The evaluation was in response to a concern from firefighters who were concerned that diesel exhaust from firefighting apparatus could enter the living and sleeping areas of their fire stations.
Now the Respiratory Health Division, the lab in Morgantown has made great impacts in addressing occupational respiratory disease issues by working in partnership with industry, labor, academia, government agencies, and others, Director Dr. John Howard reports in his latest newsletter.
Time, efficiency, and protection become key factors the right respirator selection can address before a worker is ever faced with an emergency situation.
Beryllium has been one of the issues watched closely by safety professionals who are trying to determine how OSHA and DOL will proceed on rules and enforcement under the Trump administration. OSHA issued its final rule on Jan. 6, two weeks before President Donald J. Trump was inaugurated.
The drop includes the use of e-cigarettes.
Over a quarter of private dental practices that participated did not have a site-specific control plan.
This could be the most consequential annual conference for the society in many years.
Since 1969, the death rate for COPD has doubled, and it is the fourth main cause of disability in the United States, with costs projected to increase to $49 billion by 2020. Most COPD cases are preventable because eight in 10 COPD deaths are caused by smoking.
Republic Steel faces $279,578 in fines.
A worker entered a drainage shaft last fall to clean out mud and debris. He stood inside a bucket attached to a mini crawler crane with no personal fall protection. After descending 10 feet into the shaft, the worker lost consciousness due to the oxygen-deficient atmosphere, fell approximately 40 feet, and drowned in a foot of water at the bottom.
The association's The Synergist magazine explores PPE practices for the young industry.
"It was clear there was an endemic failure to effectively manage the construction work on the site in a way which ensured that asbestos materials were not disturbed until removed under appropriate conditions," said HSE Inspector Melvyn Stancliffe. "Failing to prevent the breathing in of asbestos fibers on the site is reckless."
OSHA issued it Jan. 6, 2017, aiming to reduce an estimated 62,000 workers' exposure to beryllium -- exposures that can cause lung diseases -- and setting it to take effect in 60 days. But the effective date was delayed.
OSHA is considering some methods that will speed up the process of fit testing but still ensure that users are properly fitted with a particular respirator.
“Substantial new evidence” lead to the change.
The agency announced enforcement will now begin Sept. 23, 2017.
The first week of April was again designated National Asbestos Awareness Week by a resolution passed in the U.S. Senate.
Former employees may qualify as part of a new Special Exposure Cohort class.
The Enhanced Video Analysis of Dust Exposures (EVADE) offers ways to reveal hazards on the job.
The agency has proposed delaying the effective date from March 21, 2017, to May 20, 2017.