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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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
Shift work may alter brain-regulated hormones, making workers...
Bristol, England — Why do shift workers often deal with hunger pangs?
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.