Simple Solutions for Office Hazards
In the office, equipment cables and wires can become a trip-and-fall hazard – and an expensive workers’ compensation case. Poised and ready to trip all who pass, office cables and wires are far more than an unsightly nuisance. Slips, trips and falls constitute the majority of general industry accidents. ...
ASSE Webinar to Focus on Excavation Safety
Instructor Michael Hayslip will discuss general excavation safety requirements and offer real-world scenarios on ways to avoid trenching and excavation...
Second Responder Bill to Provide Disaster Response Training for Construction Workers
The Skilled Trades Second Responders Act of 2007 (S. 2515) would provide $35 million to train, certify, register and integrate skilled construction workers...
NYC Implements Key Scaffold Safety Recommendations
While delivering a progress report addressing New York City’s strategic plan to protect workers on scaffolds, Buildings Commissioner Patricia J. Lancaster announced that the majority of the plan’s safety recommendations have been implemented, leading the way to safer work environments for scaffold employees...
OSHA Proposes $195,200 in Fines against Pelham, Ala. Masonry Contractor
OSHA cited Herreras Construction for eight repeat violations with proposed fines totaling $160,000 after visiting jobsites in Birmingham and Calera, Ala....
OSHA Proposes $173,000 in Fines against West Haven, Conn., Roofing Contractor
Quality Roofing Systems Inc. was cited for a total of 11 alleged willful and serious violations of safety standards at its worksite following an OSHA...
Orange, Conn., Contractor Hit with Fines for Cave-in Hazards
OSHA opened its inspection on July 26, 2007, after an agency inspector spotted Gherlone employees working in unprotected trenches seven to nine feet in...
New Direction Drives Safety Success at APAC-Missouri
By Debora Babin Katz and Jon Kaufman By the winter of 2006, the safety culture at Oldcastle Materials APAC-Missouri division was in a precarious state....
OSHA Proposes Updating Shipyard Employment Standards
Working in shipyards is one of the most hazardous occupations in the nation, said OSHA Administrator Edwin Foulke Jr. Shipyard employees perform industrial...
OSHA Construction Advisory Committee Appoints New Members
ACCSH was established under the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act to help formulate construction standards and regulations and advise the Secretary...
Construction Worker Missing After Parking Garage Collapses
Rescuers continue to search the rubble for Willie Edwards III, the missing worker who was pouring concrete with other employees on the sixth floor of...
Construction Workers Suffer Skin Rashes in Katrina, Ritas Wake
Researchers headed by Rebecca Noe, M.P.H. from the CDC office in Atlanta, found that 22 percent of the diseases treated after the hurricanes were skin...
Watertown Wastewater Plant Plugs Into Safety and Savings
Water and live power are two things you dont want to mix. Just ask the safety-conscious employees at the Watertown Wastewater plant in Watertown, Wisc....
Construction Industry Appeals Voluntary Ergonomics Standard
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) oversaw the process that led to ANSIs adoption of the standard, ANSI/ASSE A10.40-200X, for final review...
Nations Weapons Labs Have Dire Safety Problems, GAO Says
Some of the incidents at the three plants Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia national laboratories that occurred in the past seven years include...
Most NYC Construction Deaths Occur on Non-Union Worksites
The 2006 fatality data represents an 87 percent increase over the previous years 23 deaths, making it the deadliest year in a decade for the NYC construction...
Substance Abuse Act to Protect Public Works Employees
State Sens. Kirk Dillard, R-Hinsdale, and John Cullerton, D-Chicago, as well as State Rep. David Winters, R-Shirland, worked to pass the bill, dubbed...
UK: 36 Million Work Days Lost to Workplace Injury and Illness
Health and Safety Statistics 2006/07 reveals that the average absence per employee was 1.5 days a year, which was a significant increase from the approximately...
ANSI/FM 4950 Holds Suppliers Feet to the Fire (Blanket)
By Kathie M. Leonard As the world watches the consumer market grapple with defects found in imported products like pet food, toothpaste, toys and tires,...
Review of OSHA's Lead Standard Finds it Effective
In addition, the lookback review also found the standard has not had a negative economic impact on business, is not overly complex and does not conflict...
Contractor Safety: Building Trust and Communication
Contractors often are used for difficult and specialized tasks. These tasks may include replacing a precision piece of machinery or cleaning a process...
Gulf Coast Workforce Initiative Completes Over 7,500 Trainings
Just over a year into our ambitious program, we already have over 7,500 training completions, with another 2,000 students enrolled in classes, said Charles...
ASSE Releases Construction and Demolition Standards Package
To prevent injury and fatalities in construction and demolition sites, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently released a construction and demolition standards package, which includes a newly revised American National Standards Institute (ANSI)/ASSE A10.4-2007 standard on personnel hoists and employee elevators and all previous ANSI A10.4 standards from the past 40 years...
U.K. Workplace Fatality Rates Rising
It is disappointing to see that the overall number of deaths has risen, said Callaghan. We have worked hard with industry and trade unions over the past...
UK Construction Fatalities At 5-Year High
In 2006-2007, there were 77 construction-related fatalities, which is equivalent to a rate of 3.7 per 100,000 workers. The finalized fatality figure for...
