With brutally cold temperatures and high heating costs, many people are turning to alternative heating sources to save money. But alternative heating sources like space heaters, fireplaces and wood stoves can present hazards if not used correctly, according to Underwriters Laboratories (UL), an independent safety testing organization.
Overwhelming concern over massive destruction caused by a 7.0 earthquake in Haiti that impacted 3 million people – one third of the population – and left much of the Caribbean nation in shambles dominated discussion in the United Nations’ Economic and Social Council yesterday, as the 54-member body held its first organizational meeting of 2010.
OSHA has cited CELCO Construction Corp. for alleged willful, serious and other-than-serious violations of safety standards after an OSHA inspector observed a company employee working in an unprotected 6-foot deep excavation at a Randolph, Mass., worksite. The Pembroke, Mass., construction contractor faces a total of $55,200 in proposed fines.
The Justice Department has announced the settlement of a Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) discrimination lawsuit against Wales West LLC, owner and operator of Wales West RV Resort and Train and Garden Lovers Family Park in Silverhill, Ala. The settlement, embodied in a consent decree, was approved today by Judge Callie V.S. Granade in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama.
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.
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