EHS Today eNewsletter
- February 4, 2010 In This Issue:
1. OSHA Budget Focuses on Enforcement
2. Workers' Comp Patients Get Less Benefit from Back Surgery
3. EPA's Budget Points to Increased Environmental Protection
4. ASSE Announces its Top Legislative and Regulatory Issues for 2010
5. NIOSH Releases Spanish-Language Construction Ergonomics Guide
6. Feb. 1-5 is Clean Energy Week
- January 28, 2010 In This Issue:
1. OSHA Releases Workplace Injury and Illness Information
2. Chemical Safety Board Initiates Investigation of DuPont Facility in Belle, W.Va.
3. H1N1: Spreading the Message
4. At-Home Safety: Protecting Eyes from the Sun with Contact Lenses
5. EPA Strengthens Air Quality Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide
6. Updated OSHA Guidance Aims to Protect Late-Night Retail Workers from Workplace Violence
7. Depressed Workers Have Decreased Productivity Despite Treatment Efforts
- January 21, 2010 In This Issue:
1. FR Clothing: Leaving Hazards in the Dust
2. Workers' Comp Research Provides Insight Into Curbing Health Care Costs
3. The Basics of Lockout/Tagout Compliance: Creating an Effective Program
4. AIHA Comments on OSHA's Proposed Hazcom Standard Revision
5. Three Companies Cited by OSHA Following Explosion During Pipeline Construction
6. Leadership: The Type A Characteristic that Lowers Work Stress
7. Texas Sees Rise in Motorcycle Deaths Following Repeal of Helmet Law
8. OSHA Publishes Booklet Outlining Hex Chrome Standards
- January 14, 2010 In This Issue:
1. Global Ranking Reveals which Emerging Economies are EHS Hot Spots
2. OSHA Proposes $1.4 Million in Penalties in Connection with Fatal Explosion in Houston
3. EPA Strengthens Smog Standard
4. New OSHA Videos Offer Respirator, Facemask Safety Guidance
5. ASSE Announces Release of New Roadway Work Zone Safety Standards
6. Illinois Bans Texting While Driving
7. NIOSH and Toyota Collaborate on Safety and Health Research
- January 7, 2010 In This Issue:
1. ASSE Urges OSHA to Include Control Banding in Hazcom Standard
2. 30 Minutes to Better Health in 2010
3. When the Weather Outside is Frightful
4. What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You
5. Stress Reduces Productivity in Depressed Workers
6. Sandy Says: What Makes You Thankful?
7. OSHA fines Huntington, W.Va., Printing Company nearly $160,000 for Workplace Hazards
