Category : S+H Magazine

Trucking safety advocates push for advance of ‘critical’...

Washington — The Truck Safety Coalition is calling on the Department of Transportation and Congress to advance “critical truck safety...

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CPWR publishes tip sheets on preventing roofer falls

Silver Spring, MD — Two new resources from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training are intended to help prevent falls...

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EPA aims to amend Safer Choice Standard

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking comment on proposed updates to a standard outlining the criteria products...

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CVSA brake inspection blitz sidelines 1 in 8 trucks and...

Greenbelt, MD — The results are in for the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s annual Brake Safety Week.

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Annual DOL OIG report points out challenges and outlines...

Washington — OSHA “continues to be hampered” by the lack of a permanent standard on infectious diseases and “needs to address worksite...

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Coupling devices for excavator buckets: NIOSH publishes...

Washington — A new fact sheet from NIOSH is aimed at workers who use quick coupling devices to change excavator buckets and other...

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House bill aimed at preventing catastrophic train derailments

Washington — House Democrats have introduced legislation that would make changes to “how, when and where” hazardous materials are...

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EPA to propose ban of trichloroethylene

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency intends to issue a proposed rule that would ban the use of the toxic chemical trichloroethylene.

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New surveillance system helps track work-related amputations

Tumwater, WA — In an effort to better identify, develop and evaluate effective efforts to prevent amputations, Washington state has...

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OSHA maritime advisory committee to meet in November

Washington — OSHA’s Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health has scheduled a public meeting for Nov. 14.

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Shift work may alter brain-regulated hormones, making workers...

Bristol, England — Why do shift workers often deal with hunger pangs?

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New OSHA resource: Heat exposure and personal risk factors

Washington — Certain personal risk factors increase workers’ risk for heat-related injury and illness, OSHA cautions.

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