Abhisam have released a slew of new online e-learning courses in the areas of Occupational Health and Safety. These courses include several on using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE for short). These cover head protection, feet protection, body protection, eye and face protection, respiratory protection and a comprehensive PPE course that covers all. The Head Protection … Read more
Abhisam informs us that they have just released a new Confined Space Safety e-learning course today. This course is their popular XPRTU format, which measn it can be accessed online via any device including a smartphone, tablet, ipad or a standard PC/Mac or laptop. It can also be downloaded and installed on any Windows PC. … Read more
Washington, DC, August 3, 2010 – The U.S. Chemical Safety Board announced today that it will be conducting a full investigation into the July 22, 2010, explosion and fire that killed two workers at the Horsehead Holding Company zinc recycling facility located in Monaca, PA. On July 25, the CSB deployed a three-person assessment team … Read more
OREGON, Ohio — The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited BP North American Inc. and BP-Husky Refining LLC’s refinery in Oregon, Ohio, with 42 alleged willful violations, including 39 on a per-instance basis, and 20 alleged serious violations for exposing workers to a variety of hazards including failure to provide … Read more
We all have several safety guidelines in our plants. Some are given as top management directives, some are given out by the local authorities, some by the federal/higher government authorities like OSHA/ other independent bodies like the US Chemical Safety Board and some others are plant and process specific only. Some of these are introduced, … Read more
