News Articles http://www.safetyonline.com/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:21:00 GMT Halliburton has been reapproved by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a Star Worksite within its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP). http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Halliburton-Receives-OSHA-Star-Worksite-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:21:00 GMT Baseline-MOCON, Inc., a subsidiary of MOCON (NASDAQ: MOCO), is announcing a new 10.0 eV lamp energy level for its piD-TECH® plus photoionization sensor line. The new lamp will now give users increased specificity when determining the presence of volatile organic compounds (VOC) such as benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylene (BTEX). http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Baseline-MOCON-Announces-New-10-eV-Lamp-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:36:34 GMT Omron Scientific Technologies, Inc. has available a new brochure on Can Palletizer Safety and Productivity. The brochure provides an overview of the palletizer process, guarding challenges and hazard analysis, and highlights Omron STI's concept of the future of can palletizer safety, rooted in the G9SP Stand-alone Safety Controller http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Learn-How-To-Increase-Productivity-And-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 02 Feb 2012 04:42:58 GMT The American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine Presidential Task Force on Fatigue Risk Management released guidelines to aide physicians and other safety stakeholders in the creation of a Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) in the workplace http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/ACOEM-Task-Force-Releases-Guidance-On-Fatigue-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 01 Feb 2012 06:50:00 GMT The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has posted a series of 17 videos to help workers learn about the proper use of respirators on the job http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/New-Short-Videos-From-OSHA-Provide-Training-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:41:00 GMT ILC Dover, the manufacturer of Innovative Protective Equipment for the most demanding applications including spacesuits for NASA, announced today that the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health has approved its Sentinel XT as a Loose Fitting Powered Air Purifying Respirator (PAPR) (TC-21C-0901) http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/ILC-Dovers-Sentinel-XT-PAPR-Receives-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:27:00 GMT Schertz-based occupational therapy consultant Fit For Work next week will open a location to serve the booming Eagle Ford Shale oil-and-gas play http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Occupational-Therapy-Firm-Fit-For-Work-Taps-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Mon, 30 Jan 2012 05:07:00 GMT Honeywell Safety Products announces the new ESP [Enabled Safety Products] System that helps reduce operational costs, improve worker safety and assure regulatory compliance http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Honeywells-New-ESP-RFID-System-Delivers-Real-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 06:38:00 GMT Understanding the latest requirements for electrical safety to industrial machinery is critical to accident prevention and unplanned shutdowns. http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Changes-To-NFPA-79-Electrical-Standard-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:15:00 GMT "More than 700,000 Americans injure their eyes at work each year, yet most of all workplace eye injuries can be avoided by using proper safety eyewear," says safety manager George Galvan of First Aid Global, a Los Angeles company http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/FirstAidGlobalWholesalecom-Reminds-Workers-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:10:00 GMT Taking a step closer to ensuring that new electrical devices will be ready to plug into the nation's next-generation power grid, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)'s Smart Grid Interoperability Panel (SGIP) recently outlined the process by which test laboratories and certifying organizations are accredited for evaluation of Smart Grid products http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Updated-Guidelines-To-Help-Ensure-Electrical-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:07:00 GMT TPC Training Systems announces the release of its newest course manual, Electrical Safety in the Workplace-Understanding NFPA 70E® (211) http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/TPC-Training-Releases-New-Title-Electrical-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 24 Jan 2012 05:15:00 GMT ClickSafety, a leading provider of online construction safety training, was selected by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as an authorized provider for the OSHA Outreach Training Program http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/ClickSafety-Selected-As-One-Of-10-Online-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:00:00 GMT The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), has developed two new Standard Reference Materials (SRMs) for measurements of human exposure to environmental toxins http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/NIST-Releases-Two-New-SRMs-For-Monitoring-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:07:00 GMT With a random-looking spatter of paint specks, a pair of cameras and a whole lot of computer processing, engineer Mark Iadicola of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been helping the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in cooperation with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), to assure the safety of hundreds of truss bridges across the United States http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Stretching-Exercises-Using-Digital-Images-To-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:03:00 GMT Detector Electronics Corporation (Det-Tronics), a world leader in industrial fire detection, gas detection, and hazard mitigation systems, announces that its Nanotechnology Metal Oxide Semiconductor hydrogen sulfide gas (NTMOS H2S) detector has earned approval for use in locations that require an ingress protection rating of IP66/67, ideal for petrochemical, oil and gas applications (http://ntmos.det-tronics.com) http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Det-Tronics-Adds-IP6667-Approval-To-Existing-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 10 Jan 2012 06:33:00 GMT The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) announced recentyly that the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) recently approved the updated ANSI/ASSE A10.33-2011 standard, Safety and Health Program Requirements for Multi-Employer Projects http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/ASSE-Announces-Approval-Of-Safety-Standard-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:50:00 GMT BROWZ, LLC - a leader in compliance management solutions has been awarded a patent by the US Federal government, Patent No. 8055528, for its revolutionary, industry leading compliance management and business risk calculation software http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Global-Compliance-Leader-BROWZ-Awarded-US-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:25:00 GMT John R. Wiehl and the company, Franklin Non-Ferrous Foundry, Inc., pleaded guilty to unlawfully storing hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Wiehl, 64, is the president of the foundry, which is located in Franklin, N.H. The company manufactures a variety of metal parts for various industrial applications http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/Franklin-Foundry-And-Company-President-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:21:00 GMT SEMS awareness training is now available as a part of the SafeGulf offshore safety orientation program http://www.safetyonline.com/article.mvc/PEC-Premier-Adds-SEMS-Awareness-To-SafeGulf-0001?atc~c=771+s=773+r=001+l=a Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:34:00 GMT