The agency found that diesel exhaust is a cause of lung cancer and also noted a positive association (limited evidence) with an increased risk of bladder cancer.
Award presentations and reports by President James M. Shannon are highlights of the June 11 session in Las Vegas.
An offering on display during this week's Safety 2012 conference brings the concept of fit testing to yet another PPE category.
LIUNA and the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America say the new law significantly increases penalties for violating environmental laws related to asbestos remediation.
Coal mines were issued 254 citations, 19 orders, and one safeguard, and metal/nonmetal operations were issued 52 citations and nine orders.
Tuberculosis infects more than 8.8 million people worldwide, resulting in 1.4 million deaths each year. The disease is known to cluster in hotspots typically characterized by crowding, poverty, and other illnesses such as HIV.
Although engineered nanomaterials present seemingly limitless possibilities, they bring with them new challenges for identifying and controlling potential safety and health risks to workers.
NIOSH says the findings reinforce the need for heightened efforts to better protect farm workers from pesticide exposure.
An inspection by OSHA's Buffalo Area Office found that employees removing asbestos and asbestos-containing materials from a former warehouse were working in ripped and torn protective suits and were not wearing respiratory protection.
Full-shift breathing zone sampling at 11 hydraulic fracturing sites in five states found 79 percent exceeded the NIOSH REL and ACGIH TLV, with 31 percent 10 times or more above the NIOSH REL.
At this year's international conference in San Francisco, Dr. Monica Kraft said more public awareness of COPD and sleep disorders is needed, and the workforce shortage in pulmonary and critical care is a concern.
One worker died and another was hospitalized from exposure to the chemical toluene at the company’s Theresa, Wis., manufacturing plant on Nov. 29.
A sparkling educational program is a highlight of the AIHA/ACGIH annual conference June 16-21 in Indianapolis.
During 2001-2010, the proportion of persons with asthma in the United States increased by 14.8 percent.
Willful violations involve failing to ensure that employees are not exposed to unguarded moving parts and prevent employees from placing their hands in machines’ points of operation.
Its former safety director says they’re in place but well hidden in the Toyota Elephant Passage, which will open to the public June 1 –- just in time for those attending ASSE's Safety 2012 to visit, should they choose.
With adjustment for other factors, the rate of prolonged longer times to pregnancy was nearly three times higher for wives of men exposed to formaldehyde.
OSHA initiated an inspection in November 2011 after receiving a complaint that a worker had entered a milled cotton seed bin without preparation and appropriate equipment and became trapped and hung from a lanyard for a lengthy time.
The Electronic Learning Community is now available to provide high-quality training for emergency responders. Its first course concerns responding to situations involving hydrogen fuels.
Those living less than 100 meters (328 feet) from the roadway have a 27 percent increased risks of dying over 10 years than those living at least 1,000 meters (3,280 feet) away, according to new research.