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A NIOSH Science Blog post

Blog series to highlight musculoskeletal health research at NIOSH

November 2, 2017

Before the end of World War II, there was little interest in fitting workplace conditions and job demands to the capabilities of the working population—a scientific practice known as ergonomics. By the 1970s, NIOSH researchers were pioneering the study of musculoskeletal health as professional ergonomists, examining physical and social components of work environments (such as conveyer belt height and lunch break routines, respectively) to mitigate musculoskeletal injury risks.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

National Protect Your Hearing Month – Time to fill the “know-do” gap

A variety of NIOSH blogs spread the word about hearing loss prevention

October 30, 2017

When it comes to health, a large gap often exists between what we know (for example, we know that eating too much sugar is bad for our health) and what we still do. Hearing loss prevention is no exception. We have been aware of the harmful effects of overexposure to noise for over a century.

A Confined Space blog post

Just another day in the workplace

Jordan Barab

October 30, 2017

I get a lot of health and safety-related news alerts emailed to be every day. Some days are worse than others. Here is a sample from yesterday. (With a little commentary.) Someone asked me this morning how writing this blog doesn’t throw me into depression. To some extent it’s an outlet, keeping me from kicking the dogs and throwing things at TV. But then there are days like today when it all seems like too much.

Hazards unabated at NJ warehouse

October 26, 2017

OSHA has again cited a Moonachie, New Jersey hair distribution company, and proposed $181,280 in penalties, after finding continued safety hazards at the employer's warehouse. The agency initiated an inspection of Mane Concept’s facility in April after receiving a complaint alleging imminent safety hazards.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Can drones make construction safer?

Dr. John Howard Dr. Christine Branche Vladimir Murashov PhD

October 26, 2017

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) often called drones are increasingly used for military, recreational, public, and commercial purposes. UAVs have the potential to prevent injury and death in the construction industry where nearly 1,000 workers died in 2015. Advancements in UAV technology could help reduce construction-related injury and death from falls, toxic chemical exposures, electrical hazards, or traumatic injury from vehicle and equipment collisions.

Sitehawk announces QuickSCAN™ SDS mobile app

EHS industry leader provides fast mobile access to SDSs

October 25, 2017

SiteHawk, the global leader in chemical data management and compliance solutions announced the release of the QuickSCAN mobile app today. QuickSCAN integrates mobile technology with chemical data to connect users to SDSs from mobile devices with web access.

Emergency Safety Shower Decontamination Booth

October 25, 2017

When Time is of the Essence, after an exposure to a hazardous chemical substance, any delay, even for a few seconds, can result in serious injury. OSHA and ANSI require that Emergency Showers be located within 10 seconds walking distance from hazardous site location.

A Confined Space blog post

What’s going on inside OSHA?

Jordan Barab

October 23, 2017

Back from vacation and checking in with people to see what’s going on at the agency charged with assuring the safety and health of American workers. And the answer is not much…and a lot. The Mysteriously Missing Assistant Secretary: The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee yesterday approved the nominations of a Deputy Secretary (Patrick Pizzella), the head of Wage & Hour (Cheryl Stanton), and the head of MSHA (David Zatezalo), all on identical party line votes (all the R’s voted for the nominees, and all of the Dems voted against.)

A+A 2017 set new standards for occupational health and safety

October 23, 2017

“People matter – now more than ever” – this was confirmed at the recent staging of A+A 2017, the leading international trade fair for safety, security and health at work. A total of 1,930 exhibitors from 63 countries and over 67,000 trade visitors (2015: 65,000) from more than 100 nations participated in the world’s largest trade fair for this sector held in Düsseldorf, Germany.

NJ scaffold put workers “dangerously close to power lines”

Co. owner cited previously for same violations

October 23, 2017

A South Jersey construction company owner with a long history of workplace safety violations was cited by OSHA for exposing workers to serious scaffold hazards at a job site in Philadelphia. The owner, Vyacheslav Leshko faces $191,215 in proposed penalties. OSHA inspectors responded to a complaint of unsafe working conditions at DH Construction LLC., and discovered employees performing masonry and bricklaying while working on a scaffold that was dangerously close to power lines.