OSHA is proposing $108,000 in penalties against Tippins Contracting Co. for seven safety violations that exposed its employees to possible injury or death at two construction sites.
The agency's safety review of the drug comes on the heels of a recent study reporting an increased risk of serious bleeding events and death in patients with sepsis and baseline bleeding risk factors who received the drug.
The public now has until March 9 to weigh in on the agency's proposal to add hazardous pharmaceutical wastes to the federal universal waste program.
Does shift work predispose you to cancer by altering the body’s response to hormones? And if so, can a dietary supplement help? Those are the questions researchers at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ)--a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School--hope to answer through a new study, which recently received $600,000 in funding from The V Foundation for Cancer Research.
Some genomic tests developed to personalize medical decisions about cancer care are beneficial, while for others the evidence is uncertain and reliance on the test might even lead to poorer medical management of cancer in some cases, according new recommendation statements from an expert panel.
The March 25 online broadcast will be presented by the author of the toxicology database, board-certified occupational medicine physician Dr. Jay A. Brown, M.D., MPH.
"There is no excuse for employees to work in such conditions," said C. William Freeman III, OSHA's area director in Hartford, Conn., the office that conducted the inspection.
Frigid temperatures, which each year cause hypothermia and other cold-related heath problems, resulted in more than 6,000 hospitalizations and 827 deaths in 2006, according to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
A posh hotel besieged with panicked employees running for their lives and commandos ringing the buildings. We saw this crisis unfold live; it reminds us that now is the time to refresh employees’ awareness of evacuation and preparedness procedures and their own roles. Do it now!
Business continuity, continuity of operations, and contingency planning are now everyday concepts. Crises both natural and manmade have forced businesses to recognize that preserving life and property must actively be a top priority. Recognizing the need for all organizations to communicate instantly and reliably during critical circumstances, Congress in July 2008 directed the Department of Homeland Security to develop the first National Emergency Communications Plan (NECP).
This 2009 edition includes information on the nation's transportation system, and transportation issues related to safety and security, mobility, the economy, and the environment.
"A lack of fall protection and training leaves employees just a slip or a misstep away from a deadly or disabling plunge," said Robert Kowalski, area director of OSHA's office in Bridgeport, Conn., which conducted the inspection.
Part of the aim of the partnership is to develop educational training programs relating to fall protection, silica, and equipment operation hazards.
The publications were developed to educate employers and employees on preventing injuries and illnesses from hazards associated with deck and spud barges.
According to the U.S. Fire Administration, there have been more than 150 residential fires that resulted in more than 200 deaths since Thanksgiving. These statistics have led USFA and fire chiefs to declare the holiday season and start of the new year as one of the deadliest in recent memory.
Will the safety and health community respond to a sincere invitation to ensure these important tools are maintained? FOHS President Dean Lillquist, Ph.D., CIH, and American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH®) board Chair Larry Gibbs, MEd, MPH, CIH, discussed the new fund Dec. 11, 2008, a week after FOHS announced it. This Q&A is the result.
According to a survey conducted by Audits International, when people prepared meals in their own kitchens, they failed to follow food safety and sanitation practices more than 99 percent of the time.
The site offers news updates as changes are made, answers to frequently asked questions, articles, and an opportunity to pose questions to hearing conservation experts.
OSHA will hold an informal public hearing on the proposed cranes and derricks in construction standard on March 17.
”No one’s sure why that happens, but it's thought to be influenced by limited food choices on the night shift, eating at the wrong times of day, and having limited time and energy for exercise,” the study says.