The country’s National Research Council and Infrastructure Canada are conducting research and also upgrading codes, specifications, guidelines, and assessment tools.
Read more →EHS Today is reaching out to safety professionals to find out how they manage hand protection and the prevention of hand injuries. If you are a safety professional in any industry who has a successful hand protection program, EHS Today wants to talk to you!! Over 1 million workplace hand injuries occur each year. Some
Read more →Bryan Richards Employers who invested in occupational safety and health potentially avoided a fine 65 percent higher than the cost of compliance. UK businesses paid an average of £115,440 in fines for being found guilty of a health and safety breach in 2016. That’s according to the latest prosecution data from the Health and Safety
Read more →The car manufacturer has been cited for a repeat lockout/tagout violation after a worker is crushed during conveyor system operation. On Nov. 16, 2016, Nissan North America sent 46-year-old maintenance technician Dennis Pinkston to investigate an equipment breakdown . Pinkston, along with the rest of the maintenance crew at the company’s Smryna plant, discovered the
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