Industrial Safety & Health Top Stories - Articles - Page 189

OSHA wants to change respiratory protection standard

Fit-testing flexibility is the goal

October 10, 2016

OSHA has issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to add two quantitative fit-testing protocols to the agency's Respiratory Protection Standard. The protocols would apply to employers in the general, shipyard and construction industries.

Why workplace accidents often happen late in projects

October 10, 2016

This article is based on the non-fiction book, “Trapped Under the Sea,” written by Neil Swidey and published in 2014 by Crown Publishing Group. Assisting with this article was Tania Clarke.

New research links CEO behavior to workplace safety culture, injuries

Findings show how CEOs can encourage a company-wide commitment to safety that prevents injuries

October 10, 2016

New research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology shows how CEOs can play a more effective role in developing an organizational safety climate in their organizations that actually reduces injuries.

Furniture tip-over deaths and injuries spur threat of federal action

Brian Joseph

October 10, 2016

The chairman of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission threatened Wednesday to hit furniture makers with mandatory federal rules if the industry doesn’t strengthen its voluntary standards to prevent its products from tipping over and killing children.

Top products of the week

October 9, 2016

Innovative hand protection, hearing conservation and workplace lighting products were among the top occupational safety and health products featured on ISHN.com this week.

Weekly news round-up

October 8, 2016

Icy runways, worker protection in Bangladesh and the kind of alarm that makes your heart beat too fast were among the top occupational safety and health stories featured on ISHN.com this week.

Deepwater Horizon the film – A review

Dave Johnson

October 7, 2016

Hollywood spent $110 million on this film, which isn’t unusual for a disaster pic. But this film, directed by Peter Berg (“Friday Night Lights,” “Lone Survivor”) and starring Mark Wahlberg, is different. The disaster, a spectacular exercise in film-making involving literally hundreds of special effects and digital artists, is secondary in the plot to the muddy, nuts-and-bolts work of a very dangerous blue collar environment.

NIOSH IDS 34 drugs that pose a risk to healthcare workers

October 7, 2016

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has released its 2016 list of hazardous drugs in healthcare settings, updating the list to include 34 added drugsHealthcare workers who prepare or give hazardous drugs to patients, such as those used for cancer therapy, as well as support staff may face individual health risks when exposed to these drugs.

From the NIOSH Director's desk

Twenty years and counting: World-class research from the “L” building

Dr. John Howard

October 7, 2016

NIOSH will celebrate a notable 20th anniversary this month. On October 19, 1996, a new facility was dedicated on NIOSH’s Morgantown, West Virginia, campus. The facility, often referred to now as the “L” Building, provided NIOSH for the first time with a strategic convergence of specialized equipment and dedicated laboratory space for advanced health-effects research.

NTSB: Large “flash” was seen just before NJ train crash

October 7, 2016

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released details downloaded from the event data and forward-facing video recorders on a NJ Transit commuter train involved in the Sept. 29, 2016, accident at the Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, New Jersey.