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Employer payment is required for chemical-resistant gloves, aprons, and clothing when it is used to comply with an OSHA standard.

OSHA Updates Enforcement Guidance for PPE

The new document is sure to help employers because it lists and links to the standards that require them to provide PPE and links to a list of relevant OSHA interpretation letters.

Failing to de-energize equipment before changeouts and maintenance is a recognized hazard in sawmills, according to OSHA.

Sawmill Wins Michigan VPP Rising Star Award

The evaluation team cited senior management's involvement, a corporate EH&S hotline, and the mill's "Buddy" System for lockout/tagout as some of the reasons for honoring the Gwinn Lumber Mill owned by Potlatch Corp.

ACOEM: Sense of Coherence Affects Employees' Responses to Merger

A strong sense of coherence—consisting of comprehensibility, manageability, and meaningfulness—has been linked to a reduced risk of mental health problems, including stress-related disorders like burnout.



CDC Webcast Targets Prescription Drug Overdose 'Epidemic'

The Feb. 17 live session of CDC's Public Health Grand Rounds, titled "Prescription Drug Overdoses: An American Epidemic," is intended to help health care professionals and policymakers address the problem.

NSTB Sets Three-Day Hearing on San Bruno Incident

The March 1-3 public hearing will gather additional factual information about the Sept. 9, 2010, pipeline rupture and ensuing fires.

Brice Hortefeux, French interior minister

French Government Adding a Thousand Speed Cameras

The January 2011 toll of traffic fatalities, 331, was 21.2 percent above the total in January 2010.

Food Study Finds Consumers Value Safer Food More than Analyses Suggest

Government regulators could more realistically assess the value of improving food safety if they considered the fact that consumers typically want to avoid getting sick--even if it means they have to pay a little extra for safer food, researchers said.

Global energy demand is expected to increase by as much as 40 percent by 2030.

World's Energy Leaders to Gather in Houston

Wind, oil, coal, gas, solar – the speakers at next month's CERAWeek 2011 are experts in obtaining and delivering every type of energy now in use. Former Presidents George W. Bush and Bill Clinton will participate together March 11 in a session moderated by conference Chairman Daniel Yergin.

U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis

FY2012 Budget Request: $583 Million for OSHA, $384 Million for MSHA

Ahead of hearings this week by the U.S. House Education & the Workforce Committee, Labor Department leaders explained the details of the administration's request.

Researchers Develop Tool to Assess Pain in Non-Communicative Patients

A new tool to assess acute pain in non-communicative patients has been developed by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Nursing. The tool is the product of four small-scale research projects in several locations over many years. It consists of two standardized forms for nurses and other care providers to score values of behavioral and physical indicators or signs from the patient.

Federal Occupational Health is celebrating its 65th anniversary in 2011.

Federal Occupational Health Turns 65

Now serving more than 1.8 million federal workers annually, FOH was created in August 1946 when President Truman signed an amendment to the Public Health Service Act.

Don't Pitch Stockpiled Avian Flu Vaccine

A stockpiled vaccine designed to fight a strain of avian flu that circulated in 2004 can be combined with a vaccine that matches the current strain of bird flu to protect against a potential pandemic, according to researchers from Saint Louis University's Center for Vaccine Development.

Johns Hopkins Study Finds Motorcycle Helmets Reduce Spine Injuries

Motorcycle helmets, long known to dramatically reduce the number of brain injuries and deaths from crashes, appear to also be associated with a lower risk of cervical spine injury, new research from Johns Hopkins suggests.

ASSE Offers Safety Tips for Winter Driving

In the U.S. each year, approximately 7,000 roadway deaths and 450,000 injuries are associated with poor weather-related driving conditions.

This photo by Boeing photographer Gail Hanusa shows the first 747-8 Intercontinental, which is quieter and more fuel efficient than earlier versions of the aircraft, according to Boeing.

Boeing Webcast Showcases New 747-8

Quieter and more fuel efficient than earlier versions of the aircraft, it will meet Heathrow Airport's "stringent noise standards" and be allowed to land there 24 hours a day, according to Boeing.

Diet Soda May Raise Stroke Risk: Study

In findings involving 2,564 people, scientists said those who drank diet soda every day had a 61 percent higher risk of vascular events than those who reported no soda drinking.

CSB Video Highlights Gas Release Hazards

Entitled “Deadly Practices,” the video includes animations that show the hazards of releasing gas into areas where it can accumulate, ignite, and kill or injure workers or members of the public.

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