Study Finds Most People Unwilling to Use AEDs
A Dutch study reports that less than half (47 percent) of people in a public place with access to an automatic external defibrillator (AED) would be willing to use it, with more than half (53 percent) unable even to recognize one...
All in the Family: Lower Back Disease May be in Your Genes
Symptomatic lumbar disc disease, a condition caused by degeneration or herniation of the discs of the lower spine, may be inherited, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS)...
At-Home Safety: Super Bowl Sunday Injuries Not Limited to the Football Field
As millions of Americans prepare to tune into the Super Bowl this weekend, remember that a little common sense can keep the excitement on your TV screen and out of your living room...
CSB: Multiple Deficiencies Led to 2008 Bayer CropScience Explosion
In its final report on the Aug. 28, 2008, Bayer CropScience pesticide manufacturing unit explosion that killed two workers and injured eight others, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) found multiple deficiencies during a lengthy startup process that resulted in a runaway chemical reaction inside a residue treater pressure vessel...
The Importance of Ergonomics for the Safety Professional
It is a new year and as a safety professional, you already have a full plate. Dealing with identifying risk, maintaining compliance and regulatory standards, developing training, keeping budgets and ergonomics too?...
Sandy Says: Close Calls
If you were told you immediately had to evacuate your home, what would you take with you...
American Heart Month: The Heart-Hearing Connection
The Better Hearing Institute (BHI) joins the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) and the American Heart Association (AHA) to promote American Heart Month in February and to educate the hearing health community about heart disease, with a focus on the connection between cardiovascular health and hearing health...
NIOSH Stakeholder Meeting to Address PPE, Safety Issues
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Personal Protective Technology Program (NIOSH PPT) and National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL) are hosting an annual stakeholder meeting March 29, where attendees can communicate directly with NIOSH employees and grant recipients about their current research projects as well as other workplace safety and health activities...
ASSE: Rollover Protection Increases Tractor Safety
According to the American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Agricultural Branch, tractor rollovers are the single deadliest type of injury incident on farms. Half of the 4.7 million tractors in the United States today lack rollover protection, a crucial safety consideration that ASSE stresses can protect tractor operators...
At-Home Safety: Helping ADHD Teens Become Better Drivers
Teen drivers with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often are considered big safety risks on the road. A University of Buffalo researcher is working to help these teens become safer drivers...
Hands-On Training Effective in Dangerous Work Environments
Hands-on safety training for workers in highly hazardous jobs is most effective at improving safe work behavior, according to psychologists who analyzed close to 40 years of research. However, less engaging training can be just as effective in preparing workers to avoid accidents when jobs are less dangerous...
OSHA Renews Strategic Partnership with Power Transmission Associations to Reduce Worker Injuries, Deaths
On Jan. 26, OSHA renewed a strategic partnership with the Electrical Transmission and Distribution Construction Contractors, the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers and other trade associations to reduce injuries, illnesses and deaths among electrical transmission and distribution industry workers, among other goals...
OSHA Withdraws Proposed MSD Column on Injury/Illness Logs
On Jan. 25, OSHA announced that it has temporarily withdrawn its proposal to restore a column for work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSD) on employer injury and illness logs, citing concerns from small businesses. Some safety stakeholders, however, expressed disappointment over the withdrawal...
OSHA Cites Two Grain Elevator Operators for Willful Safety and Child Labor Violations
OSHA has fined Haasbach LLC in Mount Carroll and Hillsdale Elevator Co. in Geneseo and Annawan, Ill., following the deaths of three workers, including two teenagers. The workers were killed when they suffocated after being engulfed by grain. Total fines total nearly $1.4 million...
Refinery to Pay More Than $5.3 Million Penalty for Clean Air Act Violations
EPA and the U.S. Department of Justice have reached an agreement in which Hovensa LLC, owner of the second largest petroleum refinery in the United States, to pay a civil penalty of more than $5.3 million and spend more than $700 million in new pollution controls that will help protect public health and resolve Clean Air Act violations at its St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands refinery...
Stakeholders React to OSHA’s Withdrawal of Proposed Noise Control Interpretation
On Jan. 19, OSHA withdrew its proposal to revise the interpretation of its noise standard, a decision based in part on concerns surrounding the proposal’s associated costs and other resource requirements. While OSHA pledged to seek other approaches to abate workplace noise hazards, several stakeholders spoke up about the withdrawal and its impact on worker safety...
OSHA Revises NEP for Microwave Popcorn Processing Plants
OSHA recently revised its National Emphasis Program (NEP) on Microwave Popcorn Processing Plants in an effort to help minimize or eliminate worker exposure to the hazards associated with microwave popcorn manufacturing...
K-State, Mercy Regional Partner to Create Safer Work Environment for Bioscientists
A partnership between Kansas State University and Mercy Regional Health Center is ready to provide medical care oversight and occupational health response plans for high profile biosecurity laboratories in Manhattan, Kan...
NIOSH and RILA Partner to Improve Worker Safety and Health
On Jan. 20, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) announced a formal partnership to provide outreach, communication and professional development opportunities in occupational safety and health to retail companies, supply partners and other industry stakeholders...
Acute Coronary Syndrome Carries High Costs for Employers
Employees with myocardial infarction (heart attack) and other types of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a major source of direct and indirect health costs, reports a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine...
Illinois Contractor Ordered to Notify OSHA of Jobsites to Protect against Cave-Ins
The U.S. Department of Labor is seeking an administrative court order requiring Gerardi Sewer & Water Co., a Norridge, Ill.-based contractor, to provide a monthly report of its work locations to OSHA, permit unannounced jobsite audits by qualified independent consultants and annually train workers on cave-in protection for the next two years...
OSHA Fines Binghamton, N.Y., Demolition Contractor $52,500
OSHA cited MJ Scoville Inc., a Binghamton, N.Y., demolition contractor, for nine willful and serious violations of workplace safety and health standards at a building renovation site in Binghamton. The contractor faces a total of $52,500 in proposed fines, chiefly for fall and lead hazards...
OSHA Withdraws Proposed Interpretation on Occupational Noise
OSHA announced on Jan. 19 that it is withdrawing its proposed “Interpretation of OSHA’s Provisions for Feasible Administrative or Engineering Controls of Occupational Noise,” which would have clarified the term “feasible administrative or engineering controls” as used in the agency’s noise standard...
Study: Shoveling Snow is Risky Business
In addition to being a dreaded wintertime chore, shoveling snow can be hazardous and is associated with many serious, even fatal events among both adults and children. A recent study found that an average of 11,500 snow shoveling-related injuries and medical emergencies were treated in U.S. emergency departments each year from 1990 to 2006...
West Virginia Takes Action on CSB Recommendation for Propane Technicians to be Trained, Licensed
On Jan. 12, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso commended West Virginia for its effective response to a CSB recommendation that propane technicians in the state be trained, certified and licensed...
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