Employees who often go to work despite feeling sick have higher rates of future work absences due to illness, according to a study in the June Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
William C. Collier, Esq., CIH, an attorney with the firm McDonald & Collier, has circulated the following agenda for OSHA priorities drawn up by one of the candidates for the assistant secretary of labor for OSHA appointment, Southern California industrial hygiene consultant Hamid Arabzadeh.
IBM's second annual global corporate social responsibility survey of senior business executives again shows significant gaps between their goals and their ability to attain them, according to a press release.
Employees disabled by depression are away from work significantly longer than other employees on disability leave according to new research by the non-profit Integrated Benefits Institute.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) yesterday sent an investigation team to the site of an explosion, fire and roof collapse at the ConAgra Foods plant in Garner, North Carolina, (just south of Raleigh) that blew workers off their feet.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announced in a recent update a new initiative with its partners that will highlight the importance of incorporating worker safety and health into "green jobs" and environmental sustainability. The initiative will also develop guidance for preventing occupational injuries and illnesses in these growing sectors.
Trust for America's Health (TFAH) and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) released a new public opinion survey yesterday which finds that Americans rank prevention as the most important health care reform priority, and overwhelmingly support increased funding for prevention programs to reduce disease and keep people healthy.
On June 12, 2009, all full-power broadcast TV stations in the United States will stop broadcasting on analog airwaves and begin broadcasting only in digital. According to a press release from Citizen Corps, a grassroots strategy from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), millions of Americans depend on TV as a source of information, including emergency alerts and warnings. Following the transition, the FCC estimates up to 20 million individuals could be left without TV communications because they haven’t taken the appropriate steps to transition.
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) announced in a recent press release that it has launched its annual Preventive Roof/Rib Outreach Program (PROP) to highlight the potential hazards of roof falls and rib rolls.
Guideline-based care provided by occupational physicians is an effective and economical treatment approach for employees with common mental health problems, according to research reported in the March Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).