EPA Launches BP Oil Spill Web Site
As part of the ongoing federal response to the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, EPA established a Web site on April 30 to inform the public about the spill’s impact on the environment and the health of nearby residents...
OSHA's Big Dust-Up: Why Is OSHA Initiating a Combustible Dust Rulemaking Now?
Combustible dust hazards aren’t a new problem, so why is OSHA promulgating a new standard...
What's All This TLV Stuff About Anyhow?
Although compliance with the threshold limit values set for chemicals and other substances set by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists is not mandatory, many employers scramble to do so, fearing that non-compliance might come back to bite them later...
The Importance of Mobile Radiation Detection for Homeland Security
The successful test of a mobile radiation detection system in our nation’s capital led one official to say that major U.S. municipalities should adopt the technology...
Mansdorf Offers 15 Tips to Establish Leadership in EHS
At the EHS Today Web Expo and Conference 2010, held April 28, keynote speaker Zack Mansdorf, Ph.D., CIH, CSP, QEP, offered 15 tips to help EHS professionals establish a leadership program in EHS. Mansdorf, a consultant in sustainability and EHS, is a former senior vice president, L'Oreal, and a past president of the American Industrial Hygiene Association...
OSHA Agenda Includes Injury and Illness Prevention Program
In addition to familiar topics such as cranes and derricks, diacetyl, beryllium and crystalline silica, OSHA’s spring 2010 regulatory agenda contains some new, high-priority items – an Injury and Illness Prevention Program standard and a move to modernize the agency’s injury and illness reporting systems...
Obama Eulogizes West Virginia Miners at Memorial Service
At an April 25 memorial service in Beckley, W.Va., President Barack Obama honored the 29 miners who lost their lives in the April 5 Upper Big Branch Mine explosion and stressed that the nation’s miners must be ensured safe working conditions...
MSHA Launched Inspection Blitz in 57 Coal Mines
On the heels of the deadly West Virginia mine disaster that left 29 workers dead, MSHA launched an inspection blitz at 57 coal mines with a history of underground conditions that indicate a significant number of violations and/or conditions that may relate to methane accumulations, ventilation practices, rock dust applications and inadequate mine examinations...
Four Missing Coal Miners Found Dead, MSHA to Investigate
Rescuers, family members and the Montcoal, W.Va., community had their worst fears confirmed when the remaining four missing coal miners in the Massey Energy mine explosion were found dead April 10, raising the total fatality count to 29. MSHA has launched a comprehensive investigation of the explosion...
Expert: Deadly W.Va. Mining Accident Reminiscent of Past Disaster
An expert from the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), who draws comparisons between the April 5 Massey Energy mining disaster in West Virginia and one of the nation’s deadliest mining accidents in history, calls for today’s mine safety regulations to be re-evaluated...
OSHA Introduces New Strategic Plan
As part of the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new 6-year strategic plan, OSHA unveiled its goals, strategies and approaches for improving workplace safety and health, with a focus on enforcement, reducing fatalities, maintaining a strong outreach and education program, improving “voice in the workplace” and more...
25 Die in W.Va. Coal Mine Explosion, 4 Still Missing
Twenty-five miners are confirmed dead and four are still missing at the Massey Energy Co.’s Upper Big Branch Mine-South in Whitesville, W.Va., where an April 5 explosion led to the worst coal mining disaster in the United States in the last 25 years...
153 Miners Remain Trapped in Flooded China Mine
Water flooded the Wangjialing coal mine in China’s Shanxi province on March 28, leaving 153 workers trapped underground...
Researchers: Mountaintop Mining Poison Fish
According to a Wake Forest University biologist, dead and deformed fish indicate selenium pollution from mountaintop coal mining, which causes damage to the environment and poses public health risks...
OSHA Seeks Comments on Hex Chrome Rule
In the March 17 Federal Register, OSHA published for public comment a direct final rule requiring employers to notify workers of exposures to hexavalent chromium...
Welders Exposed to Manganese Above Recommended Levels
Researchers investigating welding fume exposures have found that welders frequently are exposed to manganese at or above the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) recommended limit of 0.2 milligrams per cubic meter...
CSB Issues Safety Bulletin on Hazards of Welding, Hot Work
A new safety bulletin issued by the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) warns of hot work hazards and identifies seven key lessons aimed at preventing worker deaths during hot work in and around storage tanks containing flammable materials...
NIOSH Offers Health Screenings for Surface Coal Miners
Beginning in late March, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will offer 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 (CWP), also known as black lung, a serious but preventable occupational lung disease in coal miners caused by breathing respirable coal mine dust...
AIHA Participates in GHS Public Hearing
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) participated in a public hearing hosted by OSHA to discuss modifications to the hazard communication standard (HCS) to conform to the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS)...
ASSE Wants Control Banding in OSHA’s Hazmat Communications Standard
Donald Garman, CSP, an American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) professional member and chair of the ASSE Global Hazard Communications (GHS) Task Force, testified on March 5 at OSHA’s public hearing on a proposed rule to align the agency’s Hazard Communications Standard (HCS) with the United Nation’s Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Garman said ASSE supports the goals of the proposed rule, and urged that control banding (CB) be included in the standard and that the standard be finalized soon...
OSHA Listens: Stakeholders Weigh in on VPP, Alliance Programs
During the March 4 OSHA Listens public meeting, safety stakeholders defended the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP) and implored the agency not to drop the program’s funding or compromise its future...
Double IAQ Advantage: Better Filtration and Reduced Total Cost
A major healthcare facility jumps at the chance to improve air quality and reduce costs...
NIOSH Invites Public Comment on Revised Asbestos Draft Document
A newly revised version of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) draft Current Intelligence Bulletin, “Asbestos Fibers and Other Elongate Mineral Particles: State of the Science and Roadmap for Research,” is available for public review and comment...
PureSafety and EHS Today Launch Future Leaders in EHS
PureSafety, a leading provider of results-driven software and information solutions for work force safety and health, and EHS Today announced the launch of Future Leaders in EHS. This program offers a $5,000 scholarship, resources and expertise to universities and students...
Study: Australian Workers Still at Risk of Asbestos Exposure
On Feb. 15, Safe Work Australia released the results of a study aimed to determine construction and maintenance workers’ current attitudes, awareness, compliance and exposure levels to asbestos in their workplaces...
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