The Occupational Health and Safety Administration offers guidance for the identification and control of those safety and health hazards associated with scrap recycling. Editor’s Note: The following ...

In his newest post, guest blogger and Future Leader in EHS Jason Townsell discusses the hierarchy of controls. I am often asked what I do for a living. Because the field of health and safety ...

An earlier hierarchy of controls had engineering controls as the top-level control. Of course, now most hierarchy of controls, including the one used by OSHA, include elimination and substitution as ...

Fail-Safe: An experiment that is being monitored by a device to shut down the experiment if, for instance, a loss in water pressure or electricity to the experiment could cause a fire, explosion, or ...

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT, Ala. -- Each month the Anniston Army Depot Safety Office follows the Target Zero Accident Prevention Program calendar as a guide for targeting specific accident prevention ...

Let's explore best practices in industrial hygiene, with a focus on OSHA's role in regulating and promoting workplace safety. Industrial hygiene plays a vital role in safeguarding the health and ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - This week is National Lead Poisoning Prevention week, a time to highlight lead safety in the home, and the City of Sioux City is reminding residents about a program to keep ...

The Redevelopment Authority of Erie has received funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development toward a lead hazard control program. The funding exists to reduce and ultimately ...

Mid-South Synergy Electric Cooperative's mostly rural 1,635-sq mile (4,235-sq km) service territory spans six Texas counties: Brazos, Grimes, Madison, Montgomery, Madison, Waller and Walker. Being a ...

When: Lancaster City Council meeting, May 27. Council member Janet Diaz was absent. What happened: The city completed 170 lead hazard control projects and 40 critical home repair projects at an ...