"Our employees realize that IEC values their well-being and is driven to ensure that everyone makes it home to their families each night," said safety manager Stuart Hughes.
If workers are truly at risk from excessive vibration, steps can be taken to reduce or eliminate that risk altogether, including purchasing new tools that vibrate less and maintaining them to a high standard of performance.
Area monitors can be placed to create a buffer between hazards and people, so they know what they are heading into or what is coming their way.
The recent guidance aims to help address specific risks or concerns about nanomaterials present in the workplace.
ASSE's SeminarFest 2015 will take place Feb. 6-12 at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. The event features 82 workshops and seminars on a wide variety of topics.
Area monitors can be placed to create a buffer between hazards and people, so they know what they are heading into or what is coming their way.
Based in Austin, the Oil and Gas Division regulates the exploration, production, and transportation of oil and natural gas in Texas.
As you are aware, the deadline to train employees on GHS has passed. However, it is required to train new employees, as well as provide training when a new physical or health hazard is introduced into the workplace.
There must be ongoing education of farmers, their families, and hired hands on the dangers of gases on farm properties.
"There's gotta be a better way. If we go chemical by chemical, it'll take us centuries," Assistant Secretary Michaels said.
The agency's inspectors served more than 200 stop work notices during a month-long inspection initiative. The most common failure they found was employers' not providing basic safety measures for employees working at height -- 42 percent of all enforcement notices served cited this.
It will concéntrate on enforcing REACH Annex XVII restrictions, with inspections taking place during 2016.
The agency's Nov. 4 newsletter summarizes five October 2014 preventable occupational fatalities.
"Replace the methylene chloride with any of the newer paint strippers that are less toxic, and your employees are able to work safely."
A statement from the National Safety Council is directed toward health care employers whose workers have a risk of exposure.
The agency asks for comments on the 205-page request for information to be submitted within 180 days.
NIOSH has signed the memorandum of understanding with the Colleges of Nanoscale Science and Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute in Albany, N.Y.
The agency's Health Hazard Evaluation Program is seeking five facilities to participate. A team of industrial hygienists and medical officers will make site visits to assess workers' occupational exposures.
City Technology's Tom Gurd discusses emissions gas monitoring applications and how the right sensor can improve accuracy and reduce service costs.
It still takes individuals properly trained and positioned within an organization to make it all work. OH&S professionals are primed to take the lead.