Incident and injury prevention is the proper focus for SH&E professionals, but emergency preparedness for events ranging from individual incidents to large-scale disasters remains an important skill ...

OSHA mandates that businesses have actionable plans for both workplace hazards and protection from occupational exposure to bloodborne pathogens. HOSPECO, a leading manufacturer of products for ...

Accidents can happen at any time in the workplace. To create a comprehensive first aid kit, you need to take the specifics of your location and business into account. For example, a snakebite ...

NSI/ISEA Z308.1-2009, American National Standard -- Minimum Requirements for Workplace First Aid Kits and Supplies, has received ANSI approval. The revised standard designates new kit types and ...

While ISEA and ANSI are not government entities, their standards have been cited by both the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration as well as state occupational safety and health plans ...

In Randy Beaver's 30 years as a safety professional, he has encountered many workplaces without first aid programs. That always has surprised Beaver, president of Barron and Associates Inc., a safety ...

The International Safety Equipment Association announced June 22 that it has received approval for a 2015 revision to the 2014 edition of ANSI/ISEA Z308.1-2015, American National Standard-Minimum ...

First aid kits are not required on campus, however many departments and offices wishes to have them available in case of small incidents. Cal-OSHA and Fed OSHA does not have a minimum requirement, but ...

There are new efforts to get the overdose prevention drug naloxone included in more first aid kits in workplaces. A lawmaker in California recently proposed a first-in-the-nation law to require ...

As emergency medical care exists in close proximity to the institution, the University of Nevada, Reno campuses (including the contiguous campus grounds, Redfield Campus, Valley Road facilities, Main ...

The restaurant business can be a dangerous one. Sharp knives, plates and stemware that can shatter into jagged shards, and hot surfaces and flames are all normal parts of the workday. When you combine ...