S+H Staff

On-the-job training can be helpful for new employees, for those who switch job roles, or when your organization begins using new equipment or methods. However, such training requires special attention, according to the National Safety Council.

Washington – The Federal Railroad Administration on Jan. 3 announced plans to establish minimum safety and health regulations for camp cars used by railroad employees as sleeping quarters.

Jan. 12 marked the second anniversary of the National Safety Council's call for a total ban on cell phone use while driving.

Instituting industrial hygiene controls can help protect workers from exposure to toxic chemicals in the workplace.

Are you interested in highlighting your safety program and sharing how your membership with the National Safety Council has benefited your organization?

Itasca, IL – The National Gasoline Safety Project is using Burn Awareness Week (Feb. 6-12) to emphasize the dangers – particularly to children – of using gasoline to start fires for barbecue grills or campfires, or to burn trash.

Some of the most significant safety hazards that ironworkers face are encountered during the erection of open web steel joists, according to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.

A machine operator was killed while operating a palletizing machine at an ice cream manufacturing facility.

Washington – Only 58 percent of private-sector employees in the United States were offered paid sick leave in 2010, according to research released Jan. 4 from the Institute for Women's Policy Research.

A 33-year-old window cleaner died after falling from an 8-foot stepladder.