This past March, Industrial Safety & Hygiene News asked its readers: “How could a private company intranet web site devoted to environmental health and safety make your job easier?”
Almost two-thirds of ISHN readers audit their workplaces to measure how well they're doing in safety and health, according to our 1999 White Paper survey. But have you ever feared that OSHA might use information you voluntarily collected to cite your company for violations?
This past February, OSHA released a "working draft" outlining potential requirements to be included in an ergonomics standard. The agency intends to publish a formal proposal this fall, with an eye toward issuing final rules covering workplace ergonomics next year.
A study of Army basic trainees reported in the April issue of a supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine finds those who were smokers before entering basic training had a 1.5 times higher rate of injuries related to exercise.