NIOSH is asking employers in food manufacturing to share best practices and challenges from their lockout/tagout programs. In a July 7 blog post, NIOSH officials note that many machine-related injuries in the food industry stem from failure to use lockout/tagout procedures. From 2003-2013, there were 28 worker deaths and 227 serious injuries related to lockout
Read more →While some workers wrap up preparations to enter one of the most contaminated rooms at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Nuclear Reservation site in Richland, Wash., others have been taking thousands of air samples trying to determine what has sickened more than three dozen workers in another part of the complex. When workers enter the
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Read more →Cintas and Sqwincher want employees working in high-heat environments to enter. The deadline is Sept. 1.
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