Proactive Approach to Ergonomics Reduces Pain in Office Workers
A proactive ergonomic intervention reduces pain related to poor work postures in office employees, according to a study in the October Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine...
Despite Flu Fears, Job Interviewees Should Still Shake Hands
According to a University of Iowa business professor, the H1N1 flu pandemic is not necessarily a reason to avoid shaking hands during a job interview...
OSHA Issues Report on Nevada’s Program, Plans to Review All State Programs
OSHA released a report on Nevada’s occupational safety and health program that reveals a number of serious concerns with the program’s operation, including failure to issue appropriate willful and repeat citations, poorly trained inspectors and lack of follow-up to determine whether hazards were abated...
OSHA Proposes Rulemaking for Combustible Dust Standard
OSHA published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) in the Oct. 21 edition of the Federal Register as an initial step in development of a standard to address the hazards of combustible dust...
Study: Physicians Working Overnight Not Linked to Significantly Increased Risk of Complications
Attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists who worked nighttime hours did not have a significantly greater rate of complications for procedures performed the next day, but having fewer than 6 hours of opportunity for sleep between procedures was associated with an increased rate of surgical complications, according to a study in the Oct. 14 issue of JAMA...
Survey: Employees Want Coworkers with Flu to Stay at Home
Ninety-one percent of Americans said they want their coworkers to remain at home if they are infected with the H1N1 flu virus, according to a national survey released Oct. 20 by Mansfield Communications...
MSHA Notifies 10 Operators for Potential Pattern of Violations
The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) recently announced that 10 mine operators from around the country have received letters putting them on notice that each has a potential pattern of violations of mandatory health or safety standards under Section 104(e) of the federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977 (Mine Act)...
CSB Releases Imperial Sugar Dust Explosion Safety Video
On Oct. 7, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) released a new, 9-minute safety video on the combustible dust explosion at the Imperial Sugar refinery in Port Wentworth, Ga., which claimed the lives of 14 workers, injured 36 and caused extensive property damage on Feb. 7, 2008...
Nurses to Strike to Protest Hospital Swine Flu Safety Gaps
Some 16,000 registered nurses at 39 hospitals at three Catholic hospital chains in California and Nevada will join a 1-day strike and picket October 30 to protest poor readiness by many hospitals to confront the H1N1 pandemic, the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC) announced...
Oct. 18-24 is National Teen Driver Safety Week
National Teen Driver Safety Week (NTDSW) will be held Oct. 18-24 as a time for communities, schools and families to raise awareness and provide solutions to teen driver crashes, the leading cause of death for teens in the United States...
OSHA Prepares to Release Compliance Directive for H1N1-Related Inspections
To ensure the protection of frontline health care and emergency medical workers at high risk of infection with H1N1 virus, OSHA soon will issue a compliance directive to ensure uniform procedures when conducting inspections to identify and minimize or eliminate high to very high risk occupational exposures to the H1N1 influenza virus...
Study: Working After Retirement May Lead to Better Health
Retirees who transition from full-time work into a temporary or part-time job experience fewer major diseases and are able to function better day-to-day than people who stop working altogether, according to a national study...
OSHA Emphasizes Safety Resources for Grain Handling Operators
After a recent increase in the number of workers killed while performing grain handling operations such as loading, emptying and cleaning storage bins, OSHA is reminding employers and workers of available resources and standards that identify hazards and offer solutions to prevent fatalities...
Preventing Flu Outbreaks in Health Care Workers: Surgical Masks vs. N95 Respirators
Surgical masks appear to be no worse than, and nearly as effective as, N95 respirators in preventing influenza in health care workers, according to a study released by the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA)...
Coal Mining Hazard Resembles Explosive Volcanic Eruption
Worldwide, thousands of workers die every year from mining accidents, and instantaneous coal outbursts in underground mines are among the major killers...
ASSE Urges Members, Employers To Address Distracted Driving
As transportation crashes continue to be the number one cause of on-the-job deaths in the United States, causing 2,053 workplace fatalities in 2007, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) offered a series of recommendations to address the issue...
Public Urged to Assist with Lightning Research Project
In conjunction with Fire Prevention Week, the Lightning Safety Alliance (LSA) is sponsoring a research project to learn more about the ways that lightning enters and damages homes and buildings...
USFA: 118 Firefighters Died on Duty in 2008 in the United States
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) released the report Firefighter Fatalities in the United States in 2008, which revealed that of the 118 firefighters who died on duty, 45 died of heart attacks, which continues to be the most frequent cause of death for firefighters...
U.S. Fire Administrator Urges H1N1 Vaccinations for Emergency Responders
With the first deliveries of the H1N1 vaccine already underway, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is joining with the United States Fire Administration (USFA) in recommending that firefighters who provide emergency medical services (EMS) and EMS workers receive the H1N1 vaccination as soon as it becomes available in their local jurisdiction...
Poll: Public Expects Health Care Workers to Get the H1N1 Flu Vaccine
A report released Oct. 1 by the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health showed that 87 percent of the public believes health care workers should be required to be vaccinated against H1N1 flu in case of an outbreak, while only 38 percent of health care workers intend to get the vaccine...
Study Uncovers Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Risk Factors
A recent study suggests that individual risk factors such as body mass index (BMI), wrist dimension ratio, steroid use, menopause and more may influence the likelihood of developing carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS), according to the American Association of Neuromuscular and Electrodiagnostic Medicine (AANEM)...
Don’t Be So Touchy! The Secrets for Giving Feedback to Millennials
Brian Castro’s help desk department serves more than 1,000 computer users at his company’s corporate center. Among the 23 employees in his multi-generational staff are several Millennials (born 1980-1999) who he hired last year, fresh out of college...
New Employee Self-Help Handbook on Workplace Rights Is a Resource in Tough Economic Times
Xlibris Publishing has released a new self-help, consumer handbook on workplace rights by authors Andrew Liput and Nancy Ruddy. Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Rights in the Workplace . . . but your Boss was afraid to tell you! offers readers easy-to-understand explanations of their rights on the job, from interview to termination, covering hostile environments, sexual harassment, age discrimination and workplace safety, among many other topics...
Department of Labor: TVA Contractor Fired Browns Ferry Worker for Raising Concerns About Nuclear Safety
In a rare victory for nuclear whistleblowers, a U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) appeals panel has ruled that nuclear contracting giant Stone & Webster violated federal whistleblower law in 2004 when the company fired James Speegle, a foreman at the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant near Florence, Ala...
Washington Man Sentenced to 90 Days for Workers’ Compensation Fraud
Joseph Woolf of Onalaska, Wash., has been sentenced to 90 days in jail and 12 months of community supervision for illegally collecting workers’ compensation pension benefits while working on his family-owned farm...
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