Inspection finds employer ignored hazardous energy control procedures that protect employees performing maintenance on machinery.

Numerous studies show that firefighters’ exposure on the fireground, where smoke and hazardous chemicals are released from burning materials, may increase the risk of certain types of cancer. 

The report compiled by the Strategic Organizing Center said the company’s injury rate was 6.9% in 2022, compared to 7.9% the year before

ISN analyzed more than 94,000 recordable incidents from 2017-2021 which showed more than 20,000 SIFs cases consisting of more than 17,000 hospitalizations, 2,773 amputations and 677 fatalities.

The agreement will help ASSP and its 35,000 members worldwide make progress in keeping workers safe in all industries.

These hazards and the proposed penalties assessed after these inspections now have the Tennessee-based, Dollar General Corp. and Dolgencorp LLC facing more than $16 million in fines since 2017.

Because safety never takes a break, now is the time to take the lessons learned in March and carry them forward all year long. 

The oil and gas industry safety expert from the Middle East has been an ASSP member for 15 years and has helped advance occupational safety and health for more than 30 years in India, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.

OtterBox Industrial released a suite of products designed to work in tandem for connected workers. 

While working the overnight sanitation shift at an Ohio food processing plant, a temporary worker suffered critical injuries that led to an amputation after falling into an industrial blender he was cleaning.