EHS Today News Archive
Workers and 9/11 Responders Mourn Passing of Dr. Stephen Levin
Dr. Stephen Levin, former medical director of Mount Sinai Medical Center’s Irving J. Selikoff Occupational and Environmental Medical Center and a long-time advocate for workers, has died of cancer. He was 70 years old....
Workers' Comp Woes: Injured Workers and Opiate Addiction
A workers' compensation insurance holding company has established a narcotics program to address the problem of injured workers developing opiate addictions that make them unable to return to work in a timely fashion – or at all...
Schedule a Hot Date with a Flu Shot this Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day might put you in the mood for some kissing, but it's also the perfect time of the year to transmit diseases. All the roses, candies and fine wine in the world won't ensure a romantic evening if you and your sweetheart succumb to a nasty cold or flu...
Workplace Violence and the 'Bad Apple' Myth
The perception that a workplace shooting occurs after a disturbed individual "snaps" may be misguided. According to the new documentary "Murder by Proxy: How America Went Postal," workplace violence stems not from one bad apple but rather a toxic workplace culture...
Poll: Regulations Not the Top Concern for Small Business Owners
A new poll reveals that most small business owners do not list regulations as a top concern or barrier to their businesses; in fact, many respondents view regulations as a way to level the playing field with larger companies...
Only OSHA Has Not Adopted Chemical Safety Board Recommendations Stemming from Imperial Sugar Explosion
On the fourth anniversary of the deadly Imperial Sugar explosion, Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso revealed that all but one of the agency’s recommendations successfully have been adopted by their recipients. Only OSHA has neglected to heed CSB’s call to "proceed expeditiously" on the recommendation that OSHA promulgate a new combustible dust standard for general industry. ...
Don’t Let Winter Have You Singing the Blues
Call it whatever you want: the winter blues, the blahs, the winter doldrums, seasonal affective disorder. Winter can be a bummer for some people. Shorter days, cold weather and a lack of sunshine can make getting out of bed a challenge for many people, let alone being motivated and energized for work....
It's No Shock: AED Training Can Save Lives
A registered nurse is leading a nationwide effort to train citizens in the proper use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to help save thousands of lives...
MSHA Administrator: The Nation's Mine Safety Is Improving
In a Feb. 2 speech, MSHA Administrator Joseph A. Main said the agency's enforcement efforts, combined with increased compliance within the industry, "are making a difference and making mines safer for the nation's miners"...
CSB Provides Update on Safety Progress 5 Years After Little General Propane Explosion
Five years ago on Jan. 30, a propone explosion at the Little General convenience store in Ghent, W.Va., killed four people and injured six others. To mark the anniversary of this tragic event, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) provided an update on the board's recommendations, which were issued to improve propane technician training and emergency response efforts...
Drive Sober this Super Bowl Sunday
Sports fans around the country are gearing up for Super Bowl parties this Sunday. While you might not be in danger of incurring any football-related injuries while watching the game, Super Bowl Sunday presents other risks – namely, drunk or buzzed driving...
EU-OSHA Announces Workplace Safety Photo Contest Winners
A blindfolded girl wanders in front of a moving piece of farm equipment to highlight the dangers of agricultural safety. Slovenian coal mining students receive instruction for a dangerous job. A farmer dons a respirator and prepares to treat his crops with pesticides. A construction worker in Madrid studies the view from his vantage point. These images and more make up the winning entry in EU-OSHA's 2011 pan-European photo competition on safety and health in the workplace...
Researchers Develop Natural Disaster Network
Researchers at the University of Arkansas have developed an emergency communications network that will maintain operation during natural disasters and provide critical warnings and geographic information to people affected by the disasters. ...
San Francisco Food Processor Settles with EPA Involving Anhydrous Ammonia Releases
San Francisco food processor Columbus Manufacturing Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Columbus Foods LLC, has agreed to $6 million in upgrades and a nearly $700,000 fine following two incidents that caused the release of two hazardous ammonia clouds that left 17 people hospitalized....
Q&A with Future Leader in EHS Jeffrey R. Walls
He's earning his M.S. in environmental and occupational exposure science at the University of Washington. He's bilingual. He's traveled the world. He even climbs active volcanoes. He's Jeffrey R. Walls, the 2011 Future Leader in EHS. Get up close and personal with Walls in this new Q&A...
Industrial Scientific Announces Recall of GasBadge Plus Single-Gas Monitors
Industrial Scientific Corp. has determined that the GasBadge Plus single-gas instrument may not properly indicate a low battery condition resulting in a failure to alarm or instrument shut down. ...
OSHA Addresses PELs in Regulatory Agenda
OSHA's Fall 2011 semi-annual regulatory agenda, which the agency released in early 2012, includes a "Review/Lookback of OSHA Chemical Standards" to begin to address the agency's permissible exposure limits (PELs), which most safety stakeholders consider woefully out of date...
New ILO Publication Helps Identify, Prevent and Address Workplace Stress
The International Labour Organization (ILO)'s new publication, "Stress Prevention at Work Checkpoints: Practical Improvements for Stress Prevention in the Workplace" helps identify and address workplace stressors...
EPA Offers First Look at Greenhouse Gas Reporting System Data
EPA recently announced the availability of the first wave of data from its new greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting system. Communities can access the 2010 GHG data from more than 6,700 facilities to identify nearby sources of GHGs, help businesses compare and track emissions and inform policy for state and local governments...
No Love Lost: OSHA proposes $148,000 in Fines to Loveland Products
Loveland Products Inc., of Fairbury, Neb., has been cited by OSHA for a total of 25 safety violations for process safety management deficiencies and other hazards and the agency has proposed penalties of $148,000. According to OSHA, 14 of the violations directly relate the standard regulating the process safety management (PMS) of highly hazardous chemicals. ...
Adequate Enforcement of Cal-OSHA’s I2P2 Can Reduce Injuries
Cal-OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) can lead to a reduction of injuries and illnesses, but only if inspectors do more than review employers’ written document. The findings, from a study by RAND Corp., could have significance for the implementation of a federal I2P2 program....
Top 10 Endangered Places in the Southeast
The Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC), the largest environmental advocacy organization dedicated to protecting the Southeast, announced its fourth annual list of the top 10 places in the South that face immediate, potentially irreparable threats in 2012....
Safety Stakeholders Urge OMB to Finish Review of OSHA's Crystalline Silica Rule
In a Jan. 25 letter, a group of more than 300 occupational safety experts, doctors and public health scientists urged President Barack Obama to help move along the delayed Office of Management and Budget (OMB) review of OSHA's proposed crystalline silica rule. This delay, the stakeholders stressed, prevents the rulemaking process from moving forward, obstructs public participation in the issue and puts workers at risk of disease and death...
Felony Charges Sought in UCLA Lab Assistant Death
The Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office has filed felony charges against the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) and chemistry professor Dr. Patrick Harran in connection to the January 2009 death of a university lab research associate...
DJ Has to Face the Music for Workers’ Comp Fraud
Being the life of the party can have its drawbacks. Just ask a DJ from Austintown, Ohio, who was caught on tape entertaining party goers and bar patrons when he claimed he was so injured from a work-related incident that he could not work....
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