The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) announced this week that Steven H. Davis, CAE, IOM, will depart AIHA on March 31, 2009, after 11 years of service to the organization, the last six as executive director.
Green stocks in both renewable energy and consumer products have not been immune from the current economic freefall. Solar companies have been especially hard-hit because sales of solar panels are largely dependent on financing and the recent decreasing price of oil has made investment in them less attractive in the short term, according to a press release from SocialFunds.com.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) have announced the renewal of the organizations’ alliance agreement for another two years. The two organizations will continue the strategic partnership with a focus on construction and general industry issues and emergency response. The agreement was originally signed October 2, 2002.
The extended relationship between AIHA and OSHA will encourage training, education, outreach, and communication and promote national dialogue on workplace safety and health.
More than 110 million visitor sessions from the public sought potentially life-saving safety and health information from the Web site of the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) in Fiscal 2008, according to an agency press release.
Health and Safety Executive (HSE) Chair Judith Hackitt reminded senior managers and safety professionals to put leadership and effective process safety and performance measurement high on their agenda, according to a recent press release.
Governor Edward G. Rendell honored eight businesses with the 2008 Governor’s Award for Safety Excellence. The awards were presented during a luncheon ceremony at the Governor’s Occupational Safety and Health Conference, according to a recent press release.
According to a recent report published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc., the market for disposable medical products such as syringes, disposable needles, and related products has expanded considerably due to increasing number of outpatient procedures. Increasing awareness of diseases such as HIV/AIDS, HCV, HBV, simplex virus, malaria, syphilis, typhus, and tuberculosis, in addition to new legislation dealing with worker safety, is expected to spur the demand for safety needles. Innovations in the disposable drug injection market, including single-use needleless injectors, and pre-filled injectors are poised to take a considerable market share from syringes. Increasing use of needleless I.V. systems and safety syringes is expected to deter the demand for conventional needles and syringes.
According to a Watson Wyatt survey of 248 companies conducted in mid-October 2008, 10 percent have already eliminated or reduced training in general, and 18 percent expect to take these kinds of actions regarding all training in the next 12 months.
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