The article reports on the plan of the Chinese government to reduce the alarmingly poor industrial health and safety record in China. According to the state news agency Xinhua, 127,000 people died in accidents in the workplace in 2005...
11 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Wednesday reiterated efforts to improve workplace safety and prevent major accidents. At a teleconference, the State Council warned of severe and complicated situation with regard to work safety, demanding local authorities to keep on high alert for safety ...
BEIJING, April 12 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Sunday demanded solid efforts to ensure workplace safety and resolutely curb major accidents. Workplace safety should be enhanced as epidemic prevention and control becomes a regular practice, said a circular issued by the Office of the Work Sa...
WORKPLACE DEATHS increase for first time in a decadeOCCUPATIONAL mortalityINDUSTRIAL accidentsOCCUPATIONAL diseasesINDUSTRIAL safetyThe article cites key research findings from the U.S. indicating an increase in the rate of fatal workplace injuries in 2004. The overall reported rates of work-related ...
Motor vehicle accidents Caught-in or caught-between hazards “Factors such as inexperience, workforce shortages and maintenance issues are all contributing to these unfortunate and often avoidable accidents,” said Rich Ives, senior vice president of Business Insurance Claim at Travelers. “While the nu...
NEEDHAM (CBS) - This time the worker survived, but falls like the one that happened at a Needham construction site Friday are the number one cause of workplace deaths in Massachusetts. "He was on a piece of steel and fell into the pit," said Needham Fire Chief Dennis Condon. ...
In the rapidly evolving business landscape, maintaining workplace safety is paramount. Accidents and injuries can significantly impact both employees and the company's financial health. To address these challenges, businesses must implement proactive safety strategies. ...
Trial and human error: human error is often to blame for the majority of workplace accidents--as in the home, writes Sarah Grindrod. But the good news is that it is possible to minimise the risks, while at the same time making a business more efficient, productive--and profitable.(...
January 20, 2017 Workplace injuries and accidents that cause employees to miss six or more days of work cost U.S. employers $59.9 billion in 2014, the most recent year for which statistically valid injury data are available, according to the 2017 Liberty Mutual … ...
WEST HILLS, N.Y. (AP) — A landscaper fell from a tree and a roofer fell from a building in two separate fatal workplace accidents Monday on Long Island. Suffolk County Police said 51-year-old Vicente Oliver of Levittown was trimming a tree at a West Hills home ...