The WorkLife Program of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) is “evolving to address a wider range of factors that influence workers’ total health,” according to the institute.
The number of women working in industry and trade is growing slowly but steadily. The most popular professions include gardening, carpentry and joinery, painting, tiling and mechatronics.
Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration Dr. David Michaels has signed an agreement renewing OSHA's partnership with Ford Motor Co., the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America and Automotive Component Holdings LLC, and welcoming the Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration as a new partner.
The U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) said its ongoing investigation has revealed that the explosion at the Hoeganaes facility in Gallatin, Tennessee was caused by hydrogen gas leaking into a trench from a large hole in a vent pipe -- but that combustible dust played a part as well.
Musculoskeletal pain, obesity, and smoking are among the factors associated with an increased risk of work disability due to low back disorders, reports a study in the May Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has announced plans to launch a new Center for Safety and Health in Sustainability (CSHS) at the group’s Professional Development Conference (PDC) and Exposition, Safety 2011, in June.
It was the summer of 1981 and I was a newly enlisted U.S. Army Military Police soldier. My basic combat training took place just outside Anniston, Ala., at a now retired Army base known as Ft. McClellan.
Very few people count noise as a possible cause of fatigue. But noise can cause hearing loss to exhaustion, according to eHow.com, the “How to do just about anything” information web site.
Tinnitus (TIN-i-tus) is noise or ringing in the ears, according to the Mayo Clinic web site. It’s a common problem that affects about one in five people, so if you’re afflicted know that you’re far from alone.
The National Hearing Conservation Association (NHCA) has issued a call for papers to be presented at the group’s 37th annual meeting, to be held February 23-25, 2012, at the Astor Crowne Plaza in New Orleans.
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