Water, Rest and Shade: OSHA to Educate Workers, Employers about Heat-Related Illnesses
Three ingredients can help save employees working in hot environments from suffering potentially life-threatening heat-related illness: water, rest and shade. OSHA plans to get that message out in a new heat illness education campaign...
Study: Wellness Incentives Can Contribute to Reduced Health Care Costs
According to a new study, offering employees incentives as part of wellness programs can spell better health and reduced corporate health care costs...
Web Exclusive Feature: Snuffing Out Industrial Dust Hazards
The right dust collection system not only will prevent hazardous situations, but also can improve worker comfort and productivity...
How Do You Bloom When You're Planted in a Garden of Weeds?
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports that workers who are stressed incur health care costs that are 46 percent higher, or an average of $600 more per person, than other employees...
Celebrate a Century of Safety During NAOSH Week May 1-7
With a theme of “Celebrating a Century of Safety,” the North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week kicked off with opening ceremonies May 2 in Washington, D.C., to raise public awareness of occupational safety and health in North America...
MassCOSH: 47 Massachusetts Workers Died on the Job in 2010; Improved Safety Oversight Needed
The 2011 “Dying for Work in Massachusetts: Loss of Life and Limb in Massachusetts Workplaces” report documents the 47 worker fatalities that occurred in the commonwealth in 2010 and calls for improved oversight and safety precautions to prevent on-the-job deaths...
Beating the Heat – Protecting Workers in Hot Environments
Working in hot and humid environments not only can be uncomfortable, it also can be a serious health issue due to the potential for heat stress...
Balance Comfort and Safety this Summer
One often overlooked area where employers need to address the potential for heat stress is the loading dock. These equipment options can help keep employees cool...
The Human Dynamics of Injury Prevention: Three New E-Words for Occupational Safety
In this EHS Today exclusive, noted author, lecturer and educator E. Scott Geller, Ph.D., discusses three new “E-words” that allow companies to achieve continuous improvement in safety: Empowerment, emotion and empathy...
Four Decades of OSHA: A Timeline
On April 28, OSHA reaches a 40-year milestone. Since it was founded 4 decades ago, the agency established a range of safety and health regulations to protect the American work force; reduced workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities; and initiated a national conversation about occupational health and safety...
Obesity, Blood Pressure Rates Higher for Frequent Business Travelers
People who travel extensively for business – 20 or more nights away from home per month – have increased rates of obesity, higher cholesterol levels and higher blood pressure than employees who are away from home one to six nights per month...
Older Workers Benefit from Health Behavior Programs with Personal Coaching
A combination of personal coaching and Web-based risk assessment may help engage older employees in health behavior programs...
Are You Managing Workplace Conflicts Properly?
It’s the classic joke: Boss yells at worker, worker goes home and yells at wife, wife yells at kids, kids yell at dog. For many of us, conflict – and a bad day – starts in the morning with the kids before we go to work, then kicks into second gear with your co-workers or your boss and finally culminates at home with your spouse and children...
Forgoing Sleep to Adjust to Shift Work Schedules is a Disruptive Strategy for Nurses
A study examining the strategies nurses use to adjust between day and night sleep cycles found that as many as 25 percent of hospital nurses go without sleep for at least 24 hours in order to adjust to working on the night shift. This strategy is not effective in helping nurses’ internal clocks adjust to a nighttime schedule, researchers said...
Senate Introduces Safe Chemicals Act of 2011
On April 14, Sen. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., along with Sens. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and others, introduced the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 to upgrade the nation’s system for managing chemical safety and protect communities from toxic chemicals...
Heart Attacks, Acceptance of Risk Contribute to Increased Firefighter Fatalities
Cultural factors in firefighters’ work environment that promote getting the job done as quickly as possible with whatever resources available lead to an increase in line-of-duty firefighter fatalities, according to researchers at the UGA College of Public Health. The researchers also determined that cardiovascular events, and not smoke inhalation, represent the leading cause of death for firefighters...
Respond to Workers’ Angry Outbursts with Compassion for Best Results
If an employee has an emotional, angry outburst at work, simply firing him may not solve the greater underlying problem in the workplace. One expert challenges traditional views of workplace anger by suggesting that these intense displays of emotion actually can be beneficial when they are met with compassion...
Experts Recommend Progressive Resistance Training for Older Adults to Build Muscle, Increase Strength
Not only can adults fight the battle of strength and muscle loss that comes with age, they can even grow stronger with the right kind of exercise, according to experts at the University of Michigan Health System...
Researchers: Job Loss May Increase Risk of Premature Death
A team of researchers at Stony Brook University found that the risk of premature death was 63 percent higher in people who experienced an episode of unemployment compared to those who did not...
Relationship between Clean Air and Asthma Examined
A new report, analyzing detailed asthma incidence and cost data, concludes that the already staggering human and financial toll of asthma in the United States likely will increase if Congress acts to stop updates to the Clean Air Act (CAA)...
How Will Japan’s Crisis Affect U.S. Nuclear Safety?
In an interview with EHS Today, a physicist explained that the disaster at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant may have implications for nuclear safety in the United States...
Researchers: Welders May Be at Increased Risk for Brain Damage
New research suggests that workers exposed to welding fumes may be at risk for developing brain damage in an area of the brain also affected in Parkinson’s disease...
Safety is No Accident: April 4-10 is National Public Health Week
National Public Health Week, held April 4-10 this year with a theme of “Safety is No Accident,” is dedicated to preventing injuries and violence at home...
Researchers: Walk Quickly, Don’t Shuffle, on Slippery Surfaces
By studying helmeted guinea fowl, birds that react to slips and falls much like humans do, researchers concluded that moving quickly in a forward, firm-footed stance across a slippery surface is less likely to lead to a fall than if you shuffle or move slowly...
Workplace Workouts: Combating Employee Obesity
As the obesity epidemic continues to take a toll on our nation’s health, smart companies are recognizing that active, fit employees also are happy, productive employees...
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