Articles Tagged with ''opioids''

Preventing opioid use disorder in the mining industry: NIOSH, MSHA release workplace solutions guide

October 30, 2024

The guide provides a structure by which employers can assess, plan, and implement strategies and practices that support mine worker mental health and address harmful opioid use.

National Safety Council launches initiatives to combat workplace overdoses

ISHN Staff

April 3, 2024

The initiatives include free opioid overdose e-learning and bulk purchasing of NARCAN Nasal Spray.

No excuses for ignoring opioid crisis

Help for employers includes education against stereotyping, increase in training

Alyssa Fillmore

December 13, 2023

Educating the public and the business community about opioid use disorder is challenged by a stereotype many people carry with them — the street junkie living in a tent.

DOL awards $1.8M in funding for employment, training services to combat New York’s opioid crisis

February 3, 2022

Fatal overdoses in New York have nearly tripled in the last decade, with nearly 85 percent of them linked to controlled substances, including opioids. Nationally, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates fatal opioid overdoses kill 91 people each day in the U.S.

Employers must brace for increased employee substance misuse due to pandemic's impact on mental health

As country reopens, nonprofit safety advocate warns employers to prepare for a surge in addiction issues and offers guidance for proper handling

June 9, 2020

At least 30 states are reporting spikes in fatal opioid overdoses and ongoing concern about mental illness or substance use disorders, all in connection with COVID-19.

DOL's construction safety advisory committee to discuss opioids, suicide

March 4, 2020

A pair of trending topics will be on the agenda at tomorrow’s meeting of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Construction Safety and Health (ACCSH) Workgroups. The Emerging and Current Issues workgroup will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST to discuss opioids and suicides in construction.

Weekly News Round-up

February 15, 2020

The coronavirus continues to claim victims; new incidents at Chevron’s Richmond, California refinery and OSHA launches a website to help it commemorate its 50th anniversary. These were among the top stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Nine health threats that made headlines in 2019: A CDC review

December 23, 2019

From an outbreak of mysterious lung-injury deaths to America’s near loss of measles elimination status, the beginning of the end of the U.S. HIV epidemic to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), CDC worked around the clock – and around the globe – to protect Americans from domestic and global health threats in 2019.

OSHA on 2018 work related death data: "Any fatality is too many"

December 19, 2019

"OSHA will continue to use BLS data for enforcement targeting within its jurisdiction to help prevent tragedies," said Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Occupational Safety and Health Loren Sweatt. "Inspections for OSHA were up, and we will work with state plans so employers and workers can find compliance assistance tools in many forms or call the agency to report unsafe working conditions. Any fatality is one too many."

Weekly news round-up

November 30, 2019

A controversial rule with worker safety implications gets sidelined, construction company personnel charged with felonies after an occupational fatality and making sure holiday decorating is safe were among the stories featured this week on ISHN.com.

An AED alone isn’t enough to safeguard lives and ensure compliance. Join us for an engaging discussion on the importance of a comprehensive AED management program.

In November 2024, OSHA addressed arc flash PPE for the 750,000+ industrial electrical workers who are still without it, by releasing new guidance to reduce arc flash injuries of industrial and commercial electricians.