Brazilian Blowout Hair Straightening Product Contains Dangerous Levels Of...
... to reduce workplace exposure to the carcinogen. In 1987, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandated that workers exposed to formaldehyde must be limited to an eight-hour...
View ArticleExcessive Heat Warning for All of Arkansas
The long, hot summer continues to bring rising temperatures to Arkansas, prompting an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING for the state over the next 24 hours.
View ArticleTax Policy Flaw Just Part of a Bigger Problem
... took steps to put the health, safety, and welfare of employees above his or her or its profit-seeking efforts, would an OSHA be required? If no one chose to rob a bank, would laws criminalizing...
View ArticleExcessive Heat Warning and Air Quality Alert Issued for Essex County
Updated as of 1:45 p.m. Friday WEST ESSEX, NJ - On Friday morning, the National Weather Service issued two warnings for the tri-state area, including specifically Essex County : An Excessive Heat...
View ArticleHeat Advisory Issued for West Essex Saturday
Updated as of 3:10 p.m. Saturday WEST ESSEX, NJ - On Saturday morning, the National Weather Service issued a Heat Advisory for portions of northern New Jersey, including specifically the West Essex area.
View ArticleNIOSH, OSHA target nail gun safety in new guidance
... agencies have produced a new booklet to reduce the risks. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and OSHA say workers in construction, especially residential, use nail guns to...
View ArticleHair-straightening product may endanger stylists, clients
The Brazilian Blowout Acai Professional Smoothing Hair Solution could expose people to potentially dangerous levels of the cancer-causing chemical formaldehyde, according to the study in the August...
View ArticleOSHA cites Echo Lake Foods for 27 safety violations
... a fire caused $40 million in damage to the local breakfast food maker. The company now faces another challenge after OSHA announced 27 citations totalling $150,000 in fines. (Photo by Ed Nadolski)...
View ArticleOSHA Investigates After Lightning Hits 9 Colorado Farm Workers
... that Denver's Federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration office is investigating. Herb Gibson, the director OSHA's Denver office, says the agency doesn't have any regulations that...
View ArticleCity Workers Taking Precaution To Prevent Heatstroke
... already dehydrated," Shaofeld said. "You should always start hydrating the night before." To help deal with the heat, OSHA has put out a free app that calculates the heat index and shows the risk...
View ArticleCPRescue Lands Contract with the California Department of Motor...
... and completing this safety training program, CPRescue will assist the Department of Motor Vehicles in fulfilling their OSHA safety training requirement 29 CFR-1910.151. This safety standard...
View Articlea Weed watchera workshop Aug. 3
... is constructing a three-story ICF building at that site. For the obvious reasons of safety, insurance, and of course OSHA, observation must be done from outside the fence. The Middleton Heritage...
View ArticleRestaurant Manager
... restaurant within the policies and guidelines of the company, ensuring 100% customer satisfaction at all times. Ensures OSHA, local health and safety codes, and company safety and security policy...
View ArticlePlant explosion under investigation
TAVARES, Fla. - A series of explosions rocked a central Florida propane gas plant, igniting a 200-foot high fireball, and sent the sound of "boom after boom after boom" through the neighborhood around it.
View ArticleNo violations found in death of worker at N. Charleston Boeing plant
... to the death of a worker who fell from a scaffolding at the company's North Charleston plant in March. In a letter from OSHA Compliane Manager Anthony Wilks to Boeing, Wilks said although OSHA did...
View ArticleWe Need to Talk About Shamu: Blackfish traces a performing orca's history of...
... his work. As he sulks, Brancheau steps near the water to bond with him. You have rarely seen footage this tense. New OSHA regulations demand that a wall always separate seapark trainers and...
View ArticleConstruction worker electrocuted at substation, dies at hospital
... Cool was working for Wilson Construction out of Canby, Oregon, Bishop said. The sheriff said both Bonneville Power and OSHA are investigating the death.
View ArticleFlorida propane refilling plant explosion injures eight workers
Tavares, FL, United States - Five of eight people injured by Monday night's explosion at a propane refurbishing and refilling plant in Tavares remain in critical condition on Tuesday, according to Lake...
View ArticleExplosion, chemical hazards persist at Pilgrim's Pride poultry plants
... The firm - the second largest poultry producer in the world with annual net sales of $8.1 Billion - received citations OSHA announced this month $170,000 in proposed penalties for 9 serious, 1...
View ArticleExcessive Heat Warning for All of Arkansas
The long, hot summer continues to bring rising temperatures to Arkansas, prompting an EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING for the state over the next 24 hours.
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