Safety 2011, the American Society of Safety Engineers' big conference in Chicago, is the setting for the debut of the Center for Safety and Health in Sustainability -- a collaboration of ASSE, AIHA, and IOSH.
Otis Brawley, chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society, noted that there could be some risk with cell phone use, but the evidence is not strong enough to confirm the link, and needs to be researched further.
A look at the behavioral lessons of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Dr. E. Scott Geller's "People-Powered Safety" session, and a report by some of the ASSE delegates who visited China in November 2010 are among the highlights on June 13.
The proposed rule from HHS would give people the right to obtain a report on who has electronically accessed their protected health information.
The nomination period for 2010-2011 began May 31 and will close July 31. This is the highest national award for valor by a public safety officer.
The ASTM F2815 standard explains how to use a computer program called a permeation calculator to analyze data following a permeation test.
The first one held last year identified three areas in need of action plans. One of them was training for emergency responders, and that is well under way.
The six-month 2011 hurricane season begins June 1. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center has predicted three to six major hurricanes will form during it.
Commercial or online mailers sending tobacco products by mail can choose to obtain a signature upon delivery from someone 21 or older, beginning June 5.
The agency has removed "non-train incident" involving non-employees who are injured while off railroad property from the definition of "Event or exposure arising from the operation of a railroad."
A committee will discuss a possible standard for decent work for domestic workers.
This type of asbestos is currently classified as a Class 1 carcinogen, and Sir John Beddington concluded there's no justification for an imminent change in that classification.
The agency received more than 150,000 comments last fall, many citing the Deepwater Horizon spill, that prompted the added analysis of a very large oil spill in the Chukchi Sea on Alaska's outer continental shelf.
An investigative team deployed to the Tennessee company's site May 27 -- the third serious accident CSB has investigated there, according to the board.
The agency said there were media reports of 55 pool and spa drownings and 63 near-drownings during the first five months of 2011. Its "Pool Safety: Simple Steps Save Lives" campaign resumed May 26, in time for Memorial Day.
Each year, numerous children and adults are injured or killed while engaging in recreational pursuits at active and abandoned mine sites across the country.