Mike Rawlings, mayor of Dallas, spoke at a public officials breakfast June 12 as the AWWA annual conference reached its midpoint.
OSHA issued citations following a Jan. 21 inspection referred by the Illinois Department of Public Health that found two gun range operators were exposed to airborne lead levels up to 12 times the permissible level.
Four graduate students have been selected to receive scholarships in the company's 26th annual industrial hygiene scholarship presentation.
An offering on display during this week's Safety 2012 conference brings the concept of fit testing to yet another PPE category.
LIUNA and the Laborers' Health and Safety Fund of North America say the new law significantly increases penalties for violating environmental laws related to asbestos remediation.
Coal mines were issued 254 citations, 19 orders, and one safeguard, and metal/nonmetal operations were issued 52 citations and nine orders.
Among the topics to be covered are sustainability, building a stronger safety culture, GHS implementation, a professional ethics roundtable, welding fume studies, and OSHA’s involvement in health care.
Although engineered nanomaterials present seemingly limitless possibilities, they bring with them new challenges for identifying and controlling potential safety and health risks to workers.
In addition to cost savings, an advantage to choosing rental over purchasing gas detectors is that it enables more accurate budgeting for projects.
An inspection by OSHA's Buffalo Area Office found that employees removing asbestos and asbestos-containing materials from a former warehouse were working in ripped and torn protective suits and were not wearing respiratory protection.
It's an outgrowth of the company's multi-year investment in 11 universities to support research in scientific fields it values.
Full-shift breathing zone sampling at 11 hydraulic fracturing sites in five states found 79 percent exceeded the NIOSH REL and ACGIH TLV, with 31 percent 10 times or more above the NIOSH REL.
OSHA cited Bostik in September after a six-month investigation found numerous violations of the agency's process safety management standard.
This year's keynote speeches are clearly focused on the future of the industrial hygiene profession.
Next month's ASSE annual conference in Denver has experts speaking about near misses, hearing protection, welding fume exposures, near misses, fall protection, and a host of other timely issues.
Chosen from a record number of applicants, they will be recognized June 19 during the AIHce conference in Indianapolis.
One worker died and another was hospitalized from exposure to the chemical toluene at the company’s Theresa, Wis., manufacturing plant on Nov. 29.
The product emissions and chemical content testing firm eco-INSTITUT helps European manufacturers test construction materials, floor coverings to more than a dozen indoor air quality standards.
A sparkling educational program is a highlight of the AIHA/ACGIH annual conference June 16-21 in Indianapolis.
The U.S. Navy may deploy the nanotechnology-based system in its submarine fleet, according to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which participated in the project.