Industrial hygienists saw the Mile High City's expanded convention center last year. It is the site of ASSE's annual conference next June.
The keynoters highlight a powerful educational program for the Society for Human Resource Management's 2011 annual conference and expo, which opens June 26 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
Since 1994, OSHA has required employers to report to it, within eight hours, any work-related death or in-patient hospitalization of three or more employees. This proposed rule would make any such hospitalization and any work-related amputation reportable.
“To me, the biggest challenge is obvious. It revolves around the issue that safety professionals do not communicate clearly and allow confusion and crossed wires to occur," wrote ASSE member Joann Robertson, CSP, ARM, CPCU, in her winning entry, "Two Paper Cups With a String."
An Institute of Medicine report urges all levels of U.S. government to adopt a structured approach to consider the health effects of any major legislation or regulation, while a CDC study found only 10 percent of U.S. high school students meet Healthy People 2020 physical activity goals.
Energy Secretary Chu said the program "will make sure that the next generation of American workers has the education and skills they need to further our transition to a clean energy economy."
OMB approval is required to continue the data collection for its standards governing sealing of abandoned areas in underground coal mines.
With more than 500 exhibitors on hand, all simultaneously vying for attention -- and with a recordbreaking number of attendees on the receiving end of that vying -- this year's show was especially bustling. Here are just a few of the sights, sounds, and goods that grabbed our attention.
The latest two incidents bring to 30 the number of crews temporarily blinded while in their cockpits this year, authorities reported.
Many safety factors are involved, from the flammability of materials used in the belts to their performance in an incident that involves multiple impacts.
If workplaces installed AEDs more than five years ago, the devices need to be checked and possibly replaced.
"Your success relies on your ability to stay focused," said keynote speaker Nancy G. Brinker. "In your own work, your own lives, never doubt the power you have to set and achieve goals. One person can change the world."
"Your success relies on your ability to stay focused," said keynote speaker Nancy G. Brinker. "In your own work, your own lives, never doubt the power you have to set and achieve goals. One person can change the world."
The agency said its WorkLife Program is evolving this month "to address a wider range of factors that influence workers' total health."
The UK Fire Industry Association's Fire Risk Assessment Council wants comments on its draft "Competency Criteria for Fire Risk Assessors" document by Sept. 7.
OSHA's Region 4 announced the program began May 29 in Alabama, Mississippi, Florida, and Georgia and will end Sept. 30, unless it is extended.
Construction of venues is ahead of schedule, and the accident rate is below the construction industry norm, according to Stephen Williams, HSE director for the 2012 games.