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“Detective style” investigation for workplace safety – entertaining & educational

January 20, 2017

Running and gunning are exciting, catching Pokémon’s is fun. But sometimes we just want to take fragrant tobacco pipe, and play a detective game. Solving mysteries might not make adrenalin start flowing the same way as while being drawing enemy’s torpedo bombers online, but it can provide an intriguing mystery and prove to be a real brain teaser.

Safety by Design: NIOSH partnership helps protect workers in ambulances

January 20, 2017

Fast and efficient responses to crash events and disasters depend upon emergency medical services (EMS) workers, who include first responders, emergency medical technicians, and paramedics, as well as firefighters and nurses. Often, EMS workers treat patients in ambulances en route to the hospital, which presents the inherent risk of high-speed travel.

Data-driven approach may reduce violence to hospital workers

January 19, 2017

A worksite intervention using unit-level data on violent events can lead to lower risks of patient-to-worker violence and injury to hospital staff, suggests a study in the January Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, official publication of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM).

W.V. worker dies after being struck, pinned by truck

January 17, 2017

A teenaged oil company employee was killed last week in Tyler County, West Virginia when he was struck by a truck, then pinned between the truck and a sand silo, according to news sources. Nineteen-year-old Hunger D. Osborn was acting as a spotter for a tractor-trailer that was backing up to off-load sand when the accident occurred Thursday morning at an oil well pad.

Grant will help AIHA grow the next generation of OSH pros

January 17, 2017

American Industrial Hygiene Association’s (AIHA®) efforts to grow the next generation of occupational safety and health professionals has gotten a boost in the form of an Innovation Grant from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) Foundation.

Weekly news round-up

January 14, 2017

Cancer and hearing loss rates are down, global demand for respirators is up and France passes a law to help workers with a digital divide. These were among the top stories featured this week on ISHN.com.

A DOL Blog post

Working in workplace safety

Teri Morisi

January 13, 2017

Ensuring safe and healthy workplaces is a top priority of the Labor Department. It’s also a smart career path for people interested in making sure offices, factories, mines and other workplaces are safe from hazards and adhere to regulations concerning health, safety and the environment. The median wages for all of these jobs are also higher than the median wage for all occupations ($36,200). Here’s a closer look at nine options:

The EHS State of the Nation 2017: Part 1

ISHN magazine’s exclusive survey of environmental health and safety professionals

Dave Johnson

January 13, 2017

Part 1 of 2 - Who is today’s EHS professional?

Entering 2017, your typical EHS pro is a 53-year-old male, a baby boomer, with at least 20 years of experience in the field, primarily practicing in a safety function. He works for a privately-held company and makes $75,000 per year.

The EHS State of the Nation 2017: Part 2

ISHN magazine’s exclusive survey of environmental health and safety professionals

Dave Johnson

January 13, 2017

Part 2 of 2 – EHS forecast for 2017

The bottom line question entering 2017 – and every year – is what do resource allocations look like for EHS departments?

A NIOSH Science Blog post

Occupational Health Issues in the USA

Dr. John Howard

January 13, 2017

Happy New Year. As we start afresh in 2017 I wanted to share my recent editorial in the British journal, Occupational Medicine, “Occupational health issues in the USA”. The article highlights some of the occupational safety and health issues identified as needing attention by the industry sector groups of the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA).