The commission's 2015 report encourages exchanges between U.S. and Chinese professional organizations, such as those between the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the National Center for International Cooperation in Work Safety, SAWS, China.
The violations would have been at least $352,000 in penalties.
The agreement commits all parties to developing and maintaining the SDS registry program for chemical hazard communication.
Modern sample pumps can send their operating status, current flow rate, and total volume sampled to a smartphone or tablet, giving safety and IH professionals confidence the samples are "delivered on time and intact."
The "best" confined space gas detector doesn't come from any one manufacturer; it's the instrument that best fulfills the requirements for your confined space program.
A judge issued a contempt order, forcing the Kansas City, Mo., company's owner to allow an OSHA inspection.
Mark this down as great news for the entire EH&S community: Dr. John Howard has been reappointed director of the federal government's safety and health research agency.
The 4th annual U.S.-China Workplace Safety and Health Dialogue took place in Seattle on August 27.
Wireless gas monitoring is flexible and provides more control—at a time when regulators are about to make sure you have such control.
Any time there is moisture, we can get mold growth, especially when relative humidities are greater than 60 percent and the temperatures are higher than the recommended temps.
Thanks to innovative technologies such as aerosol-based duct sealing, solving issues and attaining optimal indoor air quality is easier now than ever before.
AIHA alerted its members Aug. 26 that NIOSH is seeking industrial hygienists to beta test the app right away (by Sept. 1).
Tuesday's agenda includes a Casino Night, several exhibitor product demos in the Exhibitor Product Theater, board of directors voting, morning and afternoon workshops, VPPPA regional networking meetings, and sessions on topics ranging from OSHA's National Emphasis Program on amputations and machine guarding to confined space rescue.
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez seeks nominees for service on an advisory board for the program that aids nuclear industry workers diagnosed with medical conditions as a result.
Three new wrinkles in the expo this year are a European pavilion, an NSC networking lounge, and an Emerging Trends pavilion.
Employers must educate employees on the hazards of their work but also make every attempt to remove the hazards before exposing workers to them.
A Canadian research group has released a web-based support tool.
The low-cost solution is intended to be used when cutting fiber-cement siding.
The first-ever China-U.S. Occupational Health Symposia will be held on Sept. 15-16, 2015.
The event co-sponsored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists will take place May 21-26, 2016, at the Baltimore Convention Center.