Adrienne Burke

If your workers handle contaminants with chemical protective clothing or gloves, some of these supposedly benign objects could be sources of what experts call "secondary exposures."

Any object, any event can be a hazard.

The new government's treatment of health and safety looks familiar.

A simple standard too often ignored.

Satisfaction doesn't come easy to safety and health professionals.

This year George Swartz was decorated with the ASSE's highest professional excellence award.

OSHA has begun work to update the PELs once more.

More than 100 chemicals with OSHA permissible exposure limits for inhalation hazards are also known skin permeants.

Managing worldwide environmental health and safety for the $6-billion maker of engineering workstations, World Wide Web servers, and Java takes a staff of only four.

There’s no denying that bingo games and other contests that offer cash, cookouts, gifts and vacation days to safety-minded workers help many employers cut comp costs.