Industrial Safety & Health Top Stories - Articles - Page 289

AHA: Teens trying alternative tobacco products a “disturbing trend”

December 26, 2015

There’s good news and bad news in a new National Institute of Drug Abuse’s 2015 Monitoring the Future Survey. The good news: cigarette smoking continues to drop among teens. The bad news: more young Americans are taking up e-cigarettes and cigarillos.

From NIOSH’ Research Rounds bulletins

Survey of long-haul truck drivers underscores safety concerns

December 25, 2015

When we go to the grocery store, we expect to find shelves stocked with the food we like, seldom reflecting on how it got there. Behind those stocked shelves, however, are the long-haul truck drivers whose jobs regularly require them to leave their families, friends, and homes to travel hundreds of miles to deliver the products that we buy.

Happy holidays!

December 24, 2015

Happy holidays from the staff of Industrial Safety & Hygiene News, and best wishes for a safe and prosperous new year.

DOT's holiday message: Drive sober or get pulled over

A "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" connection

December 23, 2015

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has launched a nationwide campaign to get drunk drivers off the road this holiday season that includes a new Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over ad to run in movie theaters immediately before the blockbuster movie Star Wars: The Force Awakens.

Retired miners left out of 2016 spending bill

"What is it about these senior citizens Congress doesn’t like?"

December 23, 2015

Retirement security for tens of thousands of retired coal miners and their dependents failed to make it into the $1 trillion+ spending bill recently passed by Congress – an omission that angers the United Mine Workers of America (UMWA).

Why make safety so complicated?

Craft simple rules, not vague vision statements

James E. Leemann Ph.D.

December 23, 2015

Work environments today are far more complicated than they were 45 years ago.

OSHA: Worker’s hand mutilated because his employer ignored safety hazards

December 23, 2015

A newly hired worker suffered a traumatic hand injury after only three days on the job at Southern Fiber Inc. of Miami Gardens, Florida. An OSHA inspection determined that the fiber-processing machine started unexpectedly as the worker - a 30-year-old man - tried to clear a jam caused by mattress foam.

Public health experts have mixed reactions to 2016 spending bill

December 22, 2015

The American Public Health Association (APHA) says it supports the fiscal year 2016 omnibus spending bill – although it’s not happy with everything in it.

Oil industry group wins safety award

December 22, 2015

The International Association of Oil & Gas Producers (IOGP) has been awarded the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award (PMIRSA) in the United Kingdom in recognition of its Land Transportation Safety program.

DOL initiative will help feds crack down on OSH crimes

December 22, 2015

In an effort to prevent and deter crimes that put the lives and the health of workers at risk, the Departments of Justice and Labor have put in place a plan to more effectively prosecute such crimes. Under the plan, the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices will work with OSHA, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and the Wage and Hour Division (WHD) to investigate and prosecute worker endangerment violations.