Tuesday's agenda includes a Casino Night, several exhibitor product demos in the Exhibitor Product Theater, board of directors voting, morning and afternoon workshops, VPPPA regional networking meetings, and sessions on topics ranging from OSHA's National Emphasis Program on amputations and machine guarding to confined space rescue.
Secretary of Labor Thomas Perez seeks nominees for service on an advisory board for the program that aids nuclear industry workers diagnosed with medical conditions as a result.
Employers must educate employees on the hazards of their work but also make every attempt to remove the hazards before exposing workers to them.
Three new wrinkles in the expo this year are a European pavilion, an NSC networking lounge, and an Emerging Trends pavilion.
A Canadian research group has released a web-based support tool.
The low-cost solution is intended to be used when cutting fiber-cement siding.
The first-ever China-U.S. Occupational Health Symposia will be held on Sept. 15-16, 2015.
The event co-sponsored by the American Industrial Hygiene Association and the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists will take place May 21-26, 2016, at the Baltimore Convention Center.
A group of speakers discussed nanomaterials and new ways to evaluate and measure their existence in numerous working conditions.
Michael Grabell discussed his work in a speech titled, "Temp Land: Working in the New Economy."
John Dony discussed his research project that looked at how to effectively track and implement leading indicators.
Leaders from each organization discussed the fissuring of the workplace and what employers can do to avoid it.
The Product Stewardship Society is presenting a conference-within-a-conference here in Salt Lake City with popular sessions throughout the AIHce 2015 meeting.
The morning session featured a number of speakers discussing their work regarding local exhaust ventilation and confined space painting/safety.
The American Board of Industrial Hygienists' board has 11 members who must be ABIH certificate holders and serve four-year terms, with one public member selected for a two-year term.
Dallas welcomes participants in ASSE's annual conference and expo this month.
Educational sessions, product demonstrations, and many exhibitors are focused on helping OSH professionals comply with the new OSHA HazCom Standard.
The company's not in touch with many of the past winners of its annual scholarships and wants to hear from all of them in time for 2016's 30th year of the scholarship program.
Peter Greany of Work Care, Inc. gave his top ten list of ways to leverage collaboration with occupational health professionals.
Each of the three winners gets a $5,000 scholarship and attendance to the 2015 American Industrial Hygiene Conference & Exposition, which is taking place May 30-June 4 in Salt Lake City.