IN the realm of personal protective equipment, protective gloves offer the first line of defense against an array of hazards. Most often, they are used to protect the hands against scrapes, cuts, ...

Tools are such a common part of our lives that it is difficult to remember that they may pose hazards. Employees who use hand and power tools and are exposed to the hazards of falling, flying, ...

The U.S. Postal Service post office in Hastings, Neb., has earned membership in OSHA's prestigious Voluntary Protection Programs at the "star," or highest, level. A recognition ceremony will be held ...

OSHA states that the fall zone is considered to be the area in which it is reasonably foreseeable that partially or completely suspended materials could fall in the event of an accident. The Hand ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was formed by the federal government in 1971 with the goal of reducing workplace injuries and fatalities. OSHA works with employers of all ...

For those employers who've thought about denying OSHA entry at the door of their facility…don't do it. OSHA cited All-Feed Processing & Packaging's facility in Galva, Ill., for 23 health and safety ...

A federal workplace safety agency has recommended that Tyson Foods pay a $147,000 fine because of several serious workplace violations, including one that led to a worker's hand being severed at the ...

The federal government has cited Publix Supermarkets with safety violations following an accident that cost a Jacksonville employee his hand. The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and ...

Quanta Services, Inc., Houston, through its operating unit PAR Electrical Contractors, has obtained approval to conduct live-line bare-hand work in California from the California Occupational Safety ...

A worker's hand was crushed in a dough chunker machine at Portland Specialty Baking. (OSHA) SALEM-- The Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) has fined Portland Specialty Baking ...