Evaluating the equipment, engineering controls, and grinding methods currently used for manual concrete surface grinding, a study published in JOEH says current methods to control dust aren't sufficiently protective.
The deadline to comment on the 582-page document is April 4, 2011, and government safety agencies are urging employers and workers to participate as Australia moves toward harmonized regulations.
The $110 million transaction is expected to close this month, pending shareholders' and regulatory approvals, according to the companies.
The proposal published by the Federal Railroad Administration is unworkable as written because it would require performance that currently approved escape respirators aren't tested for, ISEA and others said in their comments.
Individuals and the government bear about all of the costs, according to the study.
One new final toxicological profile for chlorine and six updated ones of priority hazardous substances are in this new set.
Good housekeeping helps you comply with seven OSHA regulations.
Why does being part of Honeywell matter? It allows its units to be entrepreneurial and develop dramatically new products, and they can use technologies developed elsewhere in the company.
Safety professionals are carefully observing OSHA's progress and beginning to take steps in anticipation of the final rule.
The final rule that is effective Nov. 30, 2010, adds them to the section 313 list of toxic chemicals, as EPA proposed in April 2010.
Improved procedures and lower testing costs are included in the industry's estimated savings of as much as 26.4 million pounds annually.
The report shows how Prevention through Design, which is linked to the National Occupational Research Agenda, is being broadly disseminated.
A UC Berkeley researcher recommends "anticipatory governance" approach, meaning nanotubes would be considered hazardous until their toxicity and behavior can be better understood.
There is little published information about air quality and ventilation rates in retail spaces, and ventilation requirements for retail have been set largely by data for commercial office buildings.
The meeting will discuss NIOSH's work on a performance standard for CBRN respirators. The project is Docket Number 082-A, Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) Combination Respirator Unit.
The first of the public hearings will be in West Virginia on Dec. 7. The hearings are about the proposed rule published Oct. 19.
The three authors of the paper published in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health conducted the research because there have been few studies on welders' exposures, especially in construction.
The online page allows users to track the trend lines for elevated blood lead levels in adult workers from 2002 through 2008 in construction, manufacturing, mining, and service industries.
The 48-page draft will replace the 2007 strategic plan guiding R&D by 25 participating organizations.
Fatal incidents where rescue capability is not standing by and available are all too frequent.