Safety

In June, Pacific Gas & Electric Co. announced that it would begin moving 10,000 miles of power lines underground to reduce instances of wildfires. The project, valued at $15 billion...

According to industrial safety and hygiene news, there are an estimated 30,000 instances of arc flash each year in the United States. On average, these incidents result in 7,000 burns...

The local offices of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration in Kansas City, Mo., and Wichita, Kan., have made electrical safety a top priority. The offices...

The Department of Labor (DOL) announced in June 2022 that it has published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM), aimed at revising its standards for occupational exposure to lead...

In 2019, Tamara Clayton was fatally shot while driving home from work on a Chicago expressway. Her death, and other shootings in Illinois, prompted passage of the state’s Tamara Clayton...