWarning story

Talc-ovarian cancer link sparks growing legal battle

Myron Levin

May 1, 2015

Deane Berg’s doctor called her in the day after Christmas, 2006, to give her the crushing news. She’d had her ovaries removed, the pathology results were back, and they could not have been much worse. Berg had stage III ovarian cancer, and her prognosis was poor.

A year after devastating fall, Ringling Bros. agrees to safety changes

May 1, 2015

A year after an accident that left nine employees seriously injured, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus has agreed to improve safety for its workers, in a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Labor.

CPWR chief calls for construction industry to join Safety Stand-Down

April 30, 2015

On the heels of Workers Memorial Day, Center for Construction Research and Training (CPWR) Executive Director Pete Stafford said; “Just as we owe a debt we can never repay to the men and women who died defending our nation and our freedom, we owe a similar debt to those who died while laboring to create the prosperity we enjoy as Americans.”

OSHA unveils new "It's The Law" poster

April 30, 2015

OSHA yesterday unveiled a new version of its "Job Safety and Health - It's The Law!" poster. The poster informs workers of their rights, and employers of their responsibilities. "This poster emphasizes a very important principle when it comes to prevention - that every worker has a voice," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels.