A new report from a National Research Council committee says the current standard sets limits that do not protect personnel working on military firing ranges from harmful exposures.
On the tenth day, I researched the industry to discover several other instrument accessories, such as an extended run-time battery for those who work longer shifts.
IRSST conducted the study and produced a report with recommendations for choosing the best gloves for a given task.
The International Safety Equipment Association's brief online survey asks buyers, users, and specifiers of PPE where they obtain product information, whether existing trade shows have value, and how to make them better.
Safety and health professionals who also have security and environmental responsibility may want to stay a while: Chicago’s McCormick Place plays host to ASIS, Safety Congress, and WEFTEC conferences in a three-week span of September and October.
The subsidiary of Tyco International is also celebrating 80 years of operation and its role in helping to safeguard industrial, military, and fire service customers around the world.
Sharing lab safety training curriculum among organizations to improve safety culture is the right way to improve lab safety for all concerned.
They are the two prime contractors for a new award to provide industrial hygiene and environmental technical support services in about 200 federally owned, occupied, or leased buildings in the National Capital Region.
The Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings conference will take place in October 2013 in Vancouver, Canada.
Set for Oct. 25-26 in Helsinki, the event is intended to advance the EU-U.S. collaboration and raise the Communities of Research to a new level of activity.
It's not too early to be filling out your schedule if you are planning to attend the big conference this month.
James R. Thornton will be recognized for exceptional contributions to the IH profession during this month's 2012 AIHA Fall Conference in San Antonio.
Here's your chance to get an early look at new products being exhibited at the Orlando conference.
Sometimes you cannot find a solution that works. Admit it and keep trying to find answers, but know that some complaints you may never be able to solve.
Of course, workers cannot be properly protected from exposure hazards if they are not regularly using the monitors intended to detect the hazard.
NSC describes the Safety Trail in the central aisle of the expo as "a visual journey through corridors of safety milestones from the last century."
For the first time, members of the public can vote until Sept. 14 for their favorite innovation, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced.
It contains management principles and systems to help organizations continuously improve their occupational health and safety performance.
It is safe to assume that we never know enough, or at least don't know all that we need to know. Recent changes to hexavalent chromium and beryllium protection requirements should teach us this lesson.