OSHA Confirms Continuance of VPP
The Voluntary Protection Programs Participants’ Association, Inc. (VPPPA) has received confirmation from the Acting Assistant Secretary for OSHA, Jordan Barab, that OSHA is not suspending the Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)....
Office Ergonomics Book Reveals Early-Stage Solutions
John Wiley and Sons, the foremost publisher of scientific and medical journals, is publishing "Safety Manager's Guide to Office Ergonomics," a new book written by Craig Chasen...
EPA Settles with Stephenson Service Co. in Case Involving Chemical Spill Reporting
EPA Region 5 recently settled an administrative case involving hazardous chemical release and inventory reporting violations at Stephenson Service Co. in Freeport, Ill...
VSP: Annual Eye Exams Saved Companies Nearly $3 Billion Each Year
A new study of five U.S. corporations shows that the companies saved nearly $3 billion annually on health care costs associated with the treatment of chronic diseases detectable via an eye examination...
NSC: Drivers Are More Distracted Than They Realize
Study suggests drivers tend to overestimate their driving skills and underestimate their distraction caused by other activities while they drive...
Student Engineers Design Fire Suppression System
A group of graduating engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute designed a prototype of a new "smart" fire suppression system that pinpoints the location of a fire in a building ...
Former EPA Official Calls For New Environmental and Consumer Protection Agency
In a new report, former EPA official J. Clarence (Terry) Davies suggests existing health and safety agencies are unable to cope with the risk assessment, standard setting and oversight challenges of advancing nanotechnology...
House Hearing: Ensuring Preparedness Against the Flu at School and Work
Protecting health care workers, first responders and other employees on the frontlines of a pandemic outbreak is key to strengthening the nation’s ability to fight viral outbreaks and keep the public safe, experts told the House Education and Labor Committee during a May 7 hearing....
National Police Week Honors Fallen Law Enforcement Officers
This year, the names of 387 fallen officers are being added to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial in Washington, DC. These officers include 133 who died in the line of duty during 2008, plus another 254 who died in previous years but had been lost to history until now....
American Packaging Corp. Earns VPP Star Site Status
OSHA has certified the RP&L Division of American Packaging Corp. in Columbus, Wis., as a star site in its Voluntary Protection Programs (VPP)....
DOL FY 2010 Budget Includes Increased OSHA Funding
On May 7, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis outlined President Obama’s FY 2010 U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) budget, which she said will begin to restore worker protection programs and revitalize employment opportunities for the American workforce....
NIOSH Study: Casino Workers Face Toxic Conditions
A new report from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) shows workers in Las Vegas casinos are exposed to dangerous levels of secondhand smoke ...
CGA Announces 2008 Safety Award Winners
The Compressed Gas Association (CGA) recently announced its 2008 Safety Award winners...
Healthy Hands Week is June 8-12, 2009
The American Society of Hand Therapists (ASHT) is sponsoring Healthy Hands Week, June 8-12,...
CSB: Bayer Explosion Caused by Runaway Chemical Reaction
A large explosion and fire that took the lives of two workers at the Bayer CropScience plant in August 2008 was caused by a thermal runaway reaction during the production of an insecticide...
Off-the-Job Safety: Preventing Injuries from Furniture Tip-Overs
While furniture or televisions might not seem like likely sources of at-home danger, children often are injured when these items tip over. A recent study conducted by the Center for Injury Research and Policy of The Research Institute at Nationwide Children’s Hospital found that from 1990-2007, an average of nearly 15,000 children younger than 18 years of age visited emergency departments annually for injuries received from furniture tip-overs....
Obesity, Diabetes Interfere with Workplace Productivity
According to a new study appearing in the May/June issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, obese workers with type 2 diabetes report less productivity on the job than their normal-weight co-workers, and diabetes itself also has an effect on work impairment....
NAOSH Week 2009: 'Safety Means Always Coming Home'
The theme of this year's North American Occupational Safety and Health (NAOSH) Week, held May 3-9 to help raise awareness about the importance of workplace safety, health and the environment, is "Safety Means Always Coming Home."...
House Hearing Examines OSHA's Enhanced Enforcement Program
A special worker health and safety program that targets employers that repeatedly put their workers in harms way is not working and needs to be refocused, witnesses told the Workforce Protections Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee during an April 30 hearing....
Industrial Hygienists Urge Businesses to Prepare for a Pandemic Now
When health experts recently raised the threat level of the swine flu to five, indicating "a strong signal that a pandemic is imminent," some U.S. businesses were just beginning to consider ways to prepare for the potential health, social and economic impact of a flu pandemic...
WHO Raises Alert Level for Swine Flu
Dr Margaret Chan, WHO's Director-General, announced April 29 she was raising the current level of influenza pandemic alert from Phase 4 to Phase 5....
OSHA Initiates Rulemaking on Combustible Dust Hazards
OSHA will issue an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on combustible dust...
AIHA Asks OSHA to Lower Noise Exposure PEL
American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) President Lindsay E. Booher sent a letter to OSHA Acting Assistant Secretary Jordan Barab asking OSHA to lower the Permissible Exposure Limit (PEL) for occupational noise...
OSHA Convenes Rulemaking Panel on Diacetyl Exposure
On April 28, Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis announced that OSHA will convene a Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act (SBREFA) panel May 5 on a draft proposed rule on occupational exposure to diacetyl and food flavorings containing diacetyl. ...
Company and Four Senior Managers Sentenced for Environmental, Worker Safety Crimes
On April 24, Atlantic States Cast Iron Pipe Co. of Phillipsburg, N.J., was sentenced to pay a fine of $8 million for committing numerous environmental and worker safety crimes ...
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