Fire prevention is central to welding and cutting operations. Good housekeeping and checking for fire hazards is one place to start.

Undoubted the National Fire Protection Association's NFPA 70E, the standard for electrical safety in the workplace, is currently the ho...

Many companies are seeing their health care costs go up an average of 10 to 20 percent per year. To keep health care costs manageable, employers...

Is your facility at risk for a terrorist attack? New chemical facility anti-terrorism standards allow the Department of Homeland Security to dec...

You don't have to work in a hospital to need to know about bloodborne pathogens. Bloodborne pathogens are bacteria and viruses present ...

Machine doesn't start? There could be a good reason - it might be locked out.

You want to use personal protective equipment that is right for the job. But too much PPE isn't the answer.

Every 12 minutes someone dies in a motor vehicle crash. Many of these instances occur on the job, or during personal use of company-owned or lea...

Federal agencies must now use OSHA Form 300. With the new rule, OSHA requires Federal agencies to adopt certain private sector recordkeeping req...

According to the Department of Labor, substance abuse costs employers one-hundred billion dollars each year. This estimate includes lost product...

Hot work is used in many different applications; in fabrication, in construction, and in maintenance. OSHA says that management is responsible f...

OSHA sets limits of how much of an air contaminants employees can be exposed to safely. Respirators are required when other controls can not be ...

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The existing OSHA standard for cranes and derricks in construction, 29 CFR 1926.550, dates back to 1971. Many industry stockholders think it is ...

Highlights of this day in history: The Battle of Antietam sets a bloody record during America's Civil War; Work ends on U.S. Constitut...