Michaels reflects on OSHA’s past accomplishments, future directions for 2013
On February 4, 2013, Dr. David Michaels, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health spoke at an OSHA Employees All-Hands Meeting where he...
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Two Firms Fined $199,800 for 30 Safety Violations at Missouri Plants
Jun 25, 2012
The violations involve deficient lockout/tagout procedures, a lack of machine guarding, defective slings, poor housekeeping, a lack of protective...
Union: Police Officers on Capitol Hill Endangered by Recent Asbestos Abatement
May 22, 2012
Even under the nose of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters, unnecessary and dangerous exposure to asbestos still is occurring,...
GHS is finally here…almost!
May 08, 2012
OSHA’s recently published the final rule to adopt the Global Harmonization System (GHS), whichaccording to them will not change the framework and...
Distracted Driving Report Claims Cell Phone Use Contributes to 24 Percent of All Crashes
Apr 24, 2012
A new report from the National Safety Council (NSC) estimates that 24 percent of all motor vehicle crashes involve cell phone use and outlines how...
New short videos from OSHA provide training to help inform workers on the proper use of respirators
Apr 15, 2012
On January 31, 2012, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Communications released a statement that the Occupational Safety and Health...
The Importance of Safety Leadership
Mar 28, 2012
Every year, in the February issue of Safety+Health magazine, the National Safety Council features an article on CEOs Who “Get It.” This year’s...
Accident Investigations Made Easy
Mar 06, 2012
Some companies use the term “Circle of Prevention” when following the Plan, Do, Check, Act model for their safety and heath programs. As safety is...
New OSHA videos Provide Training On Proper Use Of Respirators
Feb 29, 2012
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has recently posted a series of 17 videos to help workers learn about the proper use of...
Workplace Safety Tied To Preventing Occupational Hearing Loss
Feb 23, 2012
The American Academy of Audiology estimates there are upwards of 5 million, perhaps as many as 30 million Americans occupationally exposed to noise...