We report recent happenings and development in the world of safety.
Safe Work Australia recently released a series of case studies designed to assist in identifying, evaluating, and controlling psychosocial risks that arise on the job as well as reviewing control methods. On-the-job psychosocial hazards might arise in connection with the following, according to the independent government organization that creates policies to enhance workplace safety and … Read more
On January 1, 2025, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), Great Britain’s national health and safety authority, celebrated its 50th anniversary. HSE was formally established on January 1, 1975, by the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act of 1974. It has helped to lower occupational deaths and injuries over the last 50 years, making … Read more
Serious safety breaches have been imposed on Louisiana-based contractor RIGID Constructors LLC after a 27-year-old heavy equipment operator drowned at a project in Leland, North Carolina, in August 2024. $50,703 in fines for disregarding safety rules that could have avoided the disaster were suggested by OSHA inspectors. The drowning happened when a foreman and the … Read more
After being found driving under the influence, a health and safety expert lost his license. Around 4.30 p.m. on Sunday, December 8, Leicestershire Police received a tip from a member of the public. Officers were informed that Eamonn McMenamin had driven off in his BMW M4 after drinking in Leicester. When police arrived, they discovered … Read more
An employee shattered his leg while working on a property’s roof, and the firm was fined £120,000. The man broke his femur after falling 13.1 feet (four meters) to the ground while he was changing solar panels on a house on Sherfield English Road in Salisbury, Wiltshire. According to a Health and Safety Executive (HSE) … Read more
Doug Parker, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety and Health at the U.S. Department of Labor, has released the following statement regarding the 2023 Census of Fatal Occupational Injuries released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on December 19, 2024: “Today’s report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is more positive news for worker safety and … Read more
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and Amazon have reached a corporate-wide settlement to help better protect workers from dangerous working conditions that can cause serious lower back and other musculoskeletal disorders at Amazon facilities, the U.S. Department of Labor announced today. In the first significant multi-site investigation OSHA has conducted in more than ten … Read more
Alberta Health Services (AHS) has issued a warning to Calgarians that a person with lab-confirmed measles was in public settings in the city while contagious. Residents who were in the same locations as the infected individual between Dec. 11 and Dec. 17 may have been exposed, AHS says. The locations and dates are: Dec. 11 — WestJet flight … Read more
After visiting several spots in Sydney’s central business district and the surrounding suburbs, a tourist who contracted measles has placed the entire city on high alert. At 11.45 a.m. on December 11, the European passenger boarded Flight JQ62 from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to Sydney. After there, they spent five days using public transit … Read more
The 2024 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings has been updated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The purpose of the list is to help companies discover medications that pose a risk to the health and safety of employees who handle them. The 2016 list has been updated with 25 … Read more