Industry and stakeholders have until June 17 to report how they are managing chemicals in the fifth batch identified by the government.
The agency's recent testing showed 29 mines had at least one miner exposed above the new, lower limit, which matches OSHA's PEL and will take effect April 29.
"Optoelectronic safety sensors, which include light curtains, are one of the largest product segments of the machine safety market," said Steve Eisenbrown, senior vice president of Rockwell Automation.
Cleve Allen George was sentenced to 33 months in prison for multiple violations of the Clean Air Act and false statements related to the demolition of a low-income housing neighborhood.
Two NIOSH Scientists, Ziqing Zhuang, Ph.D., and William Newcomb, will participate in American Industrial Hygiene Association's Distance Learning Program by presenting "The Value of Anthropometrics" and "How to Improve and Apply Respirator Fit Testing" in a TeleWeb on Thursday, March 20, 2008, from 2 p.m.-4:30 p.m. ET.
Nine new documents released Jan. 29 include workplace exposure limits and guidance for labeling, safe handling, and disposal of nanomaterials such as the carbon "buckyball" molecule depicted here.
If enacted as written, SH&E professionals who use such detectors would be subject to misdemeanor fines for simply doing their job in helping protect workers from common workplace threats, said Metropolitan Chapter President Stephanie Altis-Gurnari, CSP.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association announced today that Taylor & Francis, publisher of the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, has posted the complete archives for AIHA's journals since the first publication in 1940.
Dr. Mike Holbrook, director of the Robert E. Shope, M.D., Laboratory, a Biosafety Level-4 lab at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, deals with some of the deadliest viruses known to man, including Ebola, Marburg, Lassa, Junin, and Nipah viruses. It goes without saying that special precautions are put into place to ensure total security and safety.
"Those working in the chemical and petroleum industries face significant hazards daily as they mix, manufacture, and package a variety of dangerous compounds," said Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Edwin G. Foulke, Jr.
The proposed new standard will be used by environmental and industrial hygiene laboratories to determine levels of beryllium in soil to support environmental remediation projects and to determine background beryllium levels at industrial sites.
The webinar will explore versions of control banding promoted by the Health and Safety Executive and also ILO, and it will provide information on the version used in the pharmaceutical industry.
The current standard covers occupational exposures to MC in all workplaces in general industry, shipyard employment, and construction.
The summer of 2003 was one of the wettest in Maryland history. Later that fall, an indoor environmental quality (IEQ) investigation in a leased facility revealed mold growth in the air handing units (AHUs) and main supply duct of all 12 of the building’s HVAC systems. During the next two months, we worked with occupants, our leasing agent, the building owner, and his contractor to successfully remediate the mold growth. We decided to assess mechanical hygiene in 15 other buildings.
Certain occupations from January 1950 through 1991 may be included, according to the Dec. 17 notice.
NIOSH issued an interim guidance today, titled “Interim Guidance for the Medical Screening of Workers Potentially Exposed to Engineered Nanoparticles,” that deals with the issue of possibly screening medical workers that are potentially exposed to engineered nanoparticles in the manufacture and industrial use of nanomaterials.
OSHA's latest Safety and Health Topics page, "OSHA Assistance for the Cleaning Industry," provides information on potential hazards, such as slips, trips, and falls, OSHA standards, and links to free resources from OSHA and other organizations.
Nearly 150 million gallons of liquid skin care products have been made since the plant opened in 1977.
The American Industrial Hygiene Association will host an intermediate TeleWeb Virtual Seminar, titled "Nanotechnology Update for IHs: Toxicology and Exposure Assessment Issues," on Jan. 31, 2008, from 2–4:30 p.m. EST.
In addition to products, the site offers detailed technical information and online training.