Grants to Ohio State University include $249,882 for research on firefighters’ occupational exposures and cancer risk and also $249,993 on preventing firefighter injuries from handling obese patients.
Read more →As we celebrate World Heart Day, Philips celebrates the 20th anniversary of the first automated external defibrillator designed for the layperson with a campaign to raise awareness about sudden cardiac arrest. September 29 is World Heart Day, which is the World Heart Federation’s (and the world’s!) biggest platform for raising awareness about cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Read more →OSHA’s super-sized change in fines makes it even more crucial for companies to avoid OSHA citations. What’s the saying? “Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time?” That seems to be OSHA’s attitude about alleged occupational safety and health violations. To reinforce that point, the agency now has increased fines for the first
Read more →Choosing the right subcontractor is crucial to ensuring site-specific safety plans are followed and employees go home safely each night. Joel Pickering, senior vice president of Lendlease (US) Construction LMB Inc., told Safety Leadership Conference attendees about the prequalification process and measures Lendlease has in place to select safety-conscious subcontractors. “If you don’t manage [safety],
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