Failure to integrate individualistic thinking into our safety messes eliminates the benefit of disagreement and serious debate, which may constrict our options to dissolve safety messes.
Citing comments in opposition from worker advocacy organizations, labor unions, and risk assessment experts, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has withdrawn a controversial risk assessment rule that critics charged would have unnecessarily delayed rulemaking to protect workers from toxic substances. The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) opposed both the substance of the rule and the DOL’s determination to proceed without allowing additional public comment, according to an AIHA press release.
With the growing season in full swing and the recent release of fatal work injury statistics showing an upward spiral in the farming industry, the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) encourages safety, health and environmental professionals to become active in assisting agricultural producers and businesses in their area to take steps to prevent deadly agricultural injuries and illnesses. To assist in this effort, ASSE is providing work safety tips to help prevent the growing number of tragic agricultural industry worker injuries and illnesses, according to an organization press release. ASSE also suggests safety tips aimed at protecting young farmers, who face a greater risk of being injured.
Whether you get it from the sun or from artificial sources such as sun lamps and tanning beds, ultraviolet radiation is linked to skin cancers and to other sorts of skin damage, particularly premature skin aging, reports the September 2009 issue of Harvard Women’s Health Watch, according to a recent press release.
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