The opening keynote speaker at this year’s AIHce conference spoke quietly and didn’t say much of anything about industrial hygiene until the end of his talk, but he kept his audience spellbound nonetheless. Juan Enruiquez, co-founder of Synthetic Genomics Inc. and managing director of Excel Venture Management in Boston, discussed genetic engineering and explained how it is already changing businesses around the world.
States that have them saved almost four times more per registered motorcycle than those without these laws, according to the study in CDC's MMWR.
Three honorees worked for six hours to save to Inuit hunters from a life raft that had filled with cold water, while the other pulled seven survivors from a stranded motor launch in stormy conditions.
The new release of its Learning and Safety Management System at Safety 2012 allows users to include information collected in an incident investigation in a multimedia-based training course.
Fires peak over the evening dinner hours in one- and two-family and multifamily residences when cooking fires are prevalent.
Northwestern University's Institute for BioNanotechnology in Medicine will house the Louis A. Simpson and Kimberly K. Querrey Center for Regenerative Nanomedicine, which the Querrey Simpson Charitable Foundation will establish.
The 425-page document is based on recommendations of Witt Associates in the aftermath of the stage equipment collapse during a storm in August 2011 that killed seven people.
The need for blood is being driven by increasingly sophisticated medical and surgical procedures such as cardiovascular and transplant surgery, trauma care, and therapy for cancer and blood disorders.
The agency's chief, Ellen Widess, said the employer disregarded a city stop work order in January 2012, and a carpenter's death followed three days later.
MRA, a nonprofit employers association, announced the opening of this division on June 6.
A willful violation was issued for failing to provide required training to protect employees from incidents of violent behavior by inmates, including stabbings, bites, and other injuries.
The Birmingham, Ala.-based company provides equipment and services, including safety training, for electric utilities, telecommunications, contractors, and tree care companies.
The May 28 fire killed 13 children, four teachers, and two firefighters inside a child care center at the Villaggio shopping mall in Doha.
This app gives instant access to information on how to handle the most common first aid situations and includes videos and interactive quizzes.
Other ACGIH award winners to be honored next week including MSHA toxicologist Michelle Schaper, Ph.D., and Duke University Medical Center Professor Dr. John M. Dement, Ph.D., CIH.
The U.S. Supreme Court's decisions are expected shortly before the American Public Health Association opens its 2012 Midyear Meeting in Charlotte, N.C.
The rule requires that railroads must establish Emergency Notification Systems (ENS) by installing clear and readable signs with toll-free telephone numbers at crossings.