The Aug. 20-23 event at the Anaheim Convention Center includes an impressive list of exhibitors. Voting for VPPPA board members takes place Aug. 20-21.
Starting July 31 in Arlington Heights, Ill., it is free for government agency personnel. Topics include GHS, ergonomics, workplace violence, and indoor air quality.
From its inception in the Great Depression to today's recession, this publication has been a continual resource for worker protection.
Ergonomic conditions are disorders of the soft tissues often caused by factors such as overexertion while lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling or reaching, among other causes.
The show features more than 500 exhibitors in 77,600 square feet of sold expo space. This is significant because last year’s record-setting centennial expo in Chicago featured 475 exhibitors, taking up 75,000 square feet in expo space.
Although engineered nanomaterials present seemingly limitless possibilities, they bring with them new challenges for identifying and controlling potential safety and health risks to workers.
Next month's ASSE annual conference in Denver has experts speaking about near misses, hearing protection, welding fume exposures, near misses, fall protection, and a host of other timely issues.
With thousands of employees, visiting scientists, research fellows, interns, and volunteers, the Smithsonian uses cutting-edge programming to achieve results, ranging from its automated injury-reporting system to its use of electronic medical records and medical surveillance, ACOEM said.
The online tool from NHS Choices includes information about different types and causes of back pain, treatment options, and prevention methods.
Many physicians—and insurance companies—still believe that cardiac rehabilitation does not really help in old age. This study clearly falsifies this belief,” said Stephan Gielen, M.D., lead co-author.
In the landscaping industry, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. It is always better to try and prevent an injury before it occurs, according to Denver-based Eley Law Firm, which specializes in worker’s compensation.
The new study reports a synergistic interaction between computer activities and moderate exercise in "protecting" the brain function in people over 70 years old.
This year's ASSE gathering in Denver will be something of a jungle, booked to the rafters.
Focused on specific hazards including workplace violence and ergonomics injuries, the three-year emphasis program may allay some of the concerns that OSHA is not sufficiently involved in health care industries.
The April 28-29 event in Washington, D.C., will feature 3,000 exhibits and stage demonstrations of everything from nanotechnology-enabled suits to a tool educating young computer users about correct posture.
The framework document is a 2012-2022 strategy calling for a 20 percent reduction in work-related deaths and a 30 percent reduction in injuries.
It's the other side of Paul McClellan, his approach, that we can all learn from to improve as leaders.
The largest number of occupational injuries in the private sector occurred among workers in the transportation and material moving job class which includes truck drivers and collection laborers.
Brad Swope, full-time athletic trainer for a high school in Gallatin, Tenn., has overseen the prevention, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of medical conditions for three Trooper Cadet academies.
Survey data collected with smartphones in this study had fewer errors and were more quickly available for analyses than data collected on paper.