Electrical safety deals with the reliability and effective maintenance of electrical systems that can be achieved in part by careful planning and proper design, and with safe work practices for persons exposed or potentially exposed to electrical hazards.

This analysis covers the safety requirements for powered industrial trucks (PITs), including forklifts, in general industry workplaces, and mechanized equipment in construction.

The lockout/tagout rules are designed to prevent accidents during servicing and/or maintenance operations on machines and equipment in which the unexpected energization or start-up of the machines or equipment, or release of stored energy, could cause injury to employees. The regulation calls for the control of energy-isolating devices by attaching locks (lockout) that prevent the machine from being operated, or tags (tagout) that warn people not to start up the machine.

Many federal workplace safety and transportation rules contain requirements to train employees to protect themselves, and in some cases the public, from workplace hazards. See the Additional Guidance section below the chart for an explanation of the various regulatory agency goals for training.

Welding, cutting, and brazing are hazardous activities that pose a unique combination of both safety and health risks to more than 500,000 workers in a wide variety of industries. The risk from fatal injuries alone is more than four deaths per thousand workers over a working lifetime. For these reasons, OSHA has developed several regulations designed to protect workers from injuries and illnesses related to welding, cutting, and brazing operations.

In this on-demand webinar, Karen Hamel, EHS Professional and Technical Writer at New Pig, discusses how to perform an audit and implement best practices to reduce the risks of slips and falls at your facility.

In this on-demand webinar, Karen Hamel, EHS Professional and Technical Writer at New Pig, discusses how to perform an audit and implement best practices to reduce the risks of slips and falls at your facility.

OSHA is proposing to revise the standards for occupational exposure to beryllium and beryllium compounds in the construction and shipyards industries. These proposed changes are designed to accomplish three goals: To more appropriately tailor the requirements of the construction and shipyards standards to the particular exposures in these industries in light of partial overlap between the beryllium standards' requirements and other OSHA standards; to aid compliance and enforcement across the beryllium standards by avoiding inconsistency, where appropriate, between the shipyards and construction standards and proposed revisions to the general industry standard; and to clarify certain requirements with respect to materials containing only trace amounts of beryllium.

OSHA requests information, comments, and documents that would assist the agency in determining whether to adopt a new online delivery model for OSHA's Outreach Training Program.

The number of older people in the population—and with it, the proportion of older to younger workers—has grown in the past 5 decades and is projected to continue to grow. Employers must adjust their health and safety programs for the realities of an aging workforce take steps to protect workers of all ages on the job.

This guide offers six steps to help you develop a comprehensive, OSHA-compliant training program at your facility and provides links to the essential resources you need to complete each step.

This month’s issue includes information on struck-by hazards, safety tips for using portable gas containers and working around floor openings, and how to avoid fires on Halloween.

FMCSA adopts those requirements of the interim final rule (IFR) published on May 5, 2003 (2003 IFR), and the IFR published on April 29, 2005 (2005 IFR), which have not previously been finalized, as final without change. The 2003 IFR amended the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSRs) to prohibit States from issuing, renewing, transferring, or upgrading a commercial driver's license (CDL) with a hazardous materials endorsement unless the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) in the Department of Homeland Security has first conducted a security threat assessment and determined that the applicant does not pose a security risk warranting denial of the hazardous materials endorsement.

Electrical safety deals with the reliability and effective maintenance of electrical systems that can be achieved in part by careful planning and proper design, and with safe work practices for persons exposed or potentially exposed to electrical hazards.

This analysis covers the safety requirements for powered industrial trucks (PITs), including forklifts, in general industry workplaces, and mechanized equipment in construction.

Many federal workplace safety and transportation rules contain requirements to train employees to protect themselves, and in some cases the public, from workplace hazards. See the Additional Guidance section below the chart for an explanation of the various regulatory agency goals for training.

Welding, cutting, and brazing are hazardous activities that pose a unique combination of both safety and health risks to more than 500,000 workers in a wide variety of industries. The risk from fatal injuries alone is more than four deaths per thousand workers over a working lifetime. For these reasons, OSHA has developed several regulations designed to protect workers from injuries and illnesses related to welding, cutting, and brazing operations.