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Prescription safety eyewear companies on the cutting edge have found that style sells. They realize the need for workers to wear the proper frame and lens for the job at hand. (SafeVision, LLC photo)

Prescription Safety Eyewear: Style, Design, Ergonomics, Delivery

Glasses are more protective, resilient, and fashionable than ever before.

A competent person for confined spaces should be the employer’s specialist. To meet OSHA

Residual Confined Space Hazards ... An Unintended Booby Trap!

Using elements of the new construction industry regulation for confined spaces in a general industry program will go a long way to save the lives of those who would otherwise fall victim to them.

Specialty harnesses can now be custom ordered for specific industries and applications, making them more practical than ever before—as each one is built with the specific applications in mind. (3M Fall Protection photo)

How Fall Protection Has Changed Dramatically Over the Decades

Given all we know and the resources available to us, "rescue" today should be viewed as an expected event with a positive outcome.

For night shift professionals who want to remain entrained to the dayshift, red light exposure will not affect melatonin levels but will provide an alerting stimulus similar to a cup of coffee.

Understanding Rotating Shift Workers' Health Risks

Until we know more, it is recommended that lighting in health care facilities should be designed to minimize acute melatonin suppression in night shift workers.

NIOSH Proposes RELs for Diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione

"We know these flavoring compounds can pose a great risk for workers who may be exposed on the job, causing serious and irreversible damage to their lungs," said NIOSH Director Dr. John Howard, M.D., MPH.

Review the applicable safety data sheets. Review injury and illness reports and talk to the employees. Have they reported signs or symptoms of respiratory distress?

Selecting Appropriate Respirators—A Complicated Matter

When respiratory hazards cannot be eliminated and employers are considering using respiratory protection, choosing the right respirator is the key.

Ambulance bills in general can often top $600 or $800 or more, and most ambulance services tack on an "emergency response charge" that tops $300 on average.

Your Ambulance Service: Friend or Foe?

Strive for consistency to avoid confusion when emergencies occur. Debrief and analyze how an emergency was handled and whether the appropriate transport style had been used.

FR Know-How: Two Webinars Offer Free Guidance This Week

DuPont Nomex's Dennis Mater and e-Hazard's Hugh Hoagland are presenting webinars Nov. 2 and Nov. 3 on fibers, fabric blends, and arc-rated and flash fire-rated apparel for cold weather, wet weather, or hot weather.



GE to Combine Oil Business with Baker Hughes

Baker Hughes shareholders will own 37.5 percent of the new company while GE will own 62.5 percent. They expect the deal to close in mid-2017 and the resulting company to be well positioned as the oil and gas industry recovers.

NASA Future Engineers Challenge Involves Mars Astronauts' Health

The Mars Medical Challenge is the fifth in a series of Future Engineers Challenges where students submit a digital 3-D model that is intended to be 3-D printed and could be used for a wide range of medical needs, including diagnostic, preventative, first aid, emergency, surgical, and/or dental purposes.

While 80 percent of cases were classified as low severity, 18 percent were moderate severity, and 1 percent were high severity. Two workers died.

Study Finds 2,600 Acute Pesticide Exposure Cases 2007-2011

While 80 percent of cases were classified as low severity, 18 percent were moderate severity, and 1 percent were high severity. Two workers died.

HHS Offers More Money for Fighting Zika in U.S. Territories

Being infected with the Zika virus during pregnancy can cause microcephaly and other severe brain defects. As of Oct. 26, 2016, more than 32,000 laboratory-confirmed cases of Zika have been reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from U.S. states (4,091 cases) and territories (28,723 cases).

Natural Gas Storage Facility Report Calls for Risk Management, Planning Changes

The document recommends that natural gas storage facility operators conduct risk assessments, develop and implement transition plans to address high-risk infrastructure, and apply robust procedures to maintain safety and reliability as the transition to modern well design standards is occurring.

OSHA Cites Steel Processing Facility After Fatality

A worker was killed after being pulled into a scrap metal baller.

OSHA's Michaels Welcomes 2015 BLS Report

The report showed a significant drop in the rate of recordable workplace injuries and illnesses in 2015.

AVO Training Showcases Cable U at Open House

The new Cable U facility offers training in three key areas of the "future proofing" process for new and aged power cables: cable splicing and terminating, cable fault location and tracing, and cable testing and diagnostics.

NYC Steps Up Pedestrian Safety Efforts

Starting Oct. 28 in the morning, DOT and NYPD street teams will engage in a citywide "day of awareness," distributing more than 1 million palm cards to educate drivers and other New Yorkers at high-priority Vision Zero target areas across all five boroughs. The cards underscore a pre-enforcement message about speeding, failure to yield, and the dangers posed by increasing darkness in the fall; they remind drivers that with less sunlight, they will have less time to react to the unexpected.

Deepwater Horizon Plaintiffs' Lawyers Awarded $555.2 Million in Fees

U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier of New Orleans issued an order Oct. 25 granting that amount in fees for what he described as one of the most complicated multidistrict litigation cases ever brought to trial.

Illinois Manufacturer Cited After Mobile Trailer Crushes Employee

The electrician died on his first day of work.

SAMHSA Releases App to Help in Treating Opioid Abusers

The new smartphone app is designed to provide essential resources and information to doctors interested in utilizing Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) therapies to treat patients with a prescription opioid abuse disorder.

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