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Last week at the 2023 National Safety Council’s Safety Congress and Expo in New Orleans, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration unveiled its top 10 most-cited standards for the year, and for the 13th straight time, fall protection was in the top spot. To that end, the EHSDA Song of the Week is Julee Cruise’s […]
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) signed an agreement outlining procedures for information-sharing, referrals, training, and outreach to bolster federal antiretaliation protections and strengthen the agencies’ partnership, OSHA and the NLRB announced October 31. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) enables OSHA and the Board to cooperate in […]
In October 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two landmark laws that will require companies with more than $1 billion in annual revenues operating in California to disclose both direct and indirect emissions resulting from their operations and report on climate-related financial risks. SB 253 One of the new laws, SB 253, has been characterized […]
In the ongoing battle against per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination, U.S. District Judge James Dever of the Eastern District of North Carolina certified two classes of plaintiffs in a lawsuit claiming Chemours Co. and DuPont discharged wastewater containing PFAS and GenX chemicals, also known as “forever chemicals,” into the Cape Fear River, exposing as […]
A new law recently enacted in California requires employers to implement a workplace violence prevention plan and could prove influential if other states follow suit. On Sept. 30, Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 553 into law, requiring nearly all businesses to have their plans in place by July 1, 2024. Exempted from the law are […]
EHS Daily Advisor’s exclusive online summit focusing on technology is taking place on November 7-8, 2023. Join us for this free virtual event catered to EHS professionals looking to develop and refine their skills on a variety of topics revolving around EHS technology. DAY ONE: November 7 Opening Keynote | Your EHS Digital Transformation Journey: A […]
Chris Byrnside is a veteran of Desert Storm who began his safety career after he was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1991. He worked in the metals industry in Illinois for his entire 30-year career, beginning as a machine operator at Krueger Steel & Wire in 1992. From 1993 to 2011, he held the […]
By: Superior Glove, leading safety glove innovator Every year, millions of workers get injured on the job, and a significant number of reported occupational injuries are hand related. The good news is that hand injuries are the number one preventable industrial accident across all industries. So, if hand injuries are so preventable, why are they […]
By Adam Hall Oral fluid testing, commonly referred to as saliva testing, is rapidly growing in popularity as a reliable method of drug testing. Ease of use, established testing protocols at laboratories and the ability to collect a sample anytime, anywhere only scratches the surface when it comes to the long list of benefits that […]
Do you know which standards the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cites most often? Do you know which ones it enforces so vigorously that it issues instance-by-instance citations? At the National Safety Council’s (NSC) Safety Congress & Expo in New Orleans last week, OSHA’s Region 6 (Dallas) administrator, Eric Harbin, announced the agency’s Top […]