Researchers Consider New Way for Drivers to Safely Get Directions
If drivers are yakking on cell phones and don’t hear spoken instructions from a passenger or navigation system, they still can get directions from devices mounted on the steering wheel that pull the driver’s fingertip skin left or right, a University of Utah study found. Researchers stress these results are not meant to encourage distracted driving but rather point to new touch-based directional devices to help motorists and hearing-impaired people drive more safely...
Racial Disparity in Fatal Motorcycle Crashes Leads Researchers to Stress Injury-Prevention Programs
African-American victims of motorcycle crashes were 1.5 times more likely to die from their injuries than similarly injured whites, even though many more of the African-American victims were wearing helmets at the time of injury, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins researchers...
Horse Safety Campaign Releases New Brochure
UK HealthCare, partnering with University of Kentucky colleges of Agriculture and Public Health and 40 community, equine and medical organizations, continues its 5-year educational campaign, Saddle Up Safely, with the development of a horse-related injury brochure...
OSHA, Shipbuilding Group Alliance Set Goals to Ensure Workers’ Safety
Educating workers about their rights and job hazards, with an emphasis on developing materials and programs for limited- and non-English speaking workers, are among the goals of a recent alliance between OSHA and the Shipbuilding Group. The alliance will provide shipyard workers and employers with informational tools and access to training resources to help prevent worker injuries and illnesses...
NIEHS to Fund $36 Million in Worker Safety Training, Efforts to Reduce Hazard Exposure during Disaster Response
The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) is awarding $36 million in grants to 20 organizations that develop safety and health training for workers involved in hazardous waste operations and transportation, environmental restoration of contaminated facilities and chemical emergency response. These training programs can receive annual funding for up to 5 years...
MetLife Study Examines Companies’ Global Responses to Employee Health Needs
Customizing cultures of health can reduce costs and improve well-being and productivity among employees despite the challenges of implementing these programs globally, according to a new study by the Sloan Center on Aging & Work, supported and published by MetLife...
Will You Survive the ‘Daily Grind’?
Did you know that 26 percent of grinder accidents in an 8-year period resulted in fatalities...
Injuries Sustained While Riding Segway Transporter ‘Severe’
Injuries sustained while riding Segway transporters are significant and on the rise, according to a case series of emergency department visits published online in Annals of Emergency Medicine, “Serious Injuries Related to the Segway Personal Transporter: A Case Series”...
MSHA Publishes an Emergency Temporary Standard for Rock Dust
MSHA announced that on Sept. 23, the Federal Register is expected to publish an emergency temporary standard that revises the existing federal standard on maintenance of incombustible content of rock dust. The determination to create an ETS was based on MSHA’s review of accident investigation reports of mine explosions in intake air courses that involved coal dust...
DOT Announces New Distracted Driving Regulations
On Sept. 21, U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood kicked off the 2010 National Distracted Driving Summit by announcing new anti-distracted driving regulations for commercial truck and bus drivers, rail operators and drivers transporting hazardous materials...
Teens Don’t Believe They Will Have an Accident or be Killed if Texting While Driving
A new State Farm survey shows that despite academic research indicating the consequences of texting while driving can be as severe as drunk driving, some teens still don’t see it that way...
PA Governor Rendell Proclaims ‘Employ Older Workers Week’
Gov. Edward G. Rendell proclaimed this week as “Employ Older Workers” week in Pennsylvania to recognize the significant contributions of older workers across the state...
GAO Report Calls for Improvements in OSHA’s Whistleblower Program
On Sept. 16, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing weaknesses in OSHA’s whistleblower program and recommended several actions to improve the program’s effectiveness and efficiency...
Panel: Urgent Need to Enhance Preparedness for Domestic Disasters
A panel of retired senior U.S. military officers, former members of Congress, National Guard generals and academics with expertise in responding to domestic disasters have completed a report for Congress and the secretary of defense that details how defense officials can better support the nation’s response to a major disaster on United States soil...
AIHA Recognizes Dennis Paustenbach With 29th Annual Smyth Award
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) has announced that Dennis J. Paustenbach, PhD, CIH, DABT, will be recognized at the 2010 Professional Conference on Industrial Hygiene (PCIH) as the 2010 recipient of the Henry F. Smyth Jr. Award. being held Oct. 9–12 in Fort Worth, Texas. AIHA’s Academy of Industrial Hygiene hosts PCIH...
EPA’s Clean Air Act Turns 40
As part of the activities commemorating EPA’s 40th anniversary, the agency is highlighting progress made under the 40 years of the Clean Air Act (CAA) at a conference in Washington, D.C...
CSB Announces Internal Reorganization, Creates Managing Director Position
On Sept. 16, U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) Chairman and CEO Rafael Moure-Eraso announced a major realignment of the agency’s internal organization and the creation of a new position of managing director who will oversee all aspects of CSB operations...
Use It or Lose It: NIOSH’s Howard Addresses Aging Work Force Issues
At the Alliance of Hazardous Materials Professionals (AHMP) National Conference in Atlanta, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Director John Howard, M.D., discussed how the aging work force and employee demographic shifts will affect safety and productivity in the future. EHS Today caught up with Howard after the conference on Sept. 15 to learn more about the aging work force, nanotechnology, the agency’s priorities and more...
Study: Resident Physicians Work Even While Ill
A new study reveals that three out of five resident physicians surveyed came to work in the previous year while sick, possibly exposing their patients and colleagues to suboptimal performance and, in many cases, communicable disease...
OSHA Awards $8 million in Safety and Health Training Grants
OSHA recently awarded $8 million in Susan Harwood Capacity Building Grants to 45 organizations, including nonprofit and community/faith-based groups, employer associations, labor unions, joint labor/management associations and colleges and universities. The grants will assist these organizations in providing safety and health training and educational programs for workers and employers...
Former CSB Chairman Discusses Deepwater Horizon Investigation, Board Priorities
John Bresland, former chairman and current board member of the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB), spoke with EHS Today about the board’s investigation into the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion, the board’s priorities, combustible dust regulation and more...
DHS Secretary Napolitano Commemorates 9/11, Highlights National Security Efforts
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano visited New York City Sept. 10-11 to commemorate the ninth anniversary of 9/11, tour the new construction at the site of the terrorist attacks and highlight DHS initiatives to strengthen homeland security...
Memorial Service Honors Fallen Firefighters on 9/11 Anniversary
Firefighters from the United States and Canada who perished in the line of duty in the last year were honored at the 24th Annual Fallen Fire Fighter Memorial Ceremony on Sept. 11...
Researchers: Hourly Work Force Carries Burden During Recession, Flexible Work Options May Help
The U.S. work force, battered by an economic slowdown, now includes a record number of workers who are working part-time involuntarily due to reduced hours or the inability to find a full-time job. Hourly workers especially are susceptible to reduced, irregular and fluctuating hours and the challenges associated with them, explained researchers at the School of Social Service Administration (SSA) at the University of Chicago...
Study Shows Social Currency Method Could Improve Health, Well-Being of Migrant Workers
Fostering community cooperation, building on skills and strengths and getting strangers to work together are fundamentals of community development. Now, a pilot study of six families living in a farm town in New Mexico suggests that small infusions of cash could fuel such cooperation and produce overlapping benefits, including the health and well-being, of migrant worker communities...
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