A federal workplace safety inspection of the Macy's department store in Aventura, Fla., by OSHA found employees at risk due to repeated and serious violations related to electric shock hazards, as ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) this week cited Parts Authority LLC, a wholesale auto and truck parts distributor based in Norcross, Ga., for ...

Two good sources for those seeking to understand the dangers of electrical shock are OSHA 1 and NIOSH. Electricity is one of the most common causes of fires and thermal burns in homes and workplaces.

Mistakes made during the construction of Volcano Bay led to electrical problems that shocked Universal lifeguards and visitors in June, according to a new federal investigation that gives a deeper ...

The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that there are, on average, 9,600 serious electrical shock and burn injuries each year. About 80 percent of these are the result of arc flash events. According ...

Approximately 80 workers die from electric shock each year while working on electrical equipment or related utility operations. To help prevent such deaths, OSHA recently published the Electric Power ...

LARGE industrial and stationary back-up batteries are used to "store" electrical power. The sudden and unplanned release of their direct current (DC) electricity can cause problems ranging from ...

APOLLO BEACH -- Tampa Electric ignored its own rules when performing a dangerous maintenance job at the Big Bend Power Station in June that left five workers dead, the federal Occupational Safety and ...