Employees of the estimated 3,000 nail salons in New York state have some new regulatory protections, after the passage of bills A. 7630A and S. 05966 by the state legislature. The legislation ensures that trainees have access to proper training on safety and preventing infection and allows the state to shut down salons that repeatedly flout the law and evade health and safety inspections by operating without a license.
My mentor, Stephen K. Hall, who passed away long ago, warned me that overcoming bias, the tendency for how people think and act, would be my greatest career challenge.
Comfortable welding gloves, arc flash head protection and innovative new industrial lighting were among the top occupational safety and health-related products featured on ISHN.com this week.
Fatal incidents at a naval facility and a manufacturing facility, the high cost of rheumatoid arthritis and what the NTSB calls – again – for a technology that will prevent many motor vehicle accidents. These were among the top stories posted on ISHN.com this week.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) will jointly host the first-ever China-U.S. Occupational Health Symposia with the National Center for International Cooperation in Work Safety, SAWS, China (NCICS). The symposia will take place on Sept. 15–16, 2015, in Shanghai,China, and an anticipated 400 industrial and occupational health professionals from around the world are slated to attend.
Melanoma rates doubled between 1982 and 2011 but comprehensive skin cancer prevention programs could prevent 20 percent of new cases between 2020 and 2030, according to this month’s Vital Signs report.
James J. McCullagh allegedly lied to OSHA, told workers to lie as well
June 19, 2015
The owner of a Pennsylvania roofing company was indicted by the U.S. Attorney's office in Philadelphia with making false statements, obstructing justice and willfully violating OSHA fall protection standards in connection with the fatal fall of an employee in June 2013.
A working group of federal agencies has issued a fact sheet* on progress made to improve the safety and security of chemical facilities in the United States.
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) today named Jack Reiter, president and CEO of Machine Safety Management, the winner of the 2015 Award for Innovation in Occupational Safety Management for creating software that reduces machine guard accidents.
Silicosis is a potentially fatal but preventable occupational lung disease caused by inhaling respirable particles containing crystalline silicon dioxide (silica). Quartz, a type of crystalline silica, is the second most abundant mineral in the earth’s crust and workers across a wide range of occupations and industries are exposed to silica-containing dusts.
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