In his epic work "The Waste Land" (1922), T.S. Eliot wrote convincingly that “April is the cruellest month,” but a case can be made for September. Throughout American history, all varieties of disasters have transpired in this ninth month of the year—from shipwrecks to plane crashes to terrorist attacks—the aftermath of which have changed the way we live, work, and simply function as a society. Some of these changes have been subtle, others, such as the events of 9/11 seven years ago, drastic.
All working Australians should concentrate on and be involved in safety at their workplaces Oct. 19-25, the Australian Safety and Compensation Council says.
The experimental study compared the breathing reflexes of premature babies of smokers versus those of nonsmokers and found a number of signs of impaired respiratory function.
It discusses the use of time to resolution of symptoms as a possible approach to assessing the primary endpoint in clinical studies.
The International Labour Organization’s (ILO) SafeWork program today welcomed the acceptance by Dr John Howard, former director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, to serve as chair of the Steering Committee for the 5th edition of the ILO Encyclopaedia of Occupational Health and Safety.
"What was in the air that day? Pretty much everything that had been in
two 100-story buildings--but in vaporized form," writes Mike Magee,
M.D. in this week's issue of Health Commentary.
Cases have doubled in the past decade, and severe cases in younger miners are a cause for concern. A NIOSH mobile health screening unit will visit six states in FY09.
The site was charged with one willful LOTO violation and 39 serious
violations, including 23 safety and 16 health regulation issues.
This new Indoor Air Research Facility on NRC's Ottawa Campus is part of the three-pronged project, which will evaluate effective indoor air strategies.
Today's proposed rule responds to OSHRC decisions and makes explicit employers' duty to train and provide respiratory protection in particular to each employee.
Between 60 and 80 consumer appliance manufacturers of indoor air products are likely to be affected by the new CARB regulation, expected to become effective in October.
"Requiring employers to keep more detailed records of pesticides being
used and forbidding retaliation against those who might complain about
exposure to these chemicals are important steps toward safety in
agricultural workplaces," said Gov. Mike Easley, after signing the
bill into law.
The agency said it has analyzed NIOSH data to determine which industries have elevated blood levels indicating a need for increased focus in evaluation of airborne lead exposures.
China has ordered numerous factories to shut down or be used only
intermittently during the games, which run until Aug. 24, to try to
limit air pollution in the area.
"This settlement marks a significant step in controlling harmful nitrogen oxide emissions in the Western United States," said EPA's Granta Nakayama.
"Handling dangerous chemicals, electrical hazards, and machine
guarding problems are issues that should not exist at any worksite,"
said Richard Gilgrist, director of OSHA's area office in Cincinnati.
Workplace safety professionals who want the ability to interact with each other more than just once a year at trade shows and conferences now have a new resource.
China has the second highest number of cases of human rabies in the world, according to the report. In 2006, 140,000 animal bites were reported in Beijing, and, throughout China, nearly 3,300 people died from rabies the same year.
The awards were presented Tuesday at the NORA Symposium 2008 that NIOSH sponsored.
In the era of legally enforceable exposure limits, deaths in the 15-44 age group should be lower, two NIOSH researchers concluded.