A spate of worker deaths has prompted Cal/OSHA to target construction sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. Agency compliance officers will inspect construction sites to determine whether employers have implemented adequate safety measures. The agency points to four recent incidents at California construction sites, all of which are under investigation: read more
Read more →When the new CEO of Alcoa Aluminum, Paul O’Neill, met the board and major investors for the first time, he didn’t mention profits, productivity, distribution or competition. Instead, he delivered a shocking message: “if you want to understand how Alcoa is doing, you need to look at our workplace safety figures. O’Neill understood the role
Read more →The agency has approved the first-ever implantable wireless device with remote monitoring to measure pulmonary artery pressure and heart rate in patients with heart failure.
Read more →If your kitchen is anything like ours, it’s overflowing with plastic bags. We have so many plastic bags, in fact, that we set up a bin in the kitchen pantry for the sole purpose of storing plastic bags. In the past, we’ve used plastic bags to store plastic bags. EHS OutLoud Blog read more
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