Articles Tagged with ''worker safety''

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued an updated National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Amputations using enforcement and injury data to assist in site selection targeting.

Celebrating companies who go above and beyond when it comes to workplace safety, Rockwell Automation announced it is now accepting nominations for its third annual Manufacturing Safety Excellence Awards.

OSHA and the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently renewed their alliance—a five-year agreement during which both parties will work to address construction safety, temporary workers and hazards within general industry.

From 2006 to 2010, 8,600 structure fires were reported at US industrial or manufacturing facilities, resulting in 11 fatalities, 230 injuries and $753 million in direct property damage, according to NFPA research.

A Cargill meat distribution facility in Mount Crawford, Virginia has logged 2.6 million work hours without a lost-time injury dating back to April 2008. The facility, which employs 150 people, ships more than 400 million points of turkey and cooked meat products each year.

Cargill’s turkey agricultural team in Missouri will be recognized by the company, as well as by state and federal officials, for reaching 1.4 million work hours without a lost time injury—a period of nearly five years.