Occupational disease - Articles - Page 10

Report from Europe

Should fight against occupational cancer be waged globally?

December 20, 2016

A highly regarded specialist in work-related cancer wants to establish a worldwide program for eliminating carcinogens in the workplace.

ASSE President's Monthly Message

Sustainability: Why you should care

Thomas F. Cecich CSP, CIH

September 6, 2016

Grandchildren change one’s view on everything. My grandson, Kellan, is 4. In 2100, he will be 88 years old and one of an estimated 11 billion people in the world. That’s almost 5 billion more people than today.

European unions want tighter controls on hazardous chemicals

July 28, 2016

With occupational cancers the primary cause of work-related deaths in the European Union (EU), occupational exposure limits (OELs) were a big topic at the recent 12th annual European Trade Union Institute seminar on chemicals and worker protection.

Eight construction groups quick to challenge OSHA’s final silica rule in court

July 15, 2016

Employers covered by OSHA’s final rule on occupational exposure to respirable crystalline silica have until June 23, 2017, to comply with the new construction standard, except for requirements for laboratory evaluation of exposure samples, which begin on June 23, 2018.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Help set the research priorities for occupational respiratory diseases

June 7, 2016

Work-related respiratory diseases include both those that are uniquely caused by work, such as coal workers pneumoconiosis, and those that are caused by both work and non-work factors. Asthma is an example of this second type of condition.

Workplace fatalities have increased

The leading cause of workplace death is also most-violated OSHA Standard

April 28, 2016

Just in time for Workers Memorial Day, a new report from the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health finds that the number of workers who died on the job is on the upswing. Based on data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Preventable Deaths 2016,” reports that 4,821 workers died on the job from traumatic events in the workplace in 2014, a 5.1% increase from 4,585 deaths in 2013.

U.S. Department of Labor blog

Early Detection Saves Lives: How to #StopSilicosis

Dr. Robert Harrison MD, MPH

April 4, 2016

When I learned about the dangers of silica dust in medical school in the 1970s, at the beginning of my career in occupational medicine, I thought silica dust was only of historical interest, or a hazard for just a few especially vulnerable workers with unscrupulous employers.

U.S. DOL Blog post

“It Took About 5 Years to Kill Him, and We Got to Watch”

Thomas Perez

March 25, 2016

When he was a kid, Tom Ward thought his dad was Superman, especially because he worked with his hands. When I sat down with Tom a few weeks ago, he talked about how heroic and invincible his father seemed, about his athleticism and his work ethic. But years of working as a sandblaster had taken their toll. They turned out to be this Superman’s kryptonite.

A NIOSH update

New technique brings silica monitoring to the mine

March 22, 2016

Scientists at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) have developed a novel technique that makes it possible to measure silica dust quickly and easily at the mine site. Silica dust exposure can causes silicosis, an irreversible, but preventable, occupational lung disease.

Firefighter Cancer Registry Act introduced in Congress

Bill from NY Representative Hanna would create a collection of firefighter cancer data

March 21, 2016

U.S. Rep. Richard L. Hanna, [R-NY-22], has introduced a bill (H. R. 4625), legislation that would "require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop a voluntary patient registry to collect data on cancer incidence among firefighters."