The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) will investigate the causes of a January 7 explosion that severely injured a graduate student at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, the CSB announced.
High income is strongly associated with elderly people seeing a specialist in the U.S., but not in Canada — where poor health is a much stronger predictor of who sees a specialist. Those are the findings of a new study published in the January issue of the International Journal of Health Services, according to a recent press release. The study found that elderly Americans in the top 40 percent of the income distribution were nearly twice as likely as those in the bottom 20 percent to visit a specialist. The study found that in Canada, there was no statistically significant association between income and specialist visits.
In a recent memorandum, Lisa P. Jackson, administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlined seven key themes that will focus the agency’s work in 2010:
Heart disease isn't a gender-neutral condition. Although many of the risk factors are the same in women and men — including high cholesterol, inactivity, obesity, high blood pressure, and smoking — heart disease can develop differently in women than men, cause different symptoms, and have a different impact on long-term health, according to a recent press release from Harvard Health Publications.
In response to the devastation in Haiti, the American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) is compiling contact information for industrial hygiene resources that relief agencies can refer to for advice and assistance, according to a recent press release. AIHA will also provide a list of publications that agencies involved in rescue efforts may find useful.
OSHA has cited Rescar Industries Inc. for serious and other-than-serious safety and health violations following a fatality at its Gordon, Ga., facility.
Three companies are being cited by OSHA for exposing workers to hazards during the construction of gas pipeline meter stations in Mississippi. Mustang Engineering L.P., Grand Bluff Construction LLC and Priority Energy Services received citations for failing to protect their workers after one died and three others were critically injured.
OSHA has cited Home Goods for 16 alleged violations of workplace safety standards. The retailer faces a total of $233,500 in proposed fines, chiefly for exit access, fire and crushing hazards at its Commack, N.Y., store.
OSHA has announced a public meeting, "OSHA Listens," to solicit comments and suggestions from OSHA stakeholders on key issues facing the agency. The meeting is scheduled for Feb. 10 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST in Washington, D.C.
Following a Labor Day announcement from Secretary Hilda Solis, OSHA will convene a National Action Summit for Latino Worker Health and Safety, April 14-15 at the Hilton Americas Hotel in Houston, according to an OSHA press release. The conference is co-sponsored by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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