MSHA Publishes an Emergency Temporary Standard for Rock Dust
MSHA announced that on Sept. 23, the Federal Register is expected to publish an emergency temporary standard that revises the existing federal standard on maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust. The determination to create an ETS was based on MSHA’s review of accident investigation reports of mine explosions in intake air courses that involved coal dust...
AIHA Recognizes Dennis Paustenbach With 29th Annual Smyth Award
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has announced that Dennis J. Paustenbach, PhD, CIH, DABT, will be recognized at the 2010 Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene (PCIH) as the 2010 recipient of the Henry F. Smyth Jr. Award. being held Oct. 9–12 in Fort Worth, Texas. AIHA’s Academy of Industrial Hygiene hosts PCIH...
Use It or Lose It: NIOSH’s Howard Addresses Aging Work Force Issues
At the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) National Conference in Atlanta, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Director John Howard, M.D., discussed how the aging work force and employee demographic shifts will affect safety and productivity in the future. EHS Today caught up with Howard after the conference on Sept. 15 to learn more about the aging work force, nanotechnology, the agency’s priorities and more...
Former CSB Chairman Discusses Deepwater Horizon Investigation, Board Priorities
John Bresland, former chairman and current board member of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), spoke with EHS Today about the board’s investigation into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, the board’s priorities, combustible dust regulation and more...
AIHA Becomes Signatory of Seoul Declaration on Safety and Health at Work
On Sept. 1, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) signed the Seoul Declaration at the 5th China International Forum in Beijing, China. As a signatory, AIHA supports the declaration in the implementation of core principles and encourages other individuals, organizations and agencies to join the movement in its efforts to promote the health and safety of work environments worldwide...
OSHA Fines Alabama Lumber Co. $439,000 for Violations Following Worker Death
OSHA has cited MDLG, doing business as Phenix Lumber Co., for 53 safety and health violations following the death of one worker and the critical injury of a second at its Phenix City, Ala., facility. The proposed penalties total $439,400...
OSHA Proposes Improvements to Its On-site Consultation Program
On Sept. 3, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to revise regulations covering the agency’s On-site Consultation Program. The changes will provide the agency greater flexibility for inspecting worksites that are undergoing an on-site consultation visit and those that are granted Safety and Health Achievement Recognition Program (SHARP) status, as well as ensure enhanced worker safety...
Oil and Gas Companies: Safer Production through Gas Detection Technology
Companies that are involved with the discovery, production, processing, refining or transportation of oil and gas products might have unique gas detection needs, but gas detection programs share a similar architecture...
Fashion Kills: Industrial Manslaughter in the Global Supply Chain
No matter how you cut it, a pair of jeans is not worth a worker’s life...
Safe Work Australia Publishes Reports on Methods to Reduce Nanomaterial Exposure
Safe Work Australia recently released two research reports on engineered nanomaterials and a nanotechnology risk assessment tool in an effort to reduce the risk for nanomaterial exposure and to create a safer working environment...
House Panel Tackles Chemical Legislation
On July 29, a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee held the first hearing on legislation to overhaul the 34-year-old Toxic Substances Control Act. While the new legislation, The Toxic Chemicals Safety Act (H.R. 5820), received strong support from environmental and public health advocates, a representative from a chemical manufacturer society warned that the bill could negatively impact industry...
Moure-Eraso Confirmed as New CSB Chairman
Rafael Moure-Eraso, Ph.D., recently was confirmed and appointed as the new chairman of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB). Mark Griffon has been appointed as a new board member, filling the other vacancy on the board...
CSB Approves Urgent Recommendations to Prevent Deadly Explosions During Pipe Cleaning and Purging Operations
On June 28, CSB approved series of 18 urgent recommendations aimed at preventing fires and explosions caused when fuel gas is used to clean or purge gas pipes of debris, air or other substances, typically during facility construction and maintenance...
MSHA Announces Underground Investigation of Upper Big Branch Mine
MSHA announced that the federal team investigating the April 5 explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine will begin its underground examination the week of June 28. Investigators previously had been prevented from beginning their physical probe underground due to conditions resulting from the explosion...
Labor Inspector General: MSHA Knowingly Overlooked Mines with Serious Safety Records
On June 23, the U.S. Department of Labor Office of Inspector General reported that the agency found serious problems with how MSHA identifies the nation’s most dangerous mines for tighter scrutiny...
Nanomaterials: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Two experts from Wake Forest University School of Medicine discussed the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of nanomaterials at the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Safety 2010 conference in Baltimore...
OSHA to Hold Virtual Stakeholder Meeting on Combustible Dust
OSHA has scheduled a first-ever virtual stakeholder meeting on June 28 to seek input about combustible dust workplace hazards. Comments from the meeting will be used to help the agency develop a proposed standard on combustible dust ...
AIHce 2010: Mock Clandestine Drug Lab Highlights Risks to First Responders
A mock drug lab at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) in Denver revealed the hazards that clandestine meth labs and marijuana grow operations pose to the public and to first responders...
AIHce 2010: Implementing Information Systems for REACH Compliance
During an American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) session in Denver, Marilyn Jackson, director of environment at IHS, stressed that global companies working to comply with REACH in Europe must focus on communication and information dissemination...
AIHce 2010: New Frontiers in Science and Practice
OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels and NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard were special guests in the May 26 “AIHce Morning Show” general session at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) in Denver, where they discussed pressing EHS issues and outlined what they hope their agencies can accomplish in the coming years...
AIHce 2010: Mine Workers President Roberts Calls for Stronger Workplace Safety Regulations
Cecil Roberts Jr., president of the United Mine Workers of American (UMWA), prowled the stage during his Tuesday keynote address at the American Industrial Hygiene conference and expo in Denver on May 25, demanding safer working conditions for American workers...
AIHce 2010: Investing in Our Future with Clean Energy
Inside a packed theater in the Colorado Convention Center, the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) kicked off in Denver on May 24 with an opening session that featured Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who stressed that investing in clean energy is the key to protecting our communities and our future...
OSHA Reviews the Methylene Chloride Standard
Following a recent review of its Methylene Chloride standard, OSHA indicated that the standard “is succeeding in protecting workers from the effects of methylene chloride exposure such as respiratory and central nervous system failure and cancer.”...
AIHA Signs MOU with NSC India
On April 20, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and National Safety Council (NSC) India renewed their September 2007 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The MOU calls for the collaboration of the two organizations to further develop occupational safety and health through technical cooperation and exchanges...
EPA Announces Plans to Regulate Coal Ash
On May 4, EPA announced it is proposing national rules to ensure the safe disposal and management of coal ash from coal-fired power plants...
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