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A new study shows that 21% of U.S. workers polled have lost time at work because of an injury suffered on the job. The survey also breaks out the most common types of injuries and who is more likely to suffer a serious injury at work, and at what age group. 1,000 employees were asked
Read moreNov. 2013 NIOSH has published new recommendations for controlling workers’ exposures to engineered nano materials when such materials are used industrially. The agency’s new document, “Current Strategies for Engineering Controls in Nanomaterial Production and Downstream Handling Processes,” DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 2014-102. The recommendations follow the standard hierarchy of controls, and the document is well
Read moreWASHINGTON – Each year in the United States, tens of thousands of workers are made sick or die from occupational exposures to the thousands of hazardous chemicals that are used in workplaces every day. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration today launched two new web resources to assist companies with keeping
Read moreOSHA has announced that it is issuing a proposed rule aimed at curbing silicosis – an incurable and progressive disease-lung cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and kidney disease in American workers. The proposal seeks to lower worker exposure to crystalline silica, a deadly dust which needlessly kills hundreds of workers and sickens thousands more each
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