The memorandum of understanding with the Canadian Council of Occupational Hygiene/Conseil Canadien d’Hygiene du Travail will bring about joint educational programming, including at the AIHce conferences.
Welding fume exposure tends to be highly variable due to several exposure factors.
Only one factor was found to be a consistent predictor of good ear plug fit: one-on-one training.
AIHA President-elect Elizabeth Pullen, CIH, said the goal of AIHA and ACGIH is to accrue at least 5,000 signatures from attendees during this week's event.
For instance, IH consultants will be happy to know about the results of SKC Inc. research showing alternative air sampling bags work well.
The June 16-21 event in Indianapolis takes place two weeks later ASSE's June 3-6 conference in Denver.
At the work site, welding equipment ignited flammable gases and caused a flash fire resulting in second and third degree burns to the face and head of the welder working inside the steel pipeline.
Assistant Secretary Michaels told AIHce 2011 attendees March 18 the proposal will be issued "in the next few months."
As part of a Roundtable Discussion held Wednesday at the Oregon Convention Center, Geraci and a panel of scientists explored the topic of "Risk Assessment Applied to Engineered Nanomaterials: Managing Risk with Limited Data."
Going against the mainstream grain, Jim Morris, senior reporter for the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Public Integrity, has consistently—and persistently—written stories that show how the deck is often stacked against workers in hazardous industries—and how it's stacked against their families after the workers have died on the job.
“W503 Noise - Measurement and its Effects” will provide registrants with a better appreciation of the nature of noise hazards in the workplace and the effects of noise on people, noted AIHA.
Besides infection and allergic reactions, excessive mold growth indoors can result in offensive, musty odors from the gases released by certain molds as they grow and die.
The move would require a bylaws change approved by its approximately 3,000 members. Current Chair Lisa Brosseau said May 17 she expects that vote to take place in the first or second quarter of 2012.
Michael P. Wilson, associate director for Integrative Sciences at UC Berkeley's Center for Green Chemistry, observed that while the United States continues to lead the world in areas of occupational safety and health, the European Union has decidedly taken the global lead in chemicals policy initiatives with its adoption of REACH.
The industry's major names are here in Portland and, from the looks of things so far, they brought their best with them.
One of the AIHce technical papers in which NIOSH personnel were involved provides a disappointing update on what the agency reported at the 2009 AIHce.
A "General Topics in Occupational Safety" starting at 2 p.m. includes a critical look at the Macondo well blowout, and at 10:30 a.m. several Certified Health Physicists discuss radiation hazards in light of the Fukushima nuclear crisis.
AIHA and ACGIH kicked off the 2011 American Industrial Hygiene conference and exposition here today at the Oregon Convention Center with an opening general session featuring former NASA flight control director and Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient Gene Kranz.
Producers and importers must notify the European Chemicals Agency by June 1 if any Substance of Very High Concern included in the Candidate List is present in their articles above 0.1 percent weight by weight and over 1 tonne per producer/importer per year.
Effective June 6, the significant new use rule requires those intending to manufacture, import, or process them for an activity designated as a significant new use by the final rule to notify EPA at least 90 days in advance.