AIHA Releases Corrosive Drywall White Paper
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) recently released a white paper in an effort to identify the problems posed by corrosive drywall as well as the role of science in understanding the resulting safety and health issues...
Emotional Intelligence Predicts Job Performance
Emotional intelligence is a strong predictor of job performance, according to a new study conducted at Virginia Commonwealth University that helps settle the ongoing debate in a much-disputed area of research...
Time, or Lack of It, Impacts Stress Levels
For most Americans, vacation is just a memory. The kids are back in school. The 9-5 routine is in full swing. There is less free time. And for many, that equals more stress...
Healthy Holiday Eating Tips
It’s that time of year again, when waistbands stretch to accommodate rich meals and sweet treats. Northwest Hospital dietitian Linsday Martin, M.S., R.D., L.D.N., says there are easy ways to revamp your recipes so that the foods you make are better for you...
ASSE: The Safety Profession Is Growing
The EHS profession is growing, according to the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE). Not only did Money magazine’s “The 50 Best Jobs in America” list the “environmental, health and safety specialist” job as No. 22, the “environmental engineer” job as No. 5, and the “risk-management manager” job as No.14, but according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, employment of EHS practitioners is expected to increase 9 percent during the 2006-2016 decade...
CSB Again Calls for Increased Safeguards at Oil and Gas Sites
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) recent distributed educational materials concerning oil site hazards that threaten the lives of teenagers to more than 150 Mississippi school superintendents. CSB is calling on schools across the state to incorporate the video and lessons into school curricula...
Notre Dame Student Dies in Campus Lift Collapse
A 20-year-old University of Notre Dame student was fatally injured Oct. 27 when his lift collapsed while he was filming a football practice...
OSHA Reduces Daily Hours for 10- and 30-Hour Training to Avoid Mental Fatigue, Improve Training
OSHA recently revised its policy for all Outreach Training Programs to address the number of hours each day a student may spend in OSHA 10- and 30-hour classes in an effort to prevent workers from being saturated with so much information that they may miss content that could prevent injuries, illnesses and death...
Oct. 24-30 is National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
The 2010 National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week (NLPPW) runs Oct. 24-30 with a theme of “Lead-Free Kids for a Healthy Future.”...
Changes in the American Work Force Puts Role of National Labor Relations Act Into Question
As the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA) celebrates its 75th anniversary this year, changes in the American workplace and other factors raise the question of how the NLRA will adapt in the future...
AIHA, ACGIH End Alliance Discussions
In June 2009, the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) revealed plans to form a new strategic alliance and work together more closely. On Oct. 25, however, the organizations announced they will end dialogue regarded this proposed alliance...
At-Home Safety: Pumpkin Carving Safety Advice
With Halloween just around the corner, you might have already purchased your pumpkin and are gearing up to carve it. While the whole family usually partakes in this fun tradition, it’s an activity that also comes with safety risks...
NIOSH Report Examines Opportunities, Challenges in Using Workers’ Comp Data
Opportunities for maximizing the use of workers’ compensation data for occupational safety and health surveillance and research – and challenges that researchers face in exploring those opportunities – are examined in a report of proceedings now available from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)...
MSHA Issues Proposed Rule on Lowering Miners’ Exposure to Respirable Coal Dust
In the Oct. 19 Federal Register, MSHA published a proposed rule on lowering miners’ exposure to respirable coal dust in all underground and surface coalmines, with the aim to end black lung disease among miners. The proposed rule is the latest element of MSHA's “End Black Lung – Act Now” campaign...
BLS: Nonfatal Occupational Injuries Declined in 2009, with Manufacturing, Construction Injuries Dropping the Most
On Oct. 21, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced that nonfatal workplace injuries and illnesses among private industry employers declined in 2009 to a rate of 3.6 cases per 100 equivalent full-time workers, down from a total case rate of 3.9 in 2008. Combined, the manufacturing and construction industry sectors represented more than half of the total decline in injuries and illnesses in 2009...
New York Air Monitoring Firm, Supervisors Found Guilty of Fraud and Conspiracy
EPA and the U.S. Justice Department announced today that a federal jury in Utica, N.Y. has found Certified Environmental Services Inc. (CES); two of its managers, Nicole Copeland and Elisa Dunn; and one of its employees, Sandy Allen, guilty of conspiring to aid and abet Clean Air Act violations, commit mail fraud and defraud the United States...
EPA Proposes to Add Nine Sites to Superfund’s National Priorities List
EPA is proposing to add nine hazardous waste sites that pose risks to human health and the environment to the general Superfund section of the National Priorities List (NPL). Superfund is the federal program that investigates and cleans up the most complex, uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites in the country...
At-Home Safety: Keep Your Little Witches and Goblins Safe on Halloween
On a night full of costumes, candy and fun, parents should not have to fear for the safety of their children. To help ensure little witches and goblins enjoy a safe Halloween, Nationwide Children’s Hospital offers safety tips...
CSB Commends Connecticut for Prohibiting Natural Gas Blows, Urges Other States to Follow Suit
On Oct. 19, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso called for a ban on the practice of cleaning out debris from gas piping using pressurized natural gas. In a newly released video safety message, Moure-Eraso called the practice, known in the industry as a gas blow, to be “inherently unsafe activity.”...
How to Be Happier at Work (and Create a Happier Workplace)
If employees aren’t honestly glad to be working at their place of employment, their mood will suffer, asserted the founders of The Business School of Happiness. These experts suggested ways employees and employers alike can make their workplaces more enjoyable and productive...
OSHA Seeks Comments on Interpretation of Noise Exposure Controls
OSHA is proposing to issue an interpretation of the term “feasible administrative or engineering controls” as used in the general industry and construction occupational noise exposure standards and to amend its current enforcement policy to reflect the interpretation...
Falls Are the Leading Injury-Related Cause of ER Visits
If you or someone you know has been treated in the emergency department recently after suffering a fall, you are not alone. Unintentional falls are the leading injury-related reason for why people seek emergency care, with almost 9 million visits occurring each year, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
The Effect of Prolonged Lack of Daylight for Chilean Miners
According to Samer Hattar, an assistant professor of biology at The Johns Hopkins University and an expert in how exposure to light (or lack thereof) affects mammals’ biological clocks and health, the 69 days the Chilean miners spent without natural light could impact their physiology, especially their sleep-wake cycles...
ASSE: Ergonomics Programs Save Money, Prevent Injuries
Workplace musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) are one of the most significant occupational safety and health problems in the United States, according to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). The American Society of Safety Engineers’ (ASSE) Ergonomics Branch is providing tips to help reduce MSDs at work and at home as part of October’s National Ergonomics Month...
At-Home Safety: Oct. 17-24 is National Radon Awareness Week
The World Health Organization (WHO) and EPA have identified radon gas as the leading cause of lung cancer for non-smokers. To address this epidemic and encourage residents to test their homes for radon, Oct. 17-24 has been designated National Radon Awareness Week...
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