Workplace Safety
Plastics News reviewed the Occupational Safety and Health Administration reports from the last 10 years and publishes a yearly report on safety in the industry, including fatalities and injuries in the workplace. The COVID-19 pandemic brought in more rules to protect employees from the virus.
Safety
Climate change and extreme weather look like they're going to make keeping workers safe on the job even more difficult.
Much like a police report, workplace incident documentation requires the basics: the who, what, when, where and why.
When safety is the topic for the morning stand-up meeting, typically an injury or near-miss has occurred. And therein lies the problem.
In the world of workplace best practices, safety is perhaps the most noble topic to share — because everyone wins.
A new version of OSHA's walkaround inspection rule has companies fearing intrusion from unions or others, while advocates say it protects vulnerable workers.
A family's lawsuit and OSHA records give an unusually detailed look at a death in a thermoforming plant.
An Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposal requiring employers to develop plans to control heat hazards in the workplace is getting pushback from business groups that call it overreach but support from labor groups that say it's long overdue.
Employees watched the hazmat crew enter the room and directed them to properly shut down all equipment.
An employee at cart and pallet injection molder Rehrig Pacific Co. was killed in an industrial accident at the company's facility in Dinwiddie County, Va., on June 27.