Manufacturing

University researchers creating ‘personalized’ manufacturing safety training

Oxford, OH — Researchers at Miami University of Ohio are developing personalized, gamified safety training for manufacturing workers that combines components of artificial intelligence...

Chemical Safety Board issues new set of chemical release reports

Washington — The Chemical Safety Board has released additional information on 13 serious chemical releases as part of what the agency has called an...

USDA seeking to change line-speed restrictions in some meat-processing plants

Washington — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is requesting comment on proposed rules that would remove maximum line speeds at eligible pork-processing facilities and...

EPA again delays provisions of trichloroethylene ban

Washington — Citing pending litigation, the Environmental Protection Agency has pushed to May 18 the effective date of certain provisions of a final rule,...
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EPA to regulate chemical used for plastics, rubber after finding ‘unreasonable’ risk

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency will develop risk management rulemaking for 1,3-butadiene after finding that the substance used to make car tires, adhesives...

Study looks at the who, what and where of black lung cases

Washington — Workers who operate underground mining machinery accounted for more than two-thirds of deaths associated with coal workers’ pneumoconiosis during a recent four-year...

Chemical Safety Board renews call for OSHA standard on combustible dust

Washington — Chemical Safety Board member Sylvia Johnson maintains that “robust regulation” can help prevent explosions involving combustible dust; however, OSHA hasn’t yet started...

AI in manufacturing: ASTM exploring a technical standards committee

West Conshohocken, PA — ASTM International is exploring a possible technical committee on artificial intelligence in manufacturing systems – and is inviting all interested...
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House subcommittee hearing explores AI and worker safety

Washington — The promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence as it pertains to worker safety was the subject of a Feb. 11 hearing before...

Massachusetts issues health alert for stone countertop fabrication workers

Boston — Massachusetts’ first documented case of silicosis in a stone countertop fabrication worker has spurred the state’s Department of Public Health to urge...

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