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Safety 2010
ASSE’s annual professional development conference and exposition provides a forum for thousands of attendees to learn about the latest issues and trends in the environmental health and safety profession.

Hit the showers
Choosing the right combination emergency shower and eye/face wash is a matter of knowing your risks, requirements and budget.

by Casey Hayes

Construction’s changing work climate
The unique factors of day-to-day operations in the construction industry may contribute in part to the consistency of violations; but preventative and proactive steps can prevent accidents and ensure they don’t reoccur.

by Sara Wesche

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This Just In

Pittsburgh hearing set on proposed OSHA hazcom changes (3/18)
OSHA will hold an informal public hearing in Pittsburgh on March 31 regarding a proposed rule to align the agency’s Hazard Communication Standard with the United Nations’ Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals.

Chicago hearing set for input on OSHA combustible dust standard development (3/18)
OSHA has scheduled its latest informal stakeholder meetings to continue soliciting comments and suggestions for protecting workers from combustible dust hazards in the workplace. Since 1980, more than 130 workers have been killed and more than 780 injured in combustible dust explosions, according to an agency press release.

Safety advocate: 9/11 workers could have been protected (3/18)
The proposed settlement of the lawsuit by 9/11 rescue and recovery workers acknowledges what the scientific literature already confirms – that health harm occurred from exposure to World Trade Center-derived environmental contaminants, according to the New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health.

OSHA requests comments on notifying workers of exposure to hexavalent chromium (3/18)
OSHA is publishing for public comment a direct final rule requiring employers to notify workers of exposures to hexavalent chromium, according to an agency press release.

Columns

EDITORIAL COMMENTS: Questions that never go away
I’ve been reporting on the work of safety and health professionals since 1980 and these questions have consistently defied consensus.

by Dave Johnson

MANAGING BEST PRACTICES: Fish bones and bow ties
Risk assessment techniques are necessary to help decision makers make informed choices, prioritize actions and distinguish among alternative courses of action.

by Dan Markiewicz, MS, CIH, CSP, CHMM