safety news for supervisors.

This section offers news briefs on industrial safety in the U.S. as of April 2009. A study found a direct association between exposure to lead and lower cognitive scores. Nabor Meza Carmona, a worker in Florida, fell 12 feet atop a 20-story building before being caught by his safety harness. Meanwhile, a new document from the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) revealed that the bypass of a safety feature of an equipment was the direct cause of 20% of accidents.