This California Department of Public Health training aid says the best way to prevent heat stress is to keep your body cool by drinking plenty of water and taking breaks to cool off when needed.
The voice is the primary occupational tool for many professions, yet rarely do we think about the demands placed on the human voice. If a famous singer cancels a concert tour due to a voice problem—that might make the news. Yet every day, millions of Americans spend the majority of their work day using their voice in some capacity, especially workers such as salespersons and schoolteachers.
Imagine you've been thrust into the cockpit of a packed commercial airliner on its final approach, you've never piloted an airplane—and now, you're at the controls. "Scary" doesn't begin to describe how almost anybody would feel in a situation that pressure-packed and urgent.
As of last Thursday, according to CDC, 69 people from 29 states had been infected with the outbreak strain; 34 people had been hospitalized, nine with a severe complication called hemolytic uremic syndrome, but no one had died.
Following these suggestions will promote productivity out of your most experienced workers while avoiding the costs of accidents and injury.
The transaction, valued at approximately $3.5 billion, will form a new, publicly listed company called Towers Watson & Co.
"As there are no global marketplace boundaries today and with a large number of our 32,000 occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) professional members continuing to work in countries and projects around the world, this agreement will help us move forward in preventing injuries and illnesses worldwide," said ASSE President Warren K. Brown, CSP, ARM, CSHM.
"You are not alone," Jordan Barab assured the packed audience of safety professionals present for ASSE's Safety 2009 in San Antonio. "We have your back and your fight is our fight."
The Plainview, Minn.-based site is voluntarily recalling instant nonfat dried milk, whey protein, fruit stabilizers, and gums (thickening agents) that it has manufactured over the past two years and sold to industry customers, including distributors and manufacturers but not directly to the public.
For outstanding service to the safety profession and workplace, the American Society of Safety Engineers today named ASSE Past-President James “Skipper” Kendrick, CSP, of Hurst, Texas, as Society Fellow.
OSHA inspection personnel from other states will be in Texas in July to check for unsafe scaffolds, fall hazards, trenching violations, and other potential injury and fatality hazards, the Labor secretary announced in her speech Monday morning at Safety 2009.
The Illinois facility was storing chlorine and diesel fuel over the minimum threshold level and failed to provide emergency and hazardous chemical inventory forms to state and local authorities, EPA said.
"It was a tedious, difficult process but it was well worth it," said Paul G. Likens, lead pilot for CALSTAR IV in Ukiah, Calif. "Without a doubt we will be able to more safely complete the transportation of the gravely ill and victims of trauma."
The “ballpark figure” was given Friday by Dr. Anne Schuchat, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases in Atlanta. She said five manufacturers are working on vaccines for this strain of influenza, with clinical trials to happen this summer.
The facility, which manufactures bottled water products, has had an injury and illness rate nearly 70 percent below the industry average for three years, OSHA said.
The agency wants comments by Aug. 4 on how it should write a rule that will require accidental chemical releases to be reported to it or to the National Response Center.
The new WellnessOptions program offered as part of the state employee benefits package has enrolled 26 percent of the state's workers, exceeding the 20 percent goal, Gov. Dave Heineman announced.
The awareness campaign "seeks to get impaired boaters off the water, while making them aware of the legal consequences as well as the potentially fatal effects of boating under the influence," says Al Johnson, the First Coast Guard District's recreational boating safety specialist.
According to the association, counterfeiting of certain electrical products has been on the rise as evidenced by U.S. Customs and Border Protection reports that rank electrical products fifth in counterfeit imports.
An enhanced wind shear across the tropical Pacific coupled with relatively cool temperatures in the Atlantic "will almost certainly result in a less-active season than last year, and could potentially result in an unusually quiet season," said WSI seasonal forecaster Dr. Todd Crawford.