The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is using a fashion show to highlight the need for women to be proactive about reducing the risk of heart disease -- the leading cause of death for women.
The American Society of Safety Engineers recently appointed two new trustees to its board of directors; Joel M. Haight, Ph.D., P.E., CSP, CIH of Pittsburgh, PA, and Michael Murray of New York, NY.
An "extraordinary" delay in the development of federal protections against exposure to crystalline silica is harming American workers, more than 300 public health scientists, doctors and occupational safety experts told President Obama today.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) is expressing opposition to reported efforts to change a bill sponsored by California Assemblyman William Monning that would call for a limit on the type of professionals who would be able to supervise or direct the monitoring of control methods for permissible exposure levels (PELS) in state workplaces.
UC Davis researcher recommends expanded prevention measures
January 24, 2012
In the first comprehensive review of its kind since 1992, a UC Davis researcher has estimated the national annual price tag of occupational injuries and illnesses at $250 billion -- much higher than generally assumed.
Part of Summit Training Source’s mission is to support research and education in the occupational safety, health and environmental (SH&E) field through several donation efforts for advancements in training.
A longtime mine employee who was fired for complaining about safety hazards will be reinstated, under orders from an administrative law judge with the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
The Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced plans for a survey aimed at finding out why so many workplace injuries go unreported.
The United Steelworkers (USW) union who work at oil refineries around the country held a National Day of Action for Safe Refineries and Good Jobs on January 21.