A Disposable Work Force: Farm Worker Advocates Push for Agricultural Worker Protections
A new report published by the advocacy organization Farmworker Justice criticizes the H-2A temporary guest work visa program, claiming it makes agricultural workers vulnerable to poor working conditions. Farm worker advocates argue that to improve these conditions, foreign agricultural workers should be able to seek legal immigration status...
People Who Volunteer Might Live Longer
It turns out that by doing the right thing and volunteering, people also are doing the right thing for their health. A new study finds that people who volunteer may live longer than those who don’t, as long as their reasons for volunteering are to help others rather than themselves...
10-Minute Screening Could Reduce Drowsy Driving in Commercial Drivers
Professional drivers who suffer from sleep apnea and subsequently become sleepy behind the wheel may pose grave safety concerns to our nation’s highways. Researchers from Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health recently considered whether a 10-minute screening method could be effective in pinpointing the professional drivers at risk for sleep apnea...
Study: WTC Conditions on 9/11 Led to Higher Cancer Risk for Firefighters
As the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks approaches, yet another study suggests 9/11 responders may suffer long-term health effects. The new research, which represents the largest cancer study ever conducted among firefighters, indicates that firefighters who responded to the World Trade Center (WTC) site were at least 19 percent more likely to develop cancer in the following 7 years as compared to other firefighters who weren’t exposed...
Teamwork Can Help Conquer Occupational Fatigue
A construction worker operating heavy machinery. A pilot navigating a flight through stormy weather. A surgeon operating on a patient. If any of these people become fatigued on the job, they may find themselves in a life or death situation. According to a new study, teamwork may be the best way to combat the dangerous effects of occupational fatigue...
High at Work: Rates of Workplace Methamphetamine Use Highest in Hawaii, Arkansas and Oklahoma
A new study released by Quest Diagnostics Inc. reveals that several states register workplace methamphetamine rates as much as 400 percent higher than the national average. Based on more than 4.5 million urine specimens collected from the general U.S. workforce from January-December 2010, the report also shows that while efforts around the country to control availability of the highly addictive substance and educate against its use may be making progress in some areas, the drug’s attraction among U.S. workers may be moving eastward...
Green Initiatives Can Create a Healthier, More Productive Work Force
Companies that incorporate eco-friendly initiatives aren’t just helping save the Earth – they also can create a healthier, more productive work environment for their employees...
How Rude! Incivility in the Workplace Has Widespread Effects
The stress that results from rude, hostile or otherwise unfriendly interactions between coworkers can seep into an employee’s personal life and affect his or her relationships outside of the workplace, according to a Baylor University study. Stressed-out workers even can “infect” their spouses, who in turn may take that stress into their own workplaces...
Don’t Try to Be a Hero: Working Moms with “Supermom” Attitude Are More Depressed
New research reveals that working mothers who believe they can “do it all” both at home and at work have more depression symptoms than moms who anticipate that a solid work-life balance will be more difficult to attain...
Study Finds Correlation Between Pesticide Safety Concerns and Wage Violations among N.C. Agricultural Workers
A new study from the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center suggests that North Carolina agricultural workers who are exposed to pesticides also may be affected by wage violations. Thomas A. Arcury, Ph.D., one of the study’s authors and professor and vice chair for research in the center’s Department of Family and Community Medicine, spoke to EHS Today to discuss the study and its implications...
Rising Unemployment Rates Lead to Decrease in Workers’ Comp Coverage, Costs
According to a report released Aug. 16 by the National Academy of Social Insurance (NASI), workers’ compensation coverage and costs to employers have declined, a trend that likely can be attributed to the nation’s unemployment levels...
NIOSH Seeks Comment on Diacetyl Document
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) seeks public comment on a draft document concerning occupational exposure limits and control recommendations for the food flavorings diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione...
Textile Association: MassCOSH Report on Laundry Work “Distorts Reality”
The Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA) rejected a recent Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) report that suggested textile service workers were exposed to ergonomic injuries and other safety and health hazards. TRSA claimed the report distorts reality and may have been “prompted by union posturing.”...
Report: Latino Hotel Employees Face Low Pay, High Injury Rates
The good news is that the hotel and accommodation industry has experienced some job growth in the last 6 months. The bad news, according to a report from the National Council of La Raza (NCLR), is that some workers in this industry – particularly Latino workers – may face low wages and high injury rates...
The Simonton Survivors Celebrate Fitness
More than 800 Simonton employees nationwide exercised, trained and overcame a variety of obstacles to participate in the Simonton Survivor program this past spring. Some 77 employees completed all 6 weeks of the program, completing six different challenges...
MassCOSH: Laundry Work is a Pain for Angelica Textile Services Employees
Following a July survey of 113 employees at Angelica Textile Services in Somerville, Mass., the Massachusetts Coalition for Occupational Safety and Health (MassCOSH) discovered a range of health and safety concerns, particularly those involving musculoskeletal injuries...
Following Back Injury Settlements, Some Workers Experience Escalating Life Disruptions
Workers who reach settlements for their work-related back injuries don’t necessarily experience physical, emotional or financial relief. According to a new study, these workers often endure escalating financial and domestic difficulties after they settle their claims...
Pedaling Toward Productivity
Bicycling to work is the healthy, economical and fun alternative to highway traffic, rising gas prices and stressful commutes...
Don’t Separate Workplace Wellness Initiatives from Safety and Health Programs
Some things are meant to work together. Just as you wouldn’t wear only one protective glove and leave the other sitting on the toolbox, incorporating workplace wellness initiatives into safety and health programs may result in a healthier, more productive workplace, new research reveals...
Employers Can Retain Working Mothers by Offering More Work Schedule Autonomy
Yet another study suggests that flexible work schedules can improve an employee’s morale or sense of work-life balance. In this latest analysis, researchers reveal that employers are more likely to retain female employees who have just given birth by offering them greater flexibility and control in their work schedules...
Textile Rental Association Rejects Shop Towel Study
The Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA) is lashing out against a recent study that suggests workers who use laundered shop towels may be at risk of exposure to heavy metals. TRSA called the study’s claims unsubstantiated and pointed out the research was released by an industry with a vested interest in the study results...
Can Secondhand Smoke Lead to Hearing Loss?
According to a new study, adolescents exposed to secondhand smoke may be twice as likely to suffer hearing loss...
Oil Field Employees Risk Bringing Lead Home
Oil field workers potentially could transfer lead to their homes and put their children at risk for lead poisoning if they do not take certain safety precautions, suggests The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medication Association....
Elevated Metal Levels in Shop Towels May Put Workers at Risk
A new study suggests that shop towels may contain damaging levels of heavy metals – even after laundering...
When Illness Equals Empty Pockets: Choosing Between a Sick Day and a Paycheck
New research finds that rural workers are disproportionately affected by a lack of paid sick time compared to urban workers. Workers in rural locations therefore face a tricky decision when they fall ill: Do they take the time off, forfeit pay for that day and possibly put their jobs at risk, or do they risk their health and well-being instead by going to work anyway...
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