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Nebraska companies using hazmat get attention from OSHA

December 3, 2014

Funeral homes, chemical and product manufacturing plants, printing facilities and outpatient care centers in Nebraska will get programmed health inspections by OSHA as part of a local emphasis program intended to educate employers and workers about highly hazardous chemicals, including formaldehyde and methylene chloride.

OSHA publishes new fact sheet on protecting workers who may be exposed to Ebola virus

December 2, 2014

OSHA has released a new factsheet, based on existing guidance from OSHA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, to help employers select appropriate personal protective equipment for workers who may be exposed to the Ebola virus.

A near-miss confession

As luck would have it, I kept wearing my eye protection

Dr John Kello

December 2, 2014

Very recently one of my sons and I put passenger seats back into our family van.

What exec ever said, “Let’s just be profitable enough”?

Phil La Duke

December 2, 2014

This doesn’t mean executives are heartless capitalists willing to break the bodies of workers just to earn an extra couple of bucks, and it doesn’t necessarily mean they care any less about safety than the rest of us; as Michael Corleone might have said, “it’s just business.”

Protect workers against radiation-related health hazards

Maureen Brady

December 2, 2014

Ionizing radiation is addressed in specific OSHA standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, and the construction industry.

Bill to improve black lung benefits process introduced in Congress

Democrat from Pa. seeks to address “resource disparities” between coal companies, claimants

December 1, 2014

Congressional Democrats have introduced a measure designed to streamline the process for miners filing benefits claims under the Black Lung Benefits Act – and to help miners overcome the “resource disparities” between themselves and the coal companies who use legal maneuvering to block the miners’ claims.

Oil industry associations developing oil spill best practice guides

Documents cover training, health and safety, incident management

November 27, 2014

The IPIECA, the global oil and gas industry association for environmental and social issues, in partnership with the International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP), has completed seven of the 24 Good Practice Guides that are being rewritten or newly created as part of the update of the IPIECA oil spill preparedness and response report series.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Thanksgiving ergonomics: Reducing material handling injuries with engineering controls

Vern Putz Anderson PhD, CPE

November 26, 2014

If you haven’t purchased your 20 pound Thanksgiving turkey or your 10 pound bag of potatoes rest assured employees at your local grocery stores are busy restocking the shelves each day with your favorite Thanksgiving foods.

Scientists determine how the environment contributes to disease

NIH researchers find link to cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s

November 26, 2014

Using a new imaging technique, National Institutes of Health researchers have found that the biological machinery that builds DNA can insert molecules into the DNA strand that are damaged as a result of environmental exposures.

Nurses want rest of U.S. to follow California’s lead in Ebola protection

State establishes mandatory guidelines for healthcare worker PPE, training

November 24, 2014

National Nurses United (NNU) is calling on OSHA and other states to follow the mandatory safeguards recently established by California to protect nurses, other health workers, and the public from the threat of the deadly Ebola virus.