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11/8: The Elements of an Effective Dust Hazards Analysis (DHA)

11/16: Executing a Confined Space Rescue

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10/25 - Don’t Fall For It! Actually Preventing Slips, Trips and Falls in the Real World - Advanced Level

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On Demand Academy Webinars

9/28 - Drive Your Future Safety Program From The Past - Intermediate Level

7/27 - Vision 20/20: Preventing Opportunity Blindness – Advanced Level

4/26 - “Boomeranging”: Strategies for Revitalizing an Aging Workforce - Advanced Level

5/25 - Selling Safety to Leaders – Beginners Level

3/9 - Are you sure workplace bullying is legal? - Advanced Level

1/19 - Leading with Ergonomic Improvement Indicators - Advanced Level

12/8 - Help the “Bulletproof” Employee Make the Safety Connection - Advanced Level

10/13 - High-Performance Ergonomic Leadership - Advanced Level 10/6 - Health & Safety: Breaking Down the Silos - Intermediate Level

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Hot Topics

Environmental Protection

Spain Joins UN Clean Seas Campaign

The announcement came Oct. 18 at the Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit in Alicante.
West Virginia DEP Awards Electronics Recycling Grants
Banking on Big Data
The Future of Sustainability
UN, Partners Announce Anti-Cholera Road Map
IKEA U.S. Launching National Mattress Recycling Program

Industrial Hygiene

NIOSH Posts New Chapter on Biological Monitoring for Chemical Exposures

The 43-page chapter, titled "Application of Biological Monitoring Methods for Chemical Exposures in Occupational Health," explains why biomonitoring is a valuable tool for demonstrating compliance with exposure limits, research, health monitoring, and risk assessment and management.
Second National Nanotech Day Set for Oct. 9
Have Stakeholders Kept Pace with Lowered TLVs and RELs?
Preventing Worker Exposure to Silica Dust
ACC, OSHA Sign Alliance Focused on Diisocyanates
Oregon OSHA Offers Wildfire Smoke and Heat Stress Tips

Confined Spaces

OSHA Announces Grain Worker Safety Alliance

The two-year alliance will focus on preventing exposure to hazards associated with grain bin entry, machine guarding, respiratory protection, falls, heat exposure exposures, combustible dust, struck-by equipment, and lockout/tagout.
Safety Shines Brightly in Indy This Month
NIOSH Analyzes Commercial Fisheries' Fatalities, Issues Recommendations
Checking Out the Safety+ Expo
New York Paperboard Mill Issued 61 Citations
NSC Congress & Expo Races to Indianapolis

Training

Apprenticeship Expansion Task Force's Members Announced

An executive order from President Donald J. Trump called for the secretary of Labor to establish a Task Force on Apprenticeship Expansion that will identify strategies and proposals to promote apprenticeships, especially in sectors where apprenticeship programs are insufficient.
MIOSHA Partners with Subcontractors Group
Fall Protection: Are You Fully Prepared?
Construction Safety: Using Technology to Keep Workers from Falling Through the EHS Cracks
Five Necessary Components of a Successful Company-wide Crisis Drill
The Most Important 2018 Changes in NFPA 70E

PPE

Researchers Confirm Method for Assessing Body Armor Failure

NIST researchers used positron annihilation lifetime spectroscopy (PALS) to view fibers on a molecular level.
NFPA Taking Feedback on PPE Question
Few Private-Sector Workers Have Vision Care Plans at Work
WHO Seeks $5.5 Million to Fight Plague in Madagascar
Winter is Coming and Bringing Workplace Hazards—Are You Ready?
Silencing Big Ben to Protect Workers

Enforcement

Texas on the Lookout for School Bus Passing Violators

During 2016 and so far in 2017, Texas Highway Patrol troopers have issued 1,100 citations and 573 warnings for passing a stopped school bus.
November Brown Bag Lunch Focused on Safety Enforcement
OSHA Resumes Normal Enforcement Following Harvey
Doctor Sentenced for Submitting Fraudulent Data to FMCSA
HIOSH Back on Track with New OSHA Agreement
Michigan Agency Preparing for Medical Marijuana License Applications in December