Refresher Tips for Confined Space Entry
What constitutes a confined space, and what do your employees need to know to stay protected when working in them? Get the facts here.
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Report Identifies Serious Concerns at California Refinery
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released its final report into multiple chemical releases at the Tesoro Refinery in Martinez, California. Get details here, including revealing findings about safety culture.
Survey: More Than 4 in 10 Think Work Impacts Health
What’s the link between your work and your health? If there is one, is it positive or negative? Get details of an intriguing survey here.
OSHA Launches Expedited Whistleblower Pilot Program
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) is launching a new pilot process in its Western region. The “Expedited Case Processing Pilot” allows a complainant covered by certain statutes to ask OSHA to cease its investigation and issue findings for the DOL’s Office of Administrative Law Judges to consider.
New Report Uncovers Occupations Most Affected by Injuries
When you hear of workplace injuries, what industries and occupations come to mind? Most would assume anything construction related, as well as public service (i.e. police and firefighters). However, a new report from Paychex is offering some startling revelations into workplace injuries.
How to ‘Green Up’ Employee Commuting
As offices seek to go green, it pays to start with the very first activity of the day—the morning commute. American workers spend an average of 47 hours per year commuting through traffic. This adds up to 3.7 billion hours and 23 billion gallons of fuel each year. Why not “green up” your employees’ commute?
CSB’s Most Wanted Safety Improvements: Preventive Maintenance Programs
In April 2010, a 40-year-old heat exchanger at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, Washington, failed catastrophically. The incident resulted in an explosion and fire that killed seven workers. The U.S. Chemical Safety Board’s (CSB) investigation of the incident, completed in 2014, found that the failure was caused by damage to the heat exchanger, a mechanism […]
Apps Put Safety at Your Fingertips, Part 2
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere these days, and they have many uses. In a doctor’s office, your medical information is probably on a tablet. In a school, you can find lesson plans and textbooks in tablet formats. But you still may not be getting everything out of these expensive, multifunctional devices that you could be.
9th Circuit Orders Final Action on Chlorpyrifos
In an order, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit denied EPA’s request for an additional 6 months to take final action on its proposal to ban application of the pesticide chlorpyrifos on food crops. The court did grant the Agency an additional 3 months—to March 31, 2017—to finalize the […]
Secondary Containment
Q. Would the interior of a building count as a secondary containment area if you can assure the nothing can leak out?