Roughly 520,000 employees each year suffer a job-related eye injury requiring medical treatment. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates these injuries cost employers more than $300 mil­lion in lost production time, medical expens­es, and worker compensation. While educating employees on the proper use of eye and face wear protection is impor­tant, just as important is [...]

The National Hearing Conservation Association is urging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to reconsider the defining of “feasible” engineering and administrative controls to mitigate occupational noise. “The United States currently lags behind many industrialized nations in the implementation of effective noise controls.  There appears to be a misconception that 29 CFR 1910.95 (current regulation) [...]

The actions of two groups of OSHA inspectors are being credited for preventing tragedy and ultimately saving lives in March and April. The first lifesaving incident occurred March 8, when OSHA inspector Rick Burns was performing a worksite inspection on a trench being dug by Trimat Construction in Mercerville, Ohio. Burns noticed on the worksite [...]

March 25, 1911, a rapidly moving fire spread through the cramped Triangle Waist Company garment factory on the 8th, 9th and 10th floors of the Asch Building in lower Manhattan. It was the deadliest disaster in New York City, until the destruction of the World Trade Center some 100 years later. Most of the 146 [...]

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But now, with 63 years for science to catch up with Nikola Tesla after his death, one more of his inventions could make an impact. This time in the mining industry.

The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), published the article, Tapping Tesla to Save Trapped Miners in their journal Science. The article details how Lockheed Martin engineers used a concept of Tesla tinkered with in the 1890s to create a phone that can send a signal through 500 meters of solid rock.

Being struck by an object is one of the most common accidents that cause death, especially in the construction industry. A struck-by accident (SB) occurs when a person is forcefully struck by an object, wherein the force of contact is provided by the object. Workers are most often struck by heavy equipment and moving vehicles, [...]

Vehicles used in the construction and general industry that has “obstructed view to the rear” will need to be revved up to meet the latest safety rule driven by the Virginia Occupational Safety and Health (VOSH) Program and the Virginia Safety and Health Codes Board.  If there is anything that is blocking a driver’s view, [...]

A worksite accident last July 15 left one casualty at Appleton Paper in West Carrollton, Ohio. The worker, William Wilson, got his legs trapped under a beam that fell from a forklift. The heavy beam, a spreader bar, had to be crane-lifted off of the victim by the emergency crew that responded to the accident. [...]

Three separate deaths of workers in Michigan, Oregon and Pennsylvania, occurred last week due to accidents while using machinery tools and equipment. The first incident in Michigan involved a 21-year-old window washer who fell while rigging down the Grand Rapids Art Museum on Wednesday afternoon.  Reports say that his rig gave way as he made [...]