BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A symposium on "Emerging Developments in Multi-Hazard Engineering" organized jointly by MCEER, headquartered at the University at Buffalo, and the Architectural Engineering Institute ...

The oil and gas extraction industry is vital to our nation’s economy, but the work can be extremely hazardous. Vehicle incidents and contact with objects and equipment are the major causes of ...

All new conveyors inevitably succumb to the punishing bulk handling environment and begin to slowly degrade. They will eventually require more time and labor for maintenance, and the time between ...

This is key: Once the right risk assessment data is collected, it should be used to implement a long-term fall protection abatement program. Despite state-of-the-art equipment and an abundance of fall ...

When I first read the preamble to the then new OSHA confined space standard, I was struck by an interesting paradox that appeared on page 4,487 of the Jan. 14, 1993, Federal Register. In one breath, ...