Sean Kerklaan of Fatigue Science held a session on the importance of sleep, and how to improve it for workers.
Scott Brueck of NIOSH evaluated the effect of noise on hearing loss at a hammer forge company.
A study looked at the village of Dong Mai, which created an industry out of recycling batteries and thus an overexposure to lead.
Having investigated the Upper Big Branch mine disaster, grain bin deaths, and the erosion of workers' compensation protections, he says the agencies and prosecutors don’t enforce strongly enough, and workers suffer.
Only three occupational cases of mosquito-borne Zika virus transmission have been recorded in the United States, a NIOSH presenter said June 5.
About 18,300 people applied more than a year ago, and the agency is announcing the new group in a live broadcast June 7 from the Johnson Space Center.
Sean Kerklaan of Fatigue Science held a session on the importance of sleep, and how to improve it for workers.
A number of presenters discussed EHS issues and how they crop up in the construction work place.
The association is looking for experts in industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety to submit proposals.
At this year’s AIHce EXP conference, the themes include questions about the IH profession’s future and the newest real-time detection technologies available from industry manufacturers.
The three winners were honored during a June 4 reception at the AIHce conference.
The three-day annual event hosted by NIST’s Public Safety Communications Research Division is taking place at the Marriott Rivercenter in San Antonio.
The event will help raise awareness of safety and health programs for stakeholders.
Americans have been encouraged to make safety resolutions and break bad habits.
The proposed Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines rule would set new IM requirements for these pipelines that are not in high consequence areas (HCAs), and it proposes a new "moderate consequence areas" definition.
The renewed license authorizes construction of new facilities, including storage buildings for low- and intermediate-level waste, in‑ground storage containers for intermediate-level waste, in-ground containers for heat exchangers, and storage buildings for used dry nuclear fuel.
OSHA has issued a dozen fines following the investigation into a Pensacola-area electric cable manufacturer.
How are organizations leveraging historical and real-time data to keep workers safe? As with auto safety systems and services, one type of data isn't enough for your gas detection program.
Work site safety inspections can be a vital part of your injury prevention efforts if done well.
Look for the rebrand to start rolling out in the first quarter of 2018 with a refreshed website.