Tips for detecting, removing and preventing toxic mold
"Toxic mold" refers to any mold that produces mycotoxins in its spores. Mycotoxins are generally recognized to be cytoxic, meaning they have the capacity...
California Wins $14.6 Million Judgment in Comp Fraud Case
San Bernadino County Superior Court Judge Ben Kayashima awarded the judgment against Ideal Payroll Plus Ltd. and Ideal Management LP, both professional...
Study Shows Company-Wide Initiatives Rank No. 1 for Leaders
In the study, 456 executives responded to the question, "What are you doing to improve your company's performance beyond cutting costs?" Responses included...
Dealing With Stress at Work
Stress at work is what energizes us and stimulates our creative thinking. It is also what frustrates and exhausts us. The reality is that bad stress levels...
OSHA Offers Best Practices for First Receivers
Entitled "OSHA Best Practices for Hospital-Based First Receivers of Victims from Mass Casualty Incidents Involving the Release of Hazardous Substances,"...
UK Companies Fined 87,000 Following Workplace Fatality
On April 10, 2002, Robert Burchett sustained fatal injuries following a fall of 9 meters from an unprotected edge on a site where an operating theater...
OSHA levies $66,500 in fines against Illinois utility
OSHA issued serious and willful citations to the electricity and natural gas distributor for allowing a number of unsafe practices, including an alleged...
Helicopter Rotor Blade Kills Worker on Offshore Platform
OMNI Energy Services Corp. announced that one of its Bell 407s crashed around noon on Dec. 17 while attempting to land on an offshore platform located...
Recognizing and Treating Hypothermia and Frostbite
Hypothermia occurs when your internal body temperature drops lower than normal as a result of being in a cold environment indoors or out. Infants, people...
Don't Leave Preventative Health Practices at Work
Some of the same guidelines for avoiding the spread of colds and flu in the workplace or while traveling for work also are applicable to holiday travel....
DHS Announces Over $2.5 Billion in Grants Nationwide
Totaling over $2.5 billion in direct assistance to state and local governments for their preparedness and planning needs, these funds augment the nearly...
Spill Center's Moses to Discuss Hazmat Transportation
The public sector's need for a sophisticated information processing and communication system became obvious after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks,...
Washington Hospital Center Receives $1.29 Million in Federal Funds for "ER One"
Support for the initiative, which was begun in 1999 to serve as a national resource for emergency preparedness and response, was included as part of the...
DHS Director Mencer Announces Resignation
Mencer was nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Sept. 16, 2003 to head the Office for Domestic Preparedness, the...
Labor Department Publishes Youth Employment Rules
The rules, published Dec. 16 in the Federal Register, become effective in 60 days. "These rules are part of the department's ongoing effort to promote...
NIOSH, ASSE Extend Partnership
Under the agreement, NIOSH and ASSE pledge to continue to collaborate on providing outreach, communication and professional development opportunities...
AIHA Announces Top EHS Issues
"This list of policy issues allows AIHA to focus our efforts on the priorities of our members," said AIHA President, Donna Doganiero, CIH. "OEHS professionals...
Too Much Overtime Might Compromise Safety, Study Says
The average extended hours employee anyone who works outside the 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. time frame worked about 6.5 hours of overtime per week in 2004, accounting...
Contractor Charged in Connection with Brooklyn Building Collapse
Lee and a Big Apple site supervisor, Dai Ki Kim, were also charged with making false statements to the U.S. Postal Service in connection with certifying...
Initiative Targets Drunk Driving Fatalities
Physicians, nurses and EMS workers, in conjunction with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) Southeast Region, have launched a campaign...
Fatal Work Injuries Increased in 2003
However, non-fatal occupational injuries and illnesses were down, and Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao chose to focus on the positive. Noting that nonfatal...
Bush Nominates EPA Chief to be Secretary of Health and Human Services
When making the announcement, Bush noted that in the past year as EPA chief, Leavitt "has enforced high standards and a spirit of cooperation and with...
Healthy Workplace 'Benefits' Employees and Employers
The price for overweight, obese and physically inactive employees is increasingly borne by employers who see their insurance costs and workers' compensation...
Henshaw Resignation: Groups Offer Praise, Voice Disappointment
Officials from professional groups such as the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) and the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) lauded...
California Collects $550,000 in Workers' Compensation Case
Randy Greenberg owned a Los Angeles-based picture framing business. The State Fund insured Greenberg from 1998 to 2001. A State Fund audit revealed that...
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