Blue Flash Welding Helmet/PAPR offers protection from welding fume hexavalent chromium. NIOSH approved “all in one” system provides respiratory, head, eye and face protection.
While OSHA’s emergency eyewash and shower requirements and the relevant ANSI standard are fairly straightforward, the experiences of other companies offer some helpful information.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is making available a series of bulletins designed to help home health care workers stay safe and healthy on the job.
Sources in Washington tell ISHN that Dr. David Michaels, head of OSHA, has expressed his interest to close associates for staying on for a second term, should President Obama win the fall election.
Last month I discussed the current market for occupational safety and health jobs, and how the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) recently released National Assessment of the Occupational Safety and Health Workforce1 miscalculated supply and demand figures.
Each day millions of workers in the United States use National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) certified respirators to reduce exposure to harmful gases, vapors, and particulate hazards.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Association of Occupational Health Professionals in Healthcare (AOHP) have committed to continuing their collaborative partnership to improve workplace safety and health in the healthcare setting with the renewal of their memorandum of understanding (MOU).
Excerpted from Dr. Howard's NIOSH blog: "What factors will influence the workforce and the world of work over the next several years?" The following influences seem likely:
From the budget drama on Capitol Hill to the Fukushima nuclear disaster, the year 2011 did not lack for news about occupational and environmental health and safety.