OSHA Final Rule Establishes Procedures for Handling Nuclear, Environmental Retaliation Complaints
OSHA recently published a final rule that makes the procedures for handling whistleblower retaliation complaints under the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and six environmental statutes consistent with retaliation complaint procedures under other OSHA whistleblower provisions...
Notre Dame Eliminates Use of Elevated Scissor Lifts Following Student’s Death
Following the death of a 20-year-old student who was filming a football practice when his lift collapsed, Notre Dame announced plans to install a permanent, remote video system for the university’s practice fields to eliminate the need for elevated scissor lifts...
First Responders, Homeland Security’s Science and Technology Directorate Launch a Virtual Social Media Working Group
The Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s First Responder Communities of Practice recently launched a Virtual Social Media Working Group (VSMWG) comprised of first responders and homeland security professionals from various disciplines, localities, sectors and government agencies across the country...
House Hearing Scrutinizes MSHA Regulatory and Enforcement Actions
Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) Administrator Joseph Main testified at a March 3 House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing that examined recent regulatory and policy changes aimed at improving mine safety...
House Approves Amendments to Restore Funding to the FIRE Act and SAFER
Fire fighters and fire chiefs across the country have been urging members of Congress to reject a proposal to slash funding for two crucial federal programs that fund public safety and apparently, members of the House listened...
Fire Chiefs Support President Obama’s Call to Establish a Nationwide Public-Safety Broadband Network
On Feb. 10, President Barack Obama called for the establishment of a high-speed wireless broadband network for public safety during an address detailing his proposals for expanded wireless access...
FEMA, Puerto Rico Fire Department Unite in Community Fire Safety Awareness Campaign
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) officials, the Puerto Rico Fire Department and the National Commission on Children and Disasters have launched a new joint public awareness campaign to help keep children and families safer from the threat of home fires...
Celebrate the American Red Cross in March
March is American Red Cross Month, offering a great opportunity for citizens, families and businesses to review disaster plans and build or restock emergency kits...
The High Price of Leaving Hearing Loss Unaddressed
People with untreated hearing loss lose as much as $30,000 in income annually, depending on their degree of hearing loss, according to the latest national study by the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). The cost to society is estimated to be as high as $26 billion in unrealized federal taxes...
ASSE Releases Teen Safety Kit to Prevent Youth Work Injuries, Illnesses
Slippery floors, hot cooking equipment, heavy lifting, loud noises and working alone are some of the dangers teens face as they experience a first job or seasonal employment. To help teens stay safe at work, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has developed a comprehensive electronic toolkit, “Target Teen Work Safety...
How Will Federal Budget Uncertainties Affect OSHA?
Congress has approved a 2-week extension to the FY 2011 continuing resolution to fund the government through March 18. The measure cuts $4 billion in federal spending and temporarily prevents a government shutdown, but the final 2011 budget – and its impact on agencies like OSHA – remains uncertain...
Expert: Efforts to Curtail Public Sector Workers Collective Bargaining Rights Impacts All Workers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to strip or significantly narrow his state’s public sector workers’ collective bargaining rights has implications for all unionized workers, both in the public and private sector, according to a labor law expert...
NIH Launches Large-Scale Health Study for Oil Spill Cleanup Workers
A new study that will look at possible health effects of the Gulf of Mexico’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill on 55,000 cleanup workers and volunteers began Feb. 28 in towns across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida...
Seven Hallmarks of a Great Workplace
What exactly makes a workplace "great?" What are the specific characteristics common to those very special workplaces that are universally recognized as the indisputable signs of a superior operation...
Focus on Progress, not Perfection
Managers who focus on perfection often are missing the point...
Take Heart: The Heart Attack Symptoms Most Common In Women
Heart attacks are the No. 1 cause of death in both women and men, but symptoms of this killer are not gender neutral. The symptoms displayed by women are markedly different than those displayed by men, so it is necessary that women understand and recognize their warning signs...
Five Tips For Opening Mail Safely
The use of mail and courier services to transport biotoxin, chemical agents, radiation, explosives or other life threatening materials is an unfortunate reality. Government agencies and corporations alike are faced with the growing challenge of keeping employees and facilities safe...
Hearing Loss Rate in Older Adults Climbs to Over 60 Percent
According to a new study led by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers, nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but black Americans in the same age range seem to have a protective effect against this loss...
New NSC Tool Helps Promote At-Home Employee Safety
Nearly three times as many employees suffer injuries while not at work. To address this alarming trend, the National Safety Council (NSC) created the Family Safety & Health Employer Resource, a tool for safety professionals, wellness coordinators, HR professionals and others to promote safety beyond the workplace...
Leadership Training Initiative for Construction Workers Strives to Create Safer Work Environments
Colorado State University researchers, in partnership with construction organizations including the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) of Chicago, will lead a new initiative to enhance key leadership characteristics among construction workers that are critical for a safe work environment...
Scientists Warn that Cell Phone Radiation Excites the Brains of Healthy Adults
According to scientists working with Environmental Health Trust (EHT), new studies showing that cell phone radiation excites the brain strengthen the need for a major research program on cell phones and health, revamping approaches to setting standards and putting warnings on cell phones...
OSHA Timeline Showcases 40 Years of Occupational Safety
A new, interactive OSHA timeline commemorating 40 years of progress protecting the safety and health of American workers illustrates the milestones OSHA and its state partners have achieved in their efforts to reduce injuries, illnesses and deaths...
Chemical Workers Perceive High Risk of Safety Threats
In an analysis of focus group interviews, a team of scientists found chemical workers perceive a high risk of on-the-job chemical threat but are resigned to accepting the risks. The study also noted a certain level of distrust of management and health advisors, problems with written safety guides and the need to include more experienced workers in the development of safety training programs...
NIOSH to Offer Black Lung Screenings for Surface Coal Miners
Beginning in March, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will continue 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, also known as black lung, a serious but preventable occupational lung disease in coal miners caused by breathing respirable dust...
ACOEM: NIOSH Budget Cuts Could Threaten Worker Health and Safety
In recent letters to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) expressed strong concerns about the effect of proposed funding cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) – which ACOEM says will devastate the nation’s supply of new physicians trained to treat injured and ill workers...
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