Experts have evaluated a range of methods to combat microbial hazards in fruit and vegetables. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA) covered the prevention and control ...

Construction Safety Week is a celebration of our industry’s commitment to health and safety—a commitment that has driven remarkable progress and saved countless lives. This year’s theme, All In ...

When I first read the preamble to the then new OSHA confined space standard, I was struck by an interesting paradox that appeared on page 4,487 of the Jan. 14, 1993, Federal Register. In one breath, ...

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 ...

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 ...

A shop-built system that supports extended bar stock, aiming to enhance the machine’s productivity by allowing higher volumes of material to be loaded. Allowing bar stock to be unsupported presents a ...

A Job Hazard Analysis is the most critical part of the job—this gives us an opportunity to go in the field with operations and review, recognize, and control hazards at the job site or in the area.

The Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) reported that there were 2,210 non-fatal electrical injuries in 2017. This was an increase of 35% as compared to 2016. These injuries could have ...

Young process engineers and operators—and even more tenured ones—find themselves doing their jobs the way they do them because that’s how they’ve been told to do them. In most cases, they’ve been told ...