Safety management is an important part of running a business. Not only is the preservation of employee welfare mandated by OSHA, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, but according ...

High-voltage line work is risky business, with hazards associated with most of the tasks performed on routine or emergency jobs. Electrical workers must adhere to volumes of regulations, policies, ...

Information technology job safety procedure training typically covers company and employee safety and security. Dealing with efforts to prevent or mitigate accidents, threats or losses to physical ...

Follow the applicable safety procedures and policies. Participate and complete applicable safety trainings. Commence work only when it is safe to do so. Communicate clearly to the Principal ...

The pros and cons of traditional LOTO procedures versus modern electronic LOTO systems, and how each method impacts safety, efficiency, and standards compliance. When Wayne Rothering went to work at a ...

IN June 2001, a Marietta, Ga., worker was using his feet to tamp down cardboard inside a compactor when his feet became caught in the cardboard and he was pinned inside the machine. He was unable to ...

The following applies to any laboratory equipment items that are used in a laboratory for the purposes of research. This also includes any item that presents an exposure hazard to non-laboratory ...

All Class 3B and Class 4 lasers or laser systems must have a Written Laser Safety Procedure (LSP) in place. The Principal Investigator (PI) is responsible for creating the LSP and submitting it to the ...

As educational institutions grow in size and complexity, it becomes more difficult to keep track of everything that’s going on around campus. Departments are often siloed. This leads to ...

WE ARE WRITING to report on an accident that occurred in the chemistry department at Northwestern University on Dec. 3, 2010. Unfortunately, one of our advisees was seriously injured. The accident—a ...