Dr. David Michaels wants to know how OSHA and NIOSH can help recruit more professionals into the EHS field. The Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Dr. David Michaels has charged NACOSH with exploring what OSHA and NIOSH can do to encourage more professionals to enter the occupational safety and health field.
Read more →A survey was given to 2,000 employees in high-risk jobs.
Read more →One year after the explosion, in November 2013, the federal Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement called for a safety stand-down by offshore oil and gas platforms’ crews to discuss the lessons learned from 2012 explosion and fire on platform WD 32 E, operated by Black Elk Energy Offshore Operations.
Read more →By Stefanie Valentic Of the 2,000 employees surveyed across the nation, 60 percent of those in the construction industry and 52 percent from agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, felt safety was less of a priority than finishing job-related tasks. Employees in high-risk industries are choosing productivity over their own health and safety, according to survey
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