The section on engineering controls -– local exhaust ventilation, isolation, and dust suppression methods -- states they are likely to be the most effective control strategy for nanomaterials, but it also advises using elimination and substitution first if they are feasible.
The cities of New Orleans, Las Vegas, and Orlando will host at least two of the biggest U.S. safety, health, and environmental conferences apiece next year.
More than 1,600 exhibitors from 55 countries have book a record amount of floor space for the Nov. 5-8 trade fair and congress in Dusseldorf, Germany.
Ralph Stuart, CIH, the popular list's moderator, sent a message today saying Jonathan Klane "has agreed to take on the list owner and moderator responsibilities."
The agency has posted annotated PELs tables showing how its current permissible exposure limits differ from Cal/OSHA, NIOSH, and ACGIH exposure limits and also a toolkit employers can use to choose safer alternative chemicals.
The guide was created by its Instruments Group.
The National Safety Council's big annual conference will return to the Southern California city, which is planning to expand its convention center.
It's critical to ensure that key chemical safety information and inventory management functions are readily available and at the fingertips of your personnel.
New clean-energy rules make some worry about the safety of plant workers and the public.
Company executives christened a gleaming new Training & Customer Experience Center where workers can get hands-on experience with confined space entry and rescue, communication tower climbing/rescue, servicing a wind energy nacelle, installing and using fall anchorages on a residential roof, and rescuing a co-worker from an oil rig’s catwalk and pipe rack.
ChemView displays health and safety data, making it possible to compare chemicals by use and by health or environmental effects, and it allows searches by chemical name or Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) number, use, hazard effect, or regulatory action
Chicago's McCormick Place once again will host one of the world's largest conferences for environmental, health, and safety professionals.
A quick take-away from a landmark study of benzene exposure and cancer among petroleum workers: Defending trace benzene lawsuits will be more challenging.
Control banding is likely the most well-developed risk management strategy proposed for use with nanomaterials to date.
Indoor air quality can be improved by controlling the sources of VOC emissions.
The proposed rule would update the current permissible exposure limit, which was set in 1971, and would apply to construction and general industry, including hydraulic fracturing operations at gas drilling sites. Several key stakeholders expressed support.
Oct. 1’s third keynote session, a new addition to the educational program this year, looks like a "must attend" session of its own: the Prescription Drug Keynote.
The launch is part of an its effort to help members and partners to bolster the visibility of existing and in-development guidance documents, reference materials, and standards, according to the organization.
The Aug. 26-29 national conference, one of the top annual events on the safety community's calendar, will take place at the Gaylord Opryland Convention Center in Nashville.