Tobacco-Free Toolkit Helps Businesses Improve Their Bottom Lines
A new toolkit shows employers how to lower their costs by reducing the use of tobacco in the workplace through personal behavior change, health benefit design and sensible workplace policies....
AIHA Urges Solis to Consider Worker Safety, Health Issues
In a March 9 letter, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) asked Labor Secretary Hilda Solis to consider three issues when addressing occupational safety and health: appointing an OSHA leader; ensuring the stimulus package will help create new jobs and offer workplace protections for workers; and striving to update permissible exposure limits (PELs)....
HRA: Antiquated OSHA Lead Standards Fail to Protect Americans
While the United States has dramatically reduced environmental lead levels since the 1970s, new findings show that Americans who work with lead and their families are still at risk of developing serious chronic health conditions, according to UC Berkeley's Health Research for Action (HRA)....
ASSE: Consensus Standards Should Be Referenced in Cranes and Derricks Rule
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) expressed a variety of concerns focused on the failure to reference widely accepted national voluntary consensus standards addressing crane safety in the proposed updated federal Cranes and Derricks in Construction Rule in testimony by ASSE professional member Matt Burkart at a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) public hearing....
Research Suggests Both Physical and Psychological Well-Being Impact Employee Health
A Kansas State University researcher has found a link between physical and mental well-being that employees and employers may be able to capitalize on to improve both the health, and potentially the wealth, of their organizations in these turbulent economic times....
Labor Secretary Solis Takes Action on Diacetyl
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced March 16 the withdrawal of an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) for occupational exposure to food flavorings containing diacetyl. The withdrawal will facilitate OSHA’s timely development of a standard to protect workers from bronchiolitis obliterans, a serious and potentially fatal lung disease associated with such an exposure....
Sustainable Nanotechnology Initiative to Study New Environmental Risks
AECOM Environment and the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) are collaborating on the new Sustainable Nanotechnology Initiative (SNI) at UCSB’s Bren School of Environmental Science and Management in an effort to understand the environmental risks associated with engineered nanomaterials....
Australia: Workers’ Comp Statistics Released
The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) recently announced the release of a detailed analysis of compensated work-related injury and disease among employees in Australia, which shows a trend in declining workplace fatalities....
ATA: VDOT’s Proposal to Close Rest Areas Threatens Motorist Safety
The Virginia Department of Transportation’s (VDOT) proposed plan to close 25 of the state’s 41 Interstate Highway rest areas poses a significant safety risk to motorists, American Trucking Associations (ATA) President and CEO Bill Graves said....
UK: HSE Warns of Dangers of Slips, Trips and Falls
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) is warning employers to ensure that their workplaces are safe following the prosecution of Thorntons Plc, a Derbyshire, England-based chocolate maker, after an employee slipped and suffered serious injuries to his hand....
Center for Health Value Innovation Announces Leading Initiatives in Value-Based Health Design
The Center for Health Value Innovation recently announced its 2009 Executive Board of the Board of Directors, a team of thought leaders poised to help raise awareness and adoption of value-based health care benefits design at a time when the Center says organizations, employers and the country need it most....
NSC Introduces Distracted Driving Resource Kit
In January, the National Safety Council (NSC) became the first organization to call for a nationwide ban on motorists' use of cell phones and messaging devices while driving, and urged businesses and legislators to enact policies prohibiting the practice. NSC is now offering a Distracted Driving Resource Kit for companies ready to educate employees about their risks. ...
OSHA Schedules Maritime Advisory Committee Meeting
The Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH) will hold a meeting March 24, 2009, to discuss its goals for the next 2 years and review accomplishments achieved during the last 2 years, which included developing shipyard and longshoring industry guidance documents and digests, expanding OSHA's shipyard eTool module and publishing a Safety and Health Prevention Sheet....
U.S. Senate and House Introduce Employee Free Choice Act
On March 10, leading members of the U.S. Senate and House introduced the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), legislation they claim would help enable workers to bargain for better wages, benefits and working conditions by restoring their rights to form unions. ...
Fall Hazard at Mass. Worksite Leads to $70,000 in OSHA Fines
OSHA has cited Shawnlee Construction Inc. for an alleged willful violation of fall protection safety standards and proposed a $70,000 fine against the Plainville, Mass., wood framing contractor. The citation and proposed penalty follow an OSHA inspection at a building under construction in Chelsea, Mass....
March is Workplace Vision Wellness Month
Prevent Blindness America has declared March as Workplace Vision Wellness Month in an effort to educate corporations and their employees on the importance of vision health, including warning signs of potential eye disease and safety tips on how to avoid vision-threatening eye accidents. ...
EPA, DOJ and Mining Companies Reach $3 Million Settlement for Lava Cap Mine Cleanup
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California approved a $3 million settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of EPA, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and settling defendants Newmont Capital Ltd. and Newmont Mining Corp. of Canada Ltd. to resolve liability at the Lava Cap Mine Superfund Site in Nevada County, Calif....
OSHA Proposes $273,000 in Fines against Jamestown, N.Y., Employer for Lack of Asbestos Safeguards
OSHA cited Blackstone Business Enterprises Inc. of Jamestown, N.Y., for 18 alleged willful and serious violations of OSHA standards for failing to protect contract employees against asbestos hazards....
Reform is on the Agenda at Department of Homeland Security
Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano ordered an Efficiency Review across the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) last month – an effort that the Obama administration says will make the department work better by promoting efficiency, reducing duplication and improving customer service in DHS functions....
Safety Engineers, OSHA and Others Partner to Address Workplace Violence
In 2007, workplace homicides in the United States increased by 13 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) Pensacola chapter is partnering with OSHA and several major organizations to "reduce and prevent exposure to workplace violence" in Florida....
EPA, General Latex Sign Dow Legacy Site Corrective Action Agreement
EPA Region 5 has signed a voluntary agreement with General Latex Chemical Co. to investigate and clean up if necessary a 7-acre vacant property at 1526 Cleveland Ave. in Ashland, Ohio. General Latex is a subsidiary of Dow Chemical Co., and this location is one of three "legacy sites" in the region where Dow has agreed to investigate and clean up possible contamination. ...
Advances in Firefighting Showcased at Annual Spring School
The Texas Engineering Extension Service's (TEEX) Annual Summer Fire Training School, held each July at Brayton Fire Training Field, is the most publicized and recognized 3 weeks in the training calendar. But this week, another part of the annual school program – albeit significantly smaller – is bringing emerging technologies to the forefront of firefighting....
President Obama Proposes W. Craig Fugate to Lead FEMA
President Barack Obama on March 4 announced his intent to nominate the Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management, Craig Fugate, to be his FEMA administrator. ...
New Standard Project to Protect Workers in Wind Generation Construction Operations
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) recently announced a new A10 Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) standard project to protect the safety and health of workers involved in construction and demolition operations for wind generation/turbine facilities....
Floodplain Managers Call for an Independent FEMA
The Association of State Floodplain Managers (ASFPM) recommends that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) be restored to its former independent-agency status, with direct access to the president. ...
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