The High Price of Leaving Hearing Loss Unaddressed
People with untreated hearing loss lose as much as $30,000 in income annually, depending on their degree of hearing loss, according to the latest national study by the Better Hearing Institute (BHI). The cost to society is estimated to be as high as $26 billion in unrealized federal taxes...
ASSE Releases Teen Safety Kit to Prevent Youth Work Injuries, Illnesses
Slippery floors, hot cooking equipment, heavy lifting, loud noises and working alone are some of the dangers teens face as they experience a first job or seasonal employment. To help teens stay safe at work, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has developed a comprehensive electronic toolkit, “Target Teen Work Safety...
Expert: Efforts to Curtail Public Sector Workers Collective Bargaining Rights Impacts All Workers
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s move to strip or significantly narrow his state’s public sector workers’ collective bargaining rights has implications for all unionized workers, both in the public and private sector, according to a labor law expert...
Seven Hallmarks of a Great Workplace
What exactly makes a workplace "great?" What are the specific characteristics common to those very special workplaces that are universally recognized as the indisputable signs of a superior operation...
Focus on Progress, not Perfection
Managers who focus on perfection often are missing the point...
The Contributing Factors of Behavior-Based Safety Failures
Whether you like it, love it or have never heard of it, behavioral safety processes have created value and controversy for 30 years...
Getting a Seat at the Table - How EHS Can Become a Strategic Partner To Business
Today, EHS professionals must do more than simply budget for safety – they must sell and market their programs to the company...
Hearing Loss Rate in Older Adults Climbs to Over 60 Percent
According to a new study led by Johns Hopkins and National Institute on Aging researchers, nearly two-thirds of Americans age 70 and older have hearing loss, but black Americans in the same age range seem to have a protective effect against this loss...
New NSC Tool Helps Promote At-Home Employee Safety
Nearly three times as many employees suffer injuries while not at work. To address this alarming trend, the National Safety Council (NSC) created the Family Safety & Health Employer Resource, a tool for safety professionals, wellness coordinators, HR professionals and others to promote safety beyond the workplace...
Leadership Training Initiative for Construction Workers Strives to Create Safer Work Environments
Colorado State University researchers, in partnership with construction organizations including the Mechanical Contractors Association (MCA) of Chicago, will lead a new initiative to enhance key leadership characteristics among construction workers that are critical for a safe work environment...
OSHA Timeline Showcases 40 Years of Occupational Safety
A new, interactive OSHA timeline commemorating 40 years of progress protecting the safety and health of American workers illustrates the milestones OSHA and its state partners have achieved in their efforts to reduce injuries, illnesses and deaths...
Chemical Workers Perceive High Risk of Safety Threats
In an analysis of focus group interviews, a team of scientists found chemical workers perceive a high risk of on-the-job chemical threat but are resigned to accepting the risks. The study also noted a certain level of distrust of management and health advisors, problems with written safety guides and the need to include more experienced workers in the development of safety training programs...
ACOEM: NIOSH Budget Cuts Could Threaten Worker Health and Safety
In recent letters to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) expressed strong concerns about the effect of proposed funding cuts to the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) – which ACOEM says will devastate the nation’s supply of new physicians trained to treat injured and ill workers...
OSHA, Mexican Consulate Form Alliance to Promote Safety for Mexican Workers
An alliance signed Feb. 18 by OSHA and the Mexican Consulate in Little Rock, Ark., strives to enhance workplace safety and health for Mexican workers in Arkansas and Oklahoma...
House Hearing Criticizes OSHA’s Impact on Jobs, Business
At a Feb. 15 House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections hearing on OSHA’s regulatory agenda and its impact on job creation, witnesses slammed the agency for exploring new regulations that could damage businesses, imposing “substantial burdens” on employers without regard to cost concerns and overlooking the interests of small businesses...
FY 2012 Budget Request Includes $583 Million for OSHA
In a landscape of budget cuts and heated debate, President Obama’s FY 2012 budget request includes modest increases for OSHA and MSHA – a requested $583 million for OSHA (an increase of more than $24 million from 2010 enacted levels) and $384 million for MSHA...
Researchers Debunk Myth that Motorcycle Helmets Can Increase Injury Risk in Crashes
Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, also appear to be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests...
ASSE Share Views, Support on OSHA’s I2P2 Standard
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) sent a letter to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., to reiterate its support for OSHA’s development of an injury and illness prevention program (I2P2) standard...
NIOSH and NHCA Collaborate in Noise Research Efforts
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), in cooperation with the National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA), has developed a dedicated supplemental issue of the International Journal of Audiology that focuses on expanding the traditional boundaries of hearing loss prevention and sharing knowledge on an international level...
New NIST Research Method Assists Nanoparticle EHS Studies
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated for the first time a method for producing nanoparticle clusters in a variety of controlled sizes that are stable over time. This means their effects on cells can be studied properly and researchers are better able to perform nanoparticle EHS studies...
NIOSH Seeks Comment on Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance Recommendations
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) invites public comment on “Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance,” a draft document developed by a consortium of federal agencies, state health departments and volunteer organizations to propose a more comprehensive, systematic approach to worker safety and health for emergency responders...
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...
Benefits of Employee Recognition in the Workplace: Reduced Risk & Raised Revenues
Retaining engaged and talented employees is an important component in curbing risk...
Building a Safety Performance Culture, One Mile at a Time
A program launched in 2006 to proactively improve a national materials and transportation construction company’s safety record continues to foster positive results – both in actual reductions in accidents and insurance costs, and in increases in employee participation and commitment to positive behaviors around the workplace...
Rising to a Higher Level of Safety
Heatec Inc. improved safety in its manufacturing facilities by reducing ladder usage and acquiring an aerial work platform...
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