Recently added articles from Industrial Safety & Hygiene News:
Shock & awe: use NFPA standard 70E-2009 to protect against arc flash and blast.
Nov 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Every four minutes in the U.S. an arc flash occurs. Shock, electrocution, arc flash, and arc blast are responsible for one fatality every workday in the U.S., and some 8,000 workers are treated in emergency rooms for electrical contact injuries each year, ...
2010 trade shows & conferences.(Conference news)
Nov 01, 2009 ... * International Glove Association Annual Glove Symposium, March 15-17, Amelia Island, FL www.iga-online.com * International Safety Equipment Association Annual Meeting, May 5-7, Aventura, FL www.safetyeqipment.org * American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Expo, May ...
Hazcom standard changes coming: one world, one safety data sheet.(regs UPDATE)
Nov 01, 2009 ... A proposed rule to align OSHA's Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) with provisions of the United Nations Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) was published in the September 30 Federal Register. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The ...
EPA aims to "fix" toxic Substances Control Act.(regs UPDATE)(Law overview)
Nov 01, 2009 ... EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has announced core principles that outline the Obama administration's goals for legislative reform of this country's chemical management law, the 1976 Toxic Substances Control Act, TSCA. In parallel with this legislative initiative, Administrator ...
Recordkeeping inspections to assess incentive contests.
Nov 01, 2009 ... OSHA's new National Emphasis Program (NEP) to ensure and promote the accuracy of workplace injury and illness recordkeeping is bound to attract attention in the coming months as the agency begins to publicize violators. Here are several aspects of the recordkeeping accuracy ...