Safety Leadership: Failure Is Not an Option
When lives are in the balance, failure is not an option, retired NASA Flight Control Director Gene Kranz reminded a standing-room only crowd at the opening session of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Portland, Oregon on May 16. Kranz, who was honored with a Presidential Medal of Freedom, is best known as the leader of the “Tiger Team” of flight directors who brought the crew of Apollo 13 safely home on April 17, 1970, after the spacecraft’s oxygen system failed...
AIHce 2011: Innovate, Integrate and Inspire
The American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce), held this year in Portland, Oregon, May 14-18, features a theme of “Innovate, Integrate, Inspire.”...
CSB: Combustible Metal Dust Led to Fatal Flash Fire
According to the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), two separate flash fires at a Hoeganaes Corp. plant, which killed one worker and injured two others, involved accumulated iron dust that became airborne and combusted...
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...
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...
Gas Detection Through the Ages
We all know how gas detection works for us today, but how many of you understand how it has evolved over time...
How OSHA, ANSI and GHS Impact MSDS for Sealing Products
Since prehistoric times, information about the materials used in products such as medicines and dyes has been shared between manufacturers and end users. Now, we have regulations and standards from OSHA, ANSI and GHS to contend with...
NHCA Urges OSHA to Renew Focus on Noise Control
In a March 16 letter to OSHA, the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) urged the agency to “renew its focus on noise control despite the current climate of economic adversity.”...
OSHA Schedules May 13 Combustible Dust Forum
OSHA has scheduled a Combustible Dust Expert Forum on May 13 to consider possible regulatory options that could help protect workers from combustible dust hazards...
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...
California Man Convicted of Conspiracy and Violating the Clean Air Act by Improperly Handling Asbestos
A Santa Clarita, Calif., resident was convicted of five environmental charges related to the improper renovation of a San Fernando Valley, Calif., apartment complex – work that caused asbestos to be released into the complex and the surrounding community...
AIHA Announces Results of Board of Directors Election
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has announced the results of its 2011 election for the AIHA Board of Directors. The new board members will be inducted into office at AIHA’s annual business meeting on May 19 during the annual American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) in Portland, Oreg., May 14-19...
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...
AIHA Offers Support to Japanese IH Members Following Earthquake, Tsunami
The American Industrial Hygiene Association reached out to Japanese counterpart organizations of International Occupational Hygiene Association (IOHA), Japan Occupational Hygiene Association (JOHA) and Japan Association for Working Environment Measurement (JAWE), as well as individual AIHA Japanese members, in an offer of support and outreach in light of the recent devastation that has struck Japan...
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...
AIHA Calls to Expand Corrosive Drywall Research
The American Industrial Hygiene Association is calling on the federal government to expand its epidemiological and medical research on the potential health effects of corrosive drywall (CDW)...
AIHA Member Presents Value Strategy at OSHI Conference
On Feb. 17, Bernie Silverstein, CIH, will present the AIHA Value Strategy at the 20th Annual Occupational Hygiene Society of Ireland (OSHI) conference in Galway, Ireland. Silverstein has been honored with presenting the annual Tom O’Connor Lecture, which will demonstrate the value of health and safety interventions...
NIOSH and NHCA Collaborate in Noise Research Efforts
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in cooperation with the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA), has developed a dedicated supplemental issue of the International Journal of Audiology that focuses on expanding the traditional boundaries of hearing loss prevention and sharing knowledge on an international level...
New NIST Research Method Assists Nanoparticle EHS Studies
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time a method for producing nanoparticle clusters in a variety of controlled sizes that are stable over time. This means their effects on cells can be studied properly and researchers are better able to perform nanoparticle EHS studies...
American Heart Month: The Heart-Hearing Connection
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) joins the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to promote American Heart Month in February and to educate the hearing health community about heart disease, with a focus on the connection between cardiovascular health and hearing health...
NIOSH Stakeholder Meeting to Address PPE, Safety Issues
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Personal Protective Technology Program (NIOSH PPT) and National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) are hosting an annual stakeholder meeting March 29, where attendees can communicate directly with NIOSH employees and grant recipients about their current research projects as well as other workplace safety and health activities...
OSHA Revises NEP for Microwave Popcorn Processing Plants
OSHA recently revised its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Microwave Popcorn Processing Plants in an effort to help minimize or eliminate worker exposure to the hazards associated with microwave popcorn manufacturing...
NIOSH and RILA Partner to Improve Worker Safety and Health
On Jan. 20, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) announced a formal partnership to provide outreach, communication and professional development opportunities in occupational safety and health to retail companies, supply partners and other industry stakeholders...
OSHA Fines Binghamton, N.Y., Demolition Contractor $52,500
OSHA cited MJ Scoville Inc., a Binghamton, N.Y., demolition contractor, for nine willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at a building renovation site in Binghamton. The contractor faces a total of $52,500 in proposed fines, chiefly for fall and lead hazards...
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