With the importance of personal protective equipment (PPE) gaining influence across industries, companies have begun to adopt PPE programs that help mitigate impacts of unexpected short-term thermal ...

A comprehensive combustible dust standard still does not exists, and the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) is seeking further input to put one in place. The federal agency has extended its deadline for ...

In order to improve safety for industrial workers and prevent catastrophic explosions such as the fatal Feb. 7 Imperial Sugar refinery blast, Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W.

JULIAN, W.Va. – About the time Michael Elswick was wrapping up work deep inside the Upper Big Branch mine, he phoned a colleague on the surface with an ominous if relatively routine report. Three ...

KINSTON, N.C. -- A deadly explosion that tore apart a medical supply factory may have been caused by an ignitable cloud of rubber dust, investigators said Thursday after interviewing bandaged and ...