The Warning Signs of Workplace Violence
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics more than 570,000 Americans are impacted by workplace violence annually. There are behavior indicators often exhibited in the workplace that have been linked to workplace violence situations...
New Report Shows Workplace Violence Declined from 1993-2009
On March 29, the Justice Department Bureau of Justice Statistics’ (BJS) released a new publication, “Workplace Violence, 1993-2009,” that shows a decline in both workplace homicides and nonfatal, violent crimes in the workplace over the last 16 years...
OSHA Issues Guidance on Spirometry Testing to Prevent Respiratory Hazard Exposure
OSHA and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) developed two guidance documents, one for workers and one for employers, describing the use of spirometry testing to help reduce and prevent worker exposure to respiratory hazards...
OSHA Schedules Teleconferences for Small Businesses to Provide Input on Proposed MSD Column
OSHA, in partnership with the Small Business Administration’s Office of Advocacy, announced a series of three teleconferences to reach out to the small business community for input on the agency’s proposal to add a column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) on employer injury and illness logs...
New NIOSH Document Suggests Asbestos Research Strategy
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) issued a new document that contains the agency’s recommended framework for a national research strategy to address current scientific uncertainties about occupational exposure and toxicity issues relating to asbestos fibers and other elongate mineral particles...
Domestic Service Workers Vulnerable to Occupational Hazards
Domestic service employees who perform tasks such as cleaning, cooking, childcare and care of the elderly may be exposed to occupational health risks such as harsh chemicals and musculoskeletal injuries all while having limited workplace safety rights, an employment law expert explains...
Understanding Radiation Exposure and the Health Risks in Japan
Reactor problems at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant could lead to exposure to large amounts of radioactivity, which can be lethal to humans and have long-term health consequences. An expert at Nova Southeastern University breaks down the types of radioactive materials, exposure and risks...
NSC: Despite Record-Low Traffic Deaths, Highway Safety Remains a Concern
According to the National Safety Council (NSC), approximately 34,700 motor vehicle fatalities occurred in 2010, marking a 3 percent decline from 2009 and the fourth consecutive year traffic fatalities have decreased. Based on motor vehicle fatality trends of past recessions, NSC suggests the present decline is partly a result of the poor economy – which means that as the economy rebounds, fatalities may once again rise...
Honest, Humble Workers Associated with Higher Job Performance
While honesty and humility might be good attributes to have in a friend, they also could have positive implications in the workplace. According to a recent Baylor University study, the honesty-humility personality trait is a unique predictor of job performance...
NIOSH Seeks Input from Health Care Workers on Chemical Health, Safety Practices
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites health care personnel to participate voluntarily in an online survey about health and safety practices in working with hazardous chemicals on the job. The survey is open until March 26...
Is It Ever OK to Get Back at a Bad Boss?
Employees might be understandably upset if passed over for a deserved promotion or otherwise mistreated by their bosses, but is retaliation in the workplace ever acceptable? According to a recent study, employees consider revenge against a boss more acceptable if the retaliation is an act of omission or inaction rather than active efforts to harm an unfair boss...
Receiving Work-Related Communication at Home Takes Greater Toll on Women
While communication technologies that help people stay connected to the workplace often are considered helpful in balancing work and family life, a new study suggests these technologies may have implications for workers’ health – particularly for women...
The High Price of Leaving Hearing Loss Unaddressed
People with untreated hearing loss lose as much as $30,000 in income annually, depending on their degree of hearing loss, according to the latest national study by the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). The cost to society is estimated to be as high as $26 billion in unrealized federal taxes...
NIH Launches Large-Scale Health Study for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers
A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers began Feb. 28 in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida...
Focus on Progress, not Perfection
Managers who focus on perfection often are missing the point...
Take Heart: The Heart Attack Symptoms Most Common In Women
Heart attacks are the No. 1 cause of death in both women and men, but symptoms of this killer are not gender neutral. The symptoms displayed by women are markedly different than those displayed by men, so it is necessary that women understand and recognize their warning signs...
Five Tips For Opening Mail Safely
The use of mail and courier services to transport biotoxin, chemical agents, radiation, explosives or other life threatening materials is an unfortunate reality. Government agencies and corporations alike are faced with the growing challenge of keeping employees and facilities safe...
Managing Workers’ Comp: Prequalifying Your Business Can Be Money in the Bank
Due to today’s economic conditions, more companies are looking for anything and everything they can do to give themselves a competitive advantage. Often that advantage can be the result of their experience modification factor (MOD)...
Sandy Says: Heartstopping
A new study out of the Netherlands reports that less than half of people in a public place with access to an automatic external defibrillator (AED) would be willing to use it...
Hearing Loss Rate in Older Adults Climbs to Over 60 Percent
According to a new study led by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers, nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but black Americans in the same age range seem to have a protective effect against this loss...
New NSC Tool Helps Promote At-Home Employee Safety
Nearly three times as many employees suffer injuries while not at work. To address this alarming trend, the National Safety Council (NSC) created the Family Safety & Health Employer Resource, a tool for safety professionals, wellness coordinators, HR professionals and others to promote safety beyond the workplace...
Scientists Warn that Cell Phone Radiation Excites the Brains of Healthy Adults
According to scientists working with Environmental Health Trust (EHT), new studies showing that cell phone radiation excites the brain strengthen the need for a major research program on cell phones and health, revamping approaches to setting standards and putting warnings on cell phones...
Chemical Workers Perceive High Risk of Safety Threats
In an analysis of focus group interviews, a team of scientists found chemical workers perceive a high risk of on-the-job chemical threat but are resigned to accepting the risks. The study also noted a certain level of distrust of management and health advisors, problems with written safety guides and the need to include more experienced workers in the development of safety training programs...
NIOSH to Offer Black Lung Screenings for Surface Coal Miners
Beginning in March, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will continue a series of free, confidential health screenings to surface coal miners throughout the United States. The screenings are intended to provide early detection of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, also known as black lung, a serious but preventable occupational lung disease in coal miners caused by breathing respirable dust...
ACOEM: NIOSH Budget Cuts Could Threaten Worker Health and Safety
In recent letters to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) expressed strong concerns about the effect of proposed funding cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) – which ACOEM says will devastate the nation’s supply of new physicians trained to treat injured and ill workers...
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