S+H Staff

Forklift trucks are powerful equipment, and employees can be seriously injured if safe operating procedures are not followed.

In what Italian Health Minister Renato Balduzzi called a “historic” decision, an Italian court recently convicted two executives of failing to comply with safety rules and sentenced them to serve 16 years behind bars.

As I write this, nearly two months have passed since Safety+Health published an article on ladder safety (featuring incorrect photos), but the dust hasn’t yet settled. A new debate has emerged.

Abuse of prescription painkillers has become a crisis in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and its effect may be beginning to be felt in the workers’ compensation system.

Belt-tightening continues in Washington, as the Obama administration’s fiscal year 2013 budget request provides OSHA with only a modest funding increase.

Although the recession may have caused workers’ compensation costs to decline for employers, experts warn increased rates could be coming up.

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To combat the possibility of workers forming an addiction to painkillers, experts recommend that employers keep in touch with the injured worker and get the employee back to work as soon as possible.

E2S Warning Signals announces a major extension to the capability of the EEx d versions of its BEx family of Explosion Proof beacons and its MB Series of Marine beacons.

In this webinar, leading experts in the hydration and PPE industries discussed: the causes, symptoms and costs of heat-related illness; the evolving regulatory scene; and helpful guides and solutions. Watch the archived webinar.