At-Home Safety: Injury Prevention Tips for Cheerleaders, Football Players
With kids preparing to go back to school and football practice already underway in many communities, the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) is issuing an injury prevention message about football and cheerleading...
Health Care’s Reliance on Women Calls for Flexible Work Arrangements
With a work force comprised of 80 percent women and with the potential for future employment shortages, the health care industry must make allowances for workers’ lifestyle needs, such as flexible work arrangements, researchers said...
EEOC Federal Work Force Report Reveals Steady Number of Disabled Workers, Drop in Complaint Process Efficiency
According to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) newly released annual report on the federal work force, the number of people with targeted disabilities in federal jobs held steady after a 13-year decline. The report also suggested that federal agencies were less efficient in handling complaint processes compared to the previous fiscal year...
Minimizing Toxic Health Effects from the Gulf Oil Spill
While oil from the Deepwater Horizon spill may have stopped gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, experts are far from finished working to anticipate, outline and minimize the disaster’s potential health risks, according to a University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) School of Public Health researcher involved in helping the federal government deal with the spill’s repercussions...
Certified or Certifiable Is There a Difference?
What’s the difference between the winners and the “also rans” when it comes to ergonomics...
Eye Strain No Longer Limited to Hours of Computer Viewing
Eye strain, fatigue and headaches are common indicators that your digital devices – including computer monitors, smart phones and video games – might be causing you discomfort...
Living to Work: A Look at Workaholics
Every employer wants his or her work force to be productive and dedicated. But what happens when an employee crosses the line and becomes addicted to work? A University of North Carolina (UNC) Charlotte professor who claims work addiction nearly destroyed his life has some answers...
ASSE Offers Heat-Related Illness Safety Tips
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) urges employers and employees to be aware of the factors that can lead to heat stress, the symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat stroke, and ways to prevent and treat heat-related illnesses...
DOL Announces New Pay Equity and Workplace Flexibility Initiatives
At a July 20 White House Middle Class Task Force forum hosted by Vice President Joe Biden, U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced several department initiatives designed to end wage discrimination while improving pay equity and work/life balance...
En Masse Retirements Challenge U.S. Manufacturers
As millions of boomers prepare to retire, U.S. manufacturing companies, hit harder than other sectors by the recession, now face huge costs for training new employees in the forthcoming years, according to a report by the Sloan Center on Aging at Boston College...
At-Home Safety: Top 10 Hot Weather Tips for Those with Asthma
The dog days of summer can slow most of us to a crawl in search of shade, ice and water. But for people with asthma and other respiratory conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), the combination of high heat and humidity with congested and polluted air can leave them gasping for breath...
Workplace Redefined: Study Examines Shifting Workplace, Generational Attitudes
The more things change, the more different generations of workers become the same, suggests a new study from Robert Half. The research shows that workers of all ages have a new appreciation for company stability when making career decisions...
American Workers Looking Forward to the New R&R This Summer
A new study reveals employees are eager to take back their vacation time and unplug from work this summer...
Take a Break From Your Office Furniture and Get Healthy
Postural, joint and muscular problems pinpointed to necks, backs, hips and knees are on the increase among workers. These problems could be attributed to poor seating posture, lack of movement in the office and inappropriate or poorly designed office furniture...
Hot Weather Warning: Forecasters Calling for Potentially Dangerous Heat Conditions
Warm weather usually means lots of summer fun and outdoor activities. Unfortunately, the combination of high heat and high humidity can be very dangerous...
Off-the-Job Safety: Preventing Problems at Your Fourth of July Backyard Barbecue
Barbecuing is one of America’s favorite pastimes, especially during Fourth of July weekend. However, it’s hard to believe that these festivities can cause food poisoning, lead to cancer and start home fires...
At-Home Safety: Avoid Fireworks-Related Eye Injuries this Fourth of July
While fireworks are one of the highlights of the Fourth of July holiday, a mistake can turn their beauty into permanent injury, eye damage or blindness...
Employee Benefits: Which Ones Are Surviving the Weak Economy?
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) released a new report showing that 63 percent of HR professionals say the economic recession negatively affected their organization's employee benefit offerings “to some extent,” over the past year...
House Hearing Raises Questions on Safety Protections for Offshore Oil Workers
During a June 23 hearing, House Education and Labor Committee members raised serious questions regarding important worker safety protections on offshore oil rigs like the Deepwater Horizon...
MSD Injuries, Health Problems Force Roofers Into Early Retirement
Sixty percent of roofers who exited the trade within 1 year left their jobs due to chronic pain, work-related musculoskeletal disorders and poor health, according to research published in the American Journal of Industrial Hygiene...
The Power of Rest and Why It Can Help Employees
Sleep, rest, and body clock expert Dr. Matthew Edlund has identified an ongoing health crisis. After years of clinical research and consultations with hundreds of patients, he discovered that many people aren’t just sleep-deprived, they’re rest-deprived...
National Safety Month: Prevent Overexertion at Work and at Home
The National Safety Council (NSC) recently launched its Preventing Overexertion at Work and at Home Week during National Safety Month, an annual observance to increase education about the top causes of preventable injuries and deaths in June...
ASSE 2010: Implementing U.S.-Style Construction Safety and Health Programs in Africa, Asia and Mexico
Understanding culture and communicating effectively are key components in establishing safe construction projects in foreign countries, according to John H. Johnson, CSP, of Black & Veatch. In a June 15 ASSE Safety 2010 session in Baltimore, Johnson addressed the challenges and best practices for implementing construction safety and health programs in parts of the world such as Africa, Asia and Mexico...
ASSE 2010: David Michaels Outlines Goals, Hopes for the Future of Occupational Safety and Health
In a packed plenary session at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2010 conference on June 14, OSHA Administrator David Michaels provided a whirlwind overview of the agency’s recent actions and encouraged safety professionals to get involved and help shape the agency’s future...
Solis to Visit Oil Spill Site in Louisiana
At the direction of President Obama, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will travel to Houma, La., June 9 to receive briefings from Unified Command officials about the administration’s ongoing response to the BP oil spill and to inspect efforts to ensure the health, safety and well-being of workers affected by the spill and engaged in the spill response...
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