The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) has released a new safety video depicting how accumulations of combustible dust at worksites can provide the fuel for devastating explosions that kill and maim workers, shut down plants, and harm local economies.
President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate David Michaels as Assistant Secretary for OSHA, Department of Labor, according to a Whitehouse press statement released yesterday.
Facilities that could potentially release highly hazardous chemicals resulting in toxic fire or explosion hazards are the focus of a national emphasis program (NEP) developed by OSHA.
OSHA announced earlier this month it will address problems indentified in its Voluntary Protection Programs in response to a new Government Accountability Office report, "OSHA's Voluntary Protection Programs: Improved Oversight and Controls Would Better Ensure Program Quality."
In further proof that OSHA enforcement is on the rise, the agency cited seven companies a combined $911,500 in penalties during the week of July 17 to 24.
When OSHA chief nominee David Michaels, Ph.D, MPH, currently an epidemiologist and research professor at George Washington University in Washington, DC, arrives at the agency after what will be probably a bruising confirmation process, given his extensive track record of criticizing what he considers industry’s manipulation of science in pursuit of profits, he will inherit what many in the workplace safety and health world see as a broken-down, beaten-down, dispirited and denuded bureaucracy.
The White House on Tuesday, July 28 announced President Obama’s intent to nominate David Michaels, Ph.D, MPH, an epidemiologist and research professor at George Washington University in Washington, DC, to head up OSHA.
Facilities that could potentially release highly hazardous chemicals resulting in toxic fire or explosion hazards are the focus of an OSHA national emphasis program (NEP), according to an agency press release.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) is now accepting presentation proposals for the 2010 American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce), May 22–27, 2010, in Denver, Colorado. Submissions must be made electronically at www.aihce2010.org by October 5, 2009.
The health cost of obesity in the United States is as high as $147 billion annually, based on a new study from RTI and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, according to a recent press release. The study, which appeared online Monday in the journal Health Affairs, was released at CDC’s Weight of the Nation conference in Washington, DC.
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