The power generation industry is a highly competitive one in which players continue to change and the race for profits is a tough one with the challenge of heavy environmental regulations. One of the ...

A Hazard is anything that has the potential to cause harm, injuries, accidents or other undesirable effects. A Risk is the possibility that a personal injury, property loss or environmental harm will ...

An earlier hierarchy of controls had engineering controls as the top-level control. Of course, now most hierarchy of controls, including the one used by OSHA, include elimination and substitution as ...

In his newest post, guest blogger and Future Leader in EHS Jason Townsell discusses the hierarchy of controls. I am often asked what I do for a living. Because the field of health and safety ...

WORKERS depend on their five senses--sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch--to keep them alert to their surroundings and to any danger present. It's important to note that four of the five sense ...

Fail-Safe: An experiment that is being monitored by a device to shut down the experiment if, for instance, a loss in water pressure or electricity to the experiment could cause a fire, explosion, or ...

Experts have evaluated a range of methods to combat microbial hazards in fruit and vegetables. The Joint FAO/WHO Expert Meetings on Microbial Risk Assessment (JEMRA) covered the prevention and control ...

According to the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie, nearly 4.2 million US homes are equipped with rooftop solar. Image: US Department of Energy. Prominent fire safety experts, ...

Think back to a time not so long ago when workers would pull apart an old building, throwing asbestos-filled materials into piles and scattering particles everywhere ­— all without any safety ...

This program outlines the minimum set of guidelines for the safe laboratory use of hazardous chemicals at WMU to prevent overexposures. This program does not cover the laboratory use of radioactive ...