AIHce: Communicating Risk and Effective Crisis Communications
Session speaker Pam Ferrante, CSP, CHMM, discussed key elements of effective crisis and risk communication at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce) ...
Ergonomics: Office Chair Design and the Potential Impact on Heart Rate
According to research presented at the 2009 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo, your office chair can affect more than your posture or comfort – it also might lower your heart rate....
AIHce: Predicting the Future by Creating It
What do bionic body parts, moon-roving robots, space tourists and industrial hygiene have in common? According to AIHce keynote speaker Peter H. Diamandis, M.D., the answer is simple: revolution through incentive competition....
AIHce: Doubt Is Their Product: Manufactured Uncertainty and Public Health
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, a front-runner in the race to head OSHA, offered the Jeffrey S. Lee Lecture on the opening day of the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo in Toronto this week...
AIHce: AIHA, ACGIH Plan New Strategic Alliance
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) announced plans to form a new strategic alliance ...
AIHce: Discoveries Beyond Borders
Thousands of industrial hygiene and environmental health and safety professionals from around the globe double-checked their passports in preparation to travel to Toronto for the 2009 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Expo (AIHce). ...
OSHA Adds Three Standards to Revised Shipyard Industry Document
In its recently revised Shipyard Industry Standards, OSHA published three additions: Fire Protection in Shipyard Employment, contamination issues related to hexavalent chromium and Employer Payment for Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)....
New Center Aims to Improve Recovery of Soldiers with Severe Injuries
The new Georgia Tech Center for Advanced Bioengineering for Soldier Survivability is working to improve the recovery of soldiers with severe injuries by quickly moving newly developed tools and technologies from laboratories to use in military trauma centers....
Off-the-Job Safety: Keep Teens Safe in the Home
While many at-home safety tips focus on ways to keep toddlers and young children safe from accidental injuries in the home, University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) psychologist David Schwebel, Ph.D., says that teen safety should not be overlooked....
The Seven Deadly Sins of Business
Most businesses that fail do so because of their owners' "sins." ...
Occupational Safety and Health Makes Top Ten Hot Career Trends for College Graduates
As U.S. unemployment has risen to a 25-year high, a new trend study from the University of California San Diego Extension reveals some of the hottest career options for college graduates in this recession. At No. 6 on the list: occupational safety and health!...
How to Reduce Workers' Comp Costs in Recessionary Times
Amid a slumping economy, there still are opportunities for organizations to reduce workers' compensation costs and save money through savvy risk management practices...
House Energy Committee Passes Clean Energy Legislation
On May 21, the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee approved The American Clean Energy and Security Act, legislation described as a comprehensive approach to America’s energy policy and a clean energy economy....
ORC: Pandemic Concerns Alter Business Travel Practices
Following a recent survey of its member companies, ORC Worldwide revealed that most companies altered their business travel practices in response to growing concerns over the Influenza A H1N1 virus. ...
Workplace Injuries Rise Following Change to Daylight Savings
According to two Michigan State University researchers, workplace accidents spike after daylight saving time changes every March....
OSHA Takes Steps to Eliminate Fraudulent Trainers, Strengthen Outreach Training Program
In an effort to crack down on fraudulent trainers, OSHA intends to strengthen the integrity of its 36-year-old Outreach Training Program by improving how trainers become authorized to teach and ensuring these trainers are in compliance with OSHA program guidelines. ...
Drive Safely This Memorial Day Weekend
The National Safety Council (NSC) reminds drivers to buckle up and drive defensively this Memorial Day weekend. ...
Even in Hostile Working Environments, Employees Reluctant to Leave Jobs
Workers who are publicly criticized for mistakes at work, or who generally are not accepted by their coworkers, still are unlikely to leave their jobs....
EPA: Friday is “Don’t Fry Day”
To remind Americans to practice sun-safe behaviors on Memorial Day weekend and the rest of summer, EPA's SunWise Program and the National Council on Skin Cancer Prevention have designated the Friday before Memorial Day as "Don't Fry Day." ...
Speakers' Message: Don't Get Hurt on the Job like Me
The Washington Department of Labor & Industries (L&I) is sponsoring speeches as teens prepare to take summer jobs or graduate and move into the full-time workforce....
Air Quality Measures Consistently Cost Less than Predicted
In December 1970, the Clean Air Act became law. A triumph of bipartisanship, the statute has delivered cleaner, healthier air to millions of Americans and has proved to be one of the most cost-effective regulatory programs in American history...
OSHA proposes $79,000 in Fines For Fall Hazards
OSHA has cited a North Reading, Mass., roofing contractor for 16 alleged violations of safety and health standards...
OSHA cites Cambridge, Mass., Contractor For Confined Space Hazards
OSHA has cited a Cambridge, Mass., contractor for alleged willful and serious violations of safety and health standards ...
Duke Energy Chief Participates in National Ad Campaign Supporting Carbon Cap
Duke Energy is joining the Environmental Defense Action Fund (EDAF) in a national advertising campaign that supports a "smart cap" on carbon emissions ...
Texas Mutual Launches Safety Program for Teen Workers
With the goal of reducing the number of workplace injuries among teen workers, Texas Mutual Insurance Co. and its partners have kicked off the One Wrong Move campaign in Lubbock, Tex....
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