David Michaels Confirmed as OSHA Administrator
On Dec. 3, the Senate voted to confirm David Michaels as the assistant secretary of labor for OSHA...
MSHA Launches Black Lung Action Plan
On Dec. 3, MSHA announced a comprehensive strategy encompassing education, enhanced enforcement, training, rulemaking and stakeholder collaboration to end new cases of black lung among the nation's coal miners...
Groups Worldwide Remember Bhopal Disaster, Urge Dow to Clean Up Site
To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal chemical disaster, thousands of supporters around the world will participate in an International Day of Action on Dec. 3 to pressure Dow Chemical, the current owner of Union Carbide, to clean up the water in Bhopal and face criminal charges in India...
Report Finds Groundwater in Bhopal Communities Is Still Polluted
Nearly 25 years after an industrial tragedy killed thousands of people in Bhopal, India, a new report from The Bhopal Medical Appeal (BMA) shows that the groundwater in surrounding Bhopal communities remains contaminated with toxic chemicals...
Health Promotion, Policy Shifts Needed to Protect Aging Workers
A report from the February 2009 Health Aging for Workers conference promotes a focus on workplace environments to maintain “work ability” as employees age, along with legislative fixes and research to fill in knowledge gaps for keeping workers healthy and productive...
What You Don't Know CAN Hurt You
A company advertises a job opening for a worker needed to pack and load heavy boxes onto trucks. It would seem an easy position to fill...
When the Weather Outside is Frightful
December 21 marks the winter solstice, the shortest, darkest day of the year for the northern hemisphere. Make sure your employees are safe, visible and warm when working outside in the cold weather...
Developing a Game Plan for the Industrial Athlete
Picture athletes pushing their bodies to the extreme for hours every day. While you might envision professional athletes training for elite competition,...
Health Promotion Program Helps Reduce Risks for Truck Drivers
A program incorporating Web-based education and other approaches can help reduce the high health and safety risks faced by truck drivers, according to a study in the November Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (JOEM)...
Top 10 Tips for Staying Healthy During the Holidays
The holidays are here, which means family, friends, parties – and germs. This year, in light of the H1N1 outbreak, many fear that the most wonderful time of the year will end up being the unhealthiest, too...
MMWR: CDC Examines Antimony Toxicity Outbreak in Firefighters
Following an analysis of 65 firefighters, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concluded that wearing fabric containing antimony oxides is not connected with elevated concentrations of urinary antimony, according to the Nov. 27 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)...
Burnout and Mental Distress Strongly Related to Errors by U.S. Surgeons
Major medical errors self-reported by American surgeons are strongly related to both burnout and depression...
Study: Strength Training Reduces Neck Pain in Office Workers
An ongoing Danish study aimed at reducing repetitive strain injury caused by office work found that several specific exercises can help women suffering from trapezius myalgia, a tenderness and tightness in the trapezius, a large muscle that extends from the back of the head down the neck and into the upper back...
Smokers Worldwide Support Workplace Smoking Bans
A new study shows the majority of smokers worldwide support smoking bans in the workplace...
Global Survey Shows Businesses Turn to Wellness Programs to Improve Productivity
According to a recent global survey, improving productivity by keeping employees healthy and working is emerging as the top business objective for employer-sponsored wellness programs around the world – except in the United States, where reducing health care cost increases continues to be the top goal, and Asia, where the most important objective is improving work force morale...
Going Green and Fighting Toxins at Home and at Work
A nurse with environmental health experience spoke to EHS Today about minimizing contact with everyday toxins and taking steps to create greener workplaces...
Workplace Violence Takes a Deadly Toll
The violence that recently has hit our nation’s workplaces has brought an important issue to the forefront: workplace safety. In hindsight on both the Fort Hood and Orlando shootings, it’s easy to say that preventative measures could have been set into motion to avoid these tragedies...
Study: Daylight Saving Time Connected to Increased Workplace Injuries
Every March, most Americans welcome the switch to daylight saving time because of the longer days, but also dread losing an hour of sleep after they move their clocks forward. A recent study shows that losing just an hour of sleep could pose some dangerous consequences for those in hazardous work environments...
OSHA Offers Workplace H1N1 Fact Sheets
OSHA has issued fact sheets and a Web site providing influenza precaution and protection information to help employers and workers promote safety during the current H1N1 influenza outbreak...
House Democrats Introduce H1N1 Flu Emergency Sick-Leave Bill
On Nov. 3, U.S. Rep. George Miller, D-Calif., chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, and Rep. Lynn Woolsey D-Calif., chair of the Workforce Protections Subcommittee, announced emergency temporary legislation that will guarantee 5 paid sick days for a worker sent home or directed to stay home by their employer for a contagious illness, such as the H1N1 flu virus...
Contractor Pleads Guilty to Workers’ Comp Fraud, Other Charges
The owner of Master’s Touch Drywall pled guilty to felony theft of sales tax and workers’ compensation fraud, and agreed to pay more than $2.1 million in restitution to the state of Washington...
9/11 Responders Twice as Likely to Have Asthma
First responders who were exposed to caustic dust and toxic pollutants following the 2001 World Trade Center (WTC) terrorist attacks suffer from asthma at more than twice the rate of the general U.S. population, according to Mount Sinai School of Medicine researchers....
Managing Health: Workplace Safety: Bio-Physics and the Industrial Athlete
Despite your best efforts, employees continue to be injured. What can you do...
Avoiding Slips and Falls: From the Alps to America
A glacier on the Matterhorn in Switzerland and your facility may, at first glance, seem to have nothing in common. Look deeper to discover solutions to slip-and-fall threats...
Sandy Says: Why Coffee Is My Drug of Choice
Johns Hopkins University estimates the economic burden of substance abuse to the U.S. economy at $414 billion each year, which is why more companies than ever are turning to drug testing to protect their property and their employees...
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