Two workers for BP Products North America Inc. died after being burned at a refinery in Oregon, Ohio, in September 2022. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) inspectors investigated ...

Industrial safety procedures and rules date back to the 19th century when the United States enacted its first legislation to regulate the conditions of work in factories. They have since developed ...

Workplace safety procedures are designed to keep employees, visitors and customers safe while helping to reduce the stress associated with the work area. Company management should take the time to ...

The pros and cons of traditional LOTO procedures versus modern electronic LOTO systems, and how each method impacts safety, efficiency, and standards compliance. When Wayne Rothering went to work at a ...

This safety procedure provides guidelines for safely working around electrical hazards. It includes provisions for training, lockout requirements, and specific types of work practices and the required ...

The following applies to any laboratory equipment items that are used in a laboratory for the purposes of research. This also includes any item that presents an exposure hazard to non-laboratory ...

All Class 3B and Class 4 lasers or laser systems must have a Written Laser Safety Procedure (LSP) in place. The Principal Investigator (PI) is responsible for creating the LSP and submitting it to the ...

An AU desiring to purchase radioactive materials or ionizing radiation sources must receive approval from the Radiation Safety Office. This ensures compliance with license requirements, proper ...

A new UCLA study reveals that a widely used federal hospital safety metric is fundamentally flawed when applied to emergency ...