Krisha Nirmalya Sen received this year's Edgar Monsanto Queeny Safety Professional of the Year award.
Ali Hasan Al-Failakawi accepted the Cintas-sponsored Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management on June 9 during Safety 2014.
The International Organization for Standardization handbook combines ISO/TS 22003 and ISO/IEC 17021, which contain all that a certification body must know when performing audits or certification.
Its core performance requirements remain unchanged, but updates in in ANSI/ISEA Z89.1-2014 incorporate an optional preconditioning at higher temperatures. This would offer added protection for users working in especially hot environments.
Salt Lake City's Salt Palace Convention Center will host the event May 30-June 4, 2015.
Charles Duhigg's presentation for Safety 2014 covers habit forming in the workplace and how getting a grasp on bad habits can improve one's work environment.
One of Safety 2014's sessions covered nanotechnology in the workplace and what it means for the EHS professional.
Thomas E. Kramer, chair of ASSE's Professional Development Conference Planning Committee for this year's annual conference, said attendees from 48 countries are participating this year.
The report to the president was prepared in response to his Executive Order 13650, Improving Chemical Facility Safety and Security, issued in August 2013.
In an AIHce 2014 keynote speech, Worker Rights Consortium Executive Director Scott Nova said follow-up inspections are now under way, and 16 facilities were found to be imminent hazards.
Speaking with reporters at AIHce 2014, the association's government affairs director said two recent actions offer some hope for AIHA's top regulatory priority.
At the start of AIHce 2014, the American Industrial Hygiene Assocation and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists presented a variety of awards in various areas of industrial health and safety.
The agency released the results of its April impact inspections.
The agency cited a Bronx, N.Y., contractor for allegedly exposing workers to serious fall hazards and proposed $66,600 in fines.
The July 30 meeting in Washington, D.C., is called to gather information as the agency considers developing a standard about responders' safety following the West, Texas, explosion.
The state agency's citation includes one willful violation and two serious violations with total penalties of $67,500.
The agency launches the program to help the public get access to valuable FDA data.
The agency cites the company for violating the Federal Railroad Safety Act’s anti-discrimination provisions.
Yant Award winner Karen Messing's lecture covered standing and sitting in the workplace and how examining genders can benefit ergonomists.
A roundtable discussion at AIHce 2014 covers how to implement a PPE decontamination program.