The H1N1 flu outbreak, Los Angeles wildfires, hurricane season and other recent events serve as important reminders of the need to be prepared for any possible public health emergencies. With this in mind, the American Public Health Association recognizes National Preparedness Month with Get Ready Day events across the nation encouraging Americans to be prepared.
It’s been said the political climate in Washington for organized labor hasn’t been this sunny in more than 30 years. The clearing skies clear the way for federal OSHA, whose leadership team has close ties to labor, to embark on its most ambitious agenda since the days of President Jimmy Carter
Michigan regulators’ attempts to set an ergonomics standard in the face of a brutal recession could foreshadow the challenge confronting federal OSHA’s new leadership team’s if it follows through on its announced intent to revisit the ergo battlefield.
“I am honored that Secretary (Kathleen) Sebelius (Secretary of Health and Human Services) and Dr. (Thomas) Freiden (director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) have given me the opportunity to serve again as the director of NIOSH, and to resume duties as Coordinator of the Department of Health and Human Services’ World Trade Center Health Programs.”
A good bit is staring to be written in workplace safety publications about the new OSHA regime’s “take” on incentive programs, long a staple of many a safety program.
Jordan Barab, acting OSHA chief until nominee Dr. David Michaels is confirmed by the Senate sometime this fall, spoke of the “great energy in OSHA these days as we look forward to positive changes in the agency,” in a speech he delivered in August to members of the Voluntary Protection Program Participants Association.
In late August, acting OSHA boss Jordan Barab addressed the annual meeting of the Voluntary Protection Program Participants Association (VPPPA) in San Antonio, using a positive, encouraging tone appropriate for his audience of above-average safety and health performers.
OSHA has proposed $69,000 in fines against Toys R Us for 10 alleged repeat and serious violations of workplace safety standards following an inspection of the toy retailer's store at 8973-95 Bay Parkway in Brooklyn.
On January 1, 2010, EPA will, for the first time, require large emitters of heat-trapping emissions to begin collecting greenhouse gas (GHG) data under a new reporting system. This new program will cover approximately 85 percent of the nation’s GHG emissions and apply to roughly 10,000 facilities.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new nine-minute computer animated safety video depicting a tragic reactive chemical accident that devastated T2 Laboratories in Jacksonville, Florida.
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