Tag: OSHA
VIBCO’s Elf on the Shelf tradition more than just holiday fun
This time of year hits different at VIBCO Inc.
Yes, we’re a real manufacturing company that has deadlines tighter than Santa’s chimney clearance and face...
OSHA cites Smithfield concrete supplier after worker fatality
PROVIDENCE – A Rhode Island concrete supplier was cited by the U.S. Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration Wednesday for safety and health...
Weil: Fewer OSHA inspectors is a dangerous matter
In many industries, such as construction, transportation, warehousing and health care, the workplace is dangerous. In 2018 alone, 5,250 workers died on the job.
In...
OSHA seeks info on control-circuit devices, robot-interaction risks
PROVIDENCE – The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration is looking for information to potentially update its Control of Hazardous Energy Lockout/Tagout standard, the...
PBN on WJAR-TV, May 21, 2019
Manufacturing and construction workers suffer the most severe injuries in R.I. Can they be prevented?
Every week, PBN Editor Mark S. Murphy appears on WJAR-TV...
How safe is your workplace?
In March 2018, an employee of SMM New England Corp., doing business as Sims Metal Management in Providence, was erecting a sign in the...
Partial floor collapse at Hope Artiste Village residential project injures three
PAWTUCKET – A partial floor collapse at a mill being converted to loft apartments left three construction workers injured on Monday, one critically.
The employees...
RIMA to Hold Free Seminar, “All about Safety in the Workplace”
Rhode Island Manufacturing Association (RIMA) will hold it’s next free seminar on Tuesday, September 11th at the New England Institute of Technology (NEIT) in...
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