S+H Staff

Baltimore – August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety month, and the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center is advising parents to make sure young athletes wear eye protection when playing high-risk sports. High-risk sports include fencing, boxing, soccer, basketball, softball, lacrosse and baseball, the center said.

With NIOSH predicting continued demand for occupational safety services, what additional skills should safety professionals master to gain or maintain an edge? Safety+Health magazine's 2012 Job Outlook survey shows communication and leadership top the list.

Washington – The House passed a bill July 24 prohibiting the Department of Labor from developing a rule that would place certain labor restrictions on youths working on farms – a rule the department had previously announced it was abandoning.

A 56-year-old warehouse worker was killed after he fell approximately 30 feet through a skylight and onto a concrete floor. The victim had been employed at the warehouse for about seven years and was the chairperson for the facility’s safety committee.

A webinar on the factors and science affecting the trend toward daily wear comfort in protective apparel, sponsored by Milliken and Amplitude Flame Resistent Fabric.

Certain job tasks on a construction site, such as drilling, driving fasteners or finishing drywall, may require workers to raise one or both of their arms above their shoulders.

Washington – A bill that would sharply curb federal government agencies’ ability to develop and issue regulations passed out of the House July 26 mostly along partisan lines.

Not surprisingly, collaboration is linked to better safety outcomes overall. Still, most leaders can tell you that in practice, collaboration is fraught with difficulties.

Fall protection systems may prevent a serious injury or fatality. However, if a worker wearing fall protection gear falls and is suspended in a static upright position for an extended period of time, too much blood can accumulate in the veins and blood flow cannot normalize.

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