Articles Tagged with ''worker safety''

 Contact with objects and equipment accounted for the highest number of deaths. 

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has extended the deadline for submitting comments on the proposed rule that clarifies an employer's continuing obligation to make and maintain an accurate record of each recordable injury and illness.

The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) awarded 109 diary company operations with IDFA Diary Industry Safety Recognition Awards and Achievement Certificates.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations across the nation for education and training programs that help high-risk workers and their employers recognize serious workplace hazards, implement injury prevention measures and understand their rights and responsibilities.

The FabEnCo mezzanine clear height safety gate protects workers from falls on elevated loading areas; it can accommodate tall pallets to allow more material through mezzanine entryways.

Meeting all global safety standards to protect fingers or hands/arms, the Omron F3SG-4RA IP67 washdown-rated safety light curtain is supported by 24-hr. multi-language online diagnostics.

The Joint Industry Safety and Health Council recognized 115 chicken and turkey facilities for their outstanding safety performances at the 2015 National Safety Conference for the poultry industry in Myrtle Beach, SC.

 The federal agency said Case Farms Processing ignores the dangers. 

The Rite-Hite Machine Guarding Defender automated barrier door protects employees from automated stretchwrap machines and other robotic machine movement zones; it has a non-contact safety switch configuration, control systems and interlocking capabilities.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled monthly meetings of the National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health's Temporary Workers Work Group in Washington, D.C.