In sectors such as healthcare, construction and manufacturing, OSHA standards are constantly updated to reflect new safety data. Keeping pace with these changes is challenging, particularly for ...

OSHA recently issued new guidelines to improve safety inspections, specifically in animal slaughtering and processing facilities. Previously, the guidance in question applied only to poultry ...

OSHA’s choice to allow inspection search warrants against United Parcel Service Inc. over heat-related safety concerns to expire is a legal strategy meant to preserve the agency’s inspection powers, ...

“That’s what many of us in construction safety think: You do these compliance ... TRIR is the rate at which a company experiences an OSHA-recordable incident, per 200,000 worker-hours.

The digitization of the construction industry is prolific, from workforce relations to architecture and design to safety and risk—but the adoption of contech products starts with the design and ...

Picture: Jacques Nelles/EWN CAPE TOWN - Growing safety concerns will be one of the main topics of discussion at the National Construction Summit which kicks off in Durban on Tuesday. Public Works ...

With proper planning at the beginning of the project, companies can anticipate fall hazards during the construction process and identify solutions to mitigate them along the way. Selecting the right ...

This safety procedure provides guidelines for safely working around electrical ... a cord connector is wet from being immersed in water). In addition, ground-fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) ...

SINGAPORE – Construction companies are strongly encouraged by the authorities to impose a safety timeout sometime between Nov 8 and 22, after workplace deaths in the sector from July to October ...

If ignored, these risks can possibly cause severe injuries, electrocution, fires, or even fatal construction-related accidents. Consistently raising awareness and following strict safety protocols and ...

Federal authorities are investigating a fatal incident at Auburn’s West End Arts Campus construction site, where a worker died on Nov. 1. According to The Citizen, OSHA has begun an inspection of ...

The USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) was notified of illnesses on Nov. 13, and working in… A botulism outbreak was one of the most serious issues handled by a Spanish food ...