Study: Long Working Hours for Nurses Can Lead to Increase in Patient Mortality
According to new research, patient deaths from pneumonia and acute myocardial infarction were significantly more likely in hospitals where nurses reported schedules with long work hours...
AIHA: Workplace Exposures Should Be Included in National Prevention Strategy
In a Jan. 11 letter to the National Prevention Council, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) commented on the National Prevention and Health Promotion Strategy, raising “deep concerns” about the lack of consideration for medical conditions caused by workplace exposures...
Women Less Interested in Jobs Where Competition Determines Pay
Men are more likely than women to seek jobs in which competition with coworkers affects pay rates, a preference that might help explain persistent pay differences between men and women, according to a University of Chicago study...
At-Home Safety: Staying Safe on the Sledding Slope
According to the most recent U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission statistics, 74,000 sledding, snow tubing and tobogganing-related injuries were treated at hospital emergency rooms, doctors’ offices and clinics in 2004...
EPA Pulls the Permit for Arch Coal’s Mountain Top Mining
EPA on Jan. 13 revoked the permit for a controversial mine that proposed taking the tops off of some of West Virginia’s mountains. Mingo-Logan Coal Co.’s proposed Spruce No. 1 Mine has been controversial since the Bush administration in 2007 issued the company the permits necessary to move forward with the mountaintop mining operation in Logan County...
NSC: Fortune 500 Companies Prohibit Employee Cell Phone Use While Driving
One out of five Fortune 500 companies that responded to a recent National Safety Council (NSC) survey has a total ban on cell phone use while driving that covers all employees...
Disaster Preparedness Lags for Disabled, Those with Chronic Illness
According to a new study by researchers from the Department of Public Health at East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C., people who are disabled or suffer from chronic diseases were less likely to be prepared for a natural disaster than those who did not have health issues...
Textile Services’ Workplace Safety Continues to Improve
Recordable injuries and illnesses in Textile Rental Services Association of America (TRSA) member workplaces were reduced 17 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to the annual TRSA Textile Services Industry Safety Report. The survey, compiled from forms submitted to OSHA by members of TRSA, the largest association of independent and national commercial launderers, was launched in 2005 in conjunction with SafeTRSA, an industry-wide initiative to improve worker safety through awareness, education and training...
Construction Worker Crushed, Three Others Seriously Injured When Wall Tumbles Down
A wall being constructed at a Queens Boulevard site in the Elmhurst section of Queens, N.Y., came tumbling down Jan. 10 just before 9:45 a.m., burying two of the workers. A 26-year-old worker was rushed to the hospital, where he died of his injuries...
Solis to Establish Charter of Maritime Advisory Committee for Safety and Health
Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis will re-establish the charter of OSHA’s Maritime Advisory Committee for Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH)...
FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate Encourages Americans To Resolve To Be Ready In 2011
With the new year already here, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is encouraging all Americans to make emergency preparedness one of their New Year's resolutions...
New ASSE Film Captures a Century of Safety
The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) newly released film, “American Society of Safety Engineers – A Century of Safety,” tells the story of workplace safety and tragedy through the decades and why we are safer today...
Study: Mesothelioma Cases Underreported Worldwide
For every four to five reported cases of mesothelioma worldwide, at least one case goes unreported, according to estimates published Jan. 6 in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP). This study is the first to provide a global estimate of unreported mesothelioma cases based on the collective experience of countries with available data on asbestos use and the disease...
Will Shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Lead to Increased Protection for Public Officials?
As U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D, Az) continues to fight for her life in a Tucson hospital and the families of Chief United States District Court Judge John Roll, Gifford’s staffer Gabriel Zimmerman and others make funeral arrangements, some officials have begun to question if the constituent meetings such as the one held Saturday are a good idea...
OSHA Web Chat Puts Focus on Injury and Illness Prevention Program
In a Jan. 5 Web chat to discuss the 2010 fall semi-annual regulatory agenda, OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels and staff asserted that the potential Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2) is the agency’s highest regulatory priority with “the greatest impact in terms of preventing workplace injuries, illnesses and fatalities.”...
COSH Names Top 10 Workplace Tragedies for 2010
The year 2010 was a bad one for workers: An explosion on a an off-shore drilling rig killed 11 workers and triggered the worst oil spill in U.S. history; a catastrophic mine disaster killed 29 coal miners; and an oil refinery explosion caused multiple fatalities – and those were just the incidents you heard about...
The Cure for the Ailing Workplace
Compassionate communication within an office can help prevent workplace burnout and promote healthier work environments...
Obama Signs 9/11 Health and Compensation Act
On Jan. 2, President Barack Obama signed the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act into law. This legislation establishes the World Trade Center Health Program and extends and expands eligibility for compensation under the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001...
Connecting with the “Overqualified” Job Candidate
Why the highly skilled candidate might be the best one for the job (and five ways to connect with him or her)...
Tips for Coaching the Uncoachable
Sadly, when speaking on the topic of The Leader as Coach, the first question I usually hear is not, “What’s the most potent thing I can do to improve my effectiveness as a coach?” but rather, “What can I do with all the people on my team who are uncoachable?” The honest answer is one that most leaders don’t want to hear: “It’s not that they don’t want coaching; they just don’t want coaching from you.“...
New Year, Old Myths, New Fatalities
According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), more people are likely to die in traffic crashes that involve alcohol during the holidays than at other times of the year...
Report: We Spend More Time Sick Now Than A Decade Ago
Increased life expectancy in the United States has not been accompanied by more years of perfect health, reveals new research published in the December issue of the Journal of Gerontology...
AIHA Releases White Paper on OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program
At the request of OSHA, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) released a white paper concerning OSHA’s Injury and Illness Prevention Program (I2P2), a potential new rule that would require employers to find and fix hazards in their workplaces...
Study: Diverse Employee Work Groups Can Reduce Workplace Psychological Distress
Psychological distress in the workplace costs American businesses about $193 billion annually, according to the National Mental Health Association. Organizations therefore must understand and address employees’ mental health, which can have a significant impact upon corporate effectiveness and profitability...
OSHA Announces Fall Protection Directive
OSHA has announced a new directive withdrawing a former one that allowed residential builders to bypass fall protection requirements. The previous directive, issued in 1995 and initially intended as a temporary policy, reflected concerns about the feasibility of fall protection in residential building construction. A continuing high number of fall-related deaths in construction, however, has led industry experts to feel that feasibility is no longer an issue or concern...
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