Confined Spaces


With roughly 75,000 workers now employed in the wind sector, safety becomes a prime concern.

Wind Power's Three Es

Wind energy impacts the economy, environment, and employee safety in significant ways.

21 MW Maui Wind Farm Goes Online

Ten thousand typical homes on the island can be powered by the eight wind turbines installed on a ridge of the Haleakala volcano.

OSHA Joins with Wisconsin Agri-business Association to Improve Field Safety

This new alliance will emphasize safety in some of the grain and feed industry’s danger areas.

$142,100 Enforcement Case Involves Confined Space Violations

OSHA has filed 11 safety and health violations, including two classified as willful, against Dedicated TCS LLC.

'Be a Hero' Campaign Encourages Residential Fire Safety

A new survey revealed a majority of Americans do not have sufficient knowledge of residential fire safety.

AWEA reported third quarter results on Oct. 18, announcing the domestic industry exceeded 50,000 megawatts (MW) of total installed electrical generation capacity in August 2012.

Wind Power Showdown Looms

The American Wind Energy Association and its allies are pleading with Congress to prevent the Production Tax Credit from expiring this year.

There are several options available for cleaning a confined space without entry.

Confined Space Entry Past, Present, and Future: Where Do We Go From Here?

Remember: The safest entry is no entry at all!

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Confined Space Rescue: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

It is still a very dangerous business, and even with our best efforts, confined space accidents are still occurring.



Looking Ahead to NSC 2013

Safety and health professionals who also have security and environmental responsibility may want to stay a while: Chicago’s McCormick Place plays host to ASIS, Safety Congress, and WEFTEC conferences in a three-week span of September and October.

OSHA Cites Craft Brewer After Fatal Keg Explosion

A worker died in April 2012 in Portsmouth, N.H., when a plastic keg exploded as he was using a compressed air line to purge liquid from it.

eLCOSH Website Retooled

CPWR, the Center for Construction Research and Training, unveiled its new design Oct. 4.

Sullenberger Keynote, Expo to Highlight NSC's First Day

Here's your chance to get an early look at new products being exhibited at the Orlando conference.

Workers cannot be properly protected from exposure hazards if they are not regularly using the monitors that are intended to detect the hazard. (Industrial Scientific photo)

Three Things Every Industrial Hygienist Should Know About Gas Monitoring

Of course, workers cannot be properly protected from exposure hazards if they are not regularly using the monitors intended to detect the hazard.

Congress Celebrates a Century

NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."

Controlling Facility Noise with Curtain Walls

If source sound levels increase for any reason, it is very simple to add a second layer of flexible sound curtain to an existing one or even to augment an existing rigid wall.

Ohio Construction Company Faces Citations for Excavation Hazards

Slapped with $68,500 in violations, an Ohio company failed to sufficiently protect workers from cave-ins.

OSHA Fines Company for Trench Protection Violation

A company in Wisconsin was fined $108,500 for failing to provide adequate protection in trenches.

OSHA Seeks to Improve Wind Industry Safety

Taking steps to strengthen safety standards in the wind industry, OSHA employees participated in a two-day training program.

Coast Guard Hazmat Drill Challenges Participants

They included personnel from Coast Guard Training Center Cape May (N.J.) and state and local emergency responders .

Enforcement Driving Strong Growth of Fall Protection

The fall protection market in North America will accelerate thanks to strong enforcement and will reach $670.5 million in 2017, according to a new Frost & Sullivan report.

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