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Articles Tagged “Safety”
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OSHA Statement Regarding Lost Work Days for 2009
According to the BLS, the number of reported nonfatal occupational injury and illness cases that required days away from work to recuperate decreased by 9% in 2009 for private industry, state, and local government. (Note, this number reflects a decrease in construction and overall employment.)
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WEB EXCLUSIVE/NEW SERVICE SPOTLIGHT: Parking And Public Perception
With the thousands spent on architecture to make a parking garage appealing, it becomes even more important to keep it clean and sanitary.
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Watch That Step!
You’re much safer whizzing down the highway than walking through the entrance at work. So says Liberty Mutual’s Workplace Safety Index.
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Study: Students Avoid School Toilets
Nearly 40% of secondary school girls reported ”holding it in” so they didn’t have to go to the toilet. And 16% of secondary school boys reported “bad things” happening in the toilets, making them wary of going in there.
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Equipping Artistic Expression
Aggreko, a global company specializing in rental power, cooling, heating, and oil-free compressed air, recently played an integral part in what could have been an explosive piece of artwork.
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HeatTrak Expands Distributor Network
The manufacturer of portable heated matting products has added four partners to its distribution network.
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ASHRAE Publishes Updated Refrigerant Safety Standards
The 2010 editions of ASHRAE’s major refrigerants-related standards have been published as a package with 14 new refrigerant blends added.
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FRIDAY FUNNY: Going Up?
This past week, there were two interesting elevator related news items. The first was a piece examining elevator rider body posture. The second explained the safest way to survive a free fall in an elevator.
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Cooling Tower Study Results Released
New research supported by ASHRAE indicates that non-chemical devices (NCD) marketed to control the growth of biological agents may not materially reduce biological growth.
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17 Years After The Chicken Plant Fire (from The Workplace Safety Council)
[hamlet-nc-chicken-plant-fire-2_tn] On September 3, 1991 a fire in the Imperial Foods chicken processing plant in Hamlet, NC, claimed 25 lives and injured 54 employees. Locked emergency exits made it difficult for employees to exit the building during the fire.
