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Weekly news round-up

November 3, 2018

Firefighters sue over hazmat exposure, the workplace hazards posed by prescription drug use and the key to achieving a work-life balance were among the top stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Safety of oil industry divers is under review

November 2, 2018

The UN’s International Marine Organization (IMO) is endorsing diver safety proposals from the International Organization of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) and the International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA). The IMO voted to approve joint amendments to existing codes on diver safety which will harmonize the codes “with current industry practice.”

AIHA wins another Platinum in MarCom Awards International Creative Competition

November 2, 2018

The second issue of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s (AIHA) IH Heroes comic, On the Fly, has won a Platinum Award by the Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP) MarCom Awards.

Calif. fines landscaping company after worker fatality

November 2, 2018

A horrifying accident involving a stump grinder has resulted in citations and penalties against a California landscaping company. The April 9, 2018 incident that claimed the life of an Amazon employee occurred when the rope he had around his body became entangled in the Dosko stump grinder and he was pulled into the cutting wheel.

Inspector with clipboard and hardhat image

Nominate that exemplary safety professional you know for an AIHA award

November 1, 2018

Is one of your colleagues deserving of special recognition? Does he or she inspire others in the industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety professions to reach the next pinnacle in their careers?

National COSH announces 2018 Health and Safety awards

Activists recognized for outstanding contributions to empowering workers and fighting for safer workplaces and communities

November 1, 2018

The National Council for Occupational Safety and Health (National COSH) has announced the winners of its 2018 Health and Safety awards, recognizing outstanding contributions towards empowering workers and the fight for safer workplaces and communities.

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Workers using prescription opioids, benzodiazepines can face safety & health risks

Paul Schulte PhD Sudha P. Pandalai

October 31, 2018

The opioid crisis that faces the nation has a great impact on workers and NIOSH has a comprehensive program to address opioids in workers. One issue of concern is workers who use prescription opioids and/or benzodiazepines for medically appropriate reasons.

Fatal fall in NJ:

Construction worker falls from roof, into dumpster

October 31, 2018

OSHA is investigating the death of a 56-year old man in an accident yesterday at a Paterson, New Jersey worksite. According to a statement by Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and Paterson Police Chief Troy Oswald, police responded to the address at approximately 9:18 a.m. in response to a reported construction accident.

2019 ISHN Readers’ Choice Awards get underway

October 30, 2018

Enter your best-of-the-best products or services in ISHN’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Awards. The program will launch in October 2018 and entries will be accepted online at ISHN.com/awards through January 2019. Here’s how it works: • Enter up to four top products (must have launched on or after Jan. 1, 2018) • ISHN readers vote on their favorite products March 1 - April 30, 2019 • Winners will be announced the week of May 6, 2019.

A Confined Space blog post

Weekly toll: Who didn’t come home from work last week

Jordan Barab

October 30, 2018

EAST ST. LOUIS, IL – Two suspects are under arrest after a high-speed chase from Washington Park Illinois into East St. Louis on westbound I-64. KTVI-TV reports around 5 p.m. Saturday, officers from the Washington Park Police Department were chasing two suspects in a vehicle when it struck two cars on the Poplar Street Bridge.