Oil refineries nationwide have received letters from OSH) emphasizing the need to comply with all applicable OSHA standards, particularly the Process Safety Management of Highly Hazardous Chemicals (HHCs).
After tomorrow, June 12, 2009, all full power television stations will only broadcast in digital, over-the-air signals. EPA, in a recent press release, encourages all U.S. citizens who own an analog TV set and who receive free broadcasts (via rabbit ears or a roof-top antenna) to extend the life of their TV by subscribing to a paid TV service or connecting it to a converter box. Energy Star-qualified digital converter boxes are available for purchase.
OSHA announced in the June 11th Federal Register that nominations are being accepted for persons to serve on the 12-member National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, according to an agency press release.
Employees who often go to work despite feeling sick have higher rates of future work absences due to illness, according to a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
William C. Collier, Esq., CIH, an attorney with the firm McDonald & Collier, has circulated the following agenda for OSHA priorities drawn up by one of the candidates for the assistant secretary of labor for OSHA appointment, Southern California industrial hygiene consultant Hamid Arabzadeh.
IBM's second annual global corporate social responsibility survey of senior business executives again shows significant gaps between their goals and their ability to attain them, according to a press release.
Employees disabled by depression are away from work significantly longer than other employees on disability leave according to new research by the non-profit Integrated Benefits Institute.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) yesterday sent an investigation team to the site of an explosion, fire and roof collapse at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, North Carolina, (just south of Raleigh) that blew workers off their feet.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced in a recent update a new initiative with its partners that will highlight the importance of incorporating worker safety and health into "green jobs" and environmental sustainability. The initiative will also develop guidance for preventing occupational injuries and illnesses in these growing sectors.