S+H Staff

Arlington, VA – Improving mine rib control will be the focus of this year’s Preventive Roof/Rib Outreach Program, the Mine Safety and Health Administration announced July 12.

Westminster, CO – The National Hearing Conservation Association on July 15 issued guidelines for recording occupational hearing loss on OSHA 300 logs.

Washington – A newly released report provides an overview of distracted driving for state officials, including effective countermeasures that states can employ to reduce the behavior.

Washington – In a new manuscript, NIOSH describes its cooperative effort to protect workers responding to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill last year.

Brussels – The United States and European Union need to work together to develop solutions to the many shared challenges in protecting workers from injuries, illnesses and deaths, OSHA administrator David Michaels said in July 13 remarks to the European Parliament.

What’s part of OSHA’s plan to convince employers to comply with safety regulations? Threaten them with bad publicity.

The April 21 webinar focused on compliance regulations, changes to NFPA 70E as they apply to arc flash, and how companies can get and stay compliant. Watch the archived webinar.

Bureau of Labor Statistics figures on safety engineers, technicians and specialists feature sortable tables comparing employment and median wage in 2009 and 2010 by industry.

Augusta, GA – More than two-thirds of patients seeking treatment for golf cart-related injuries at the level 1 trauma center at Georgia Health Sciences University suffered significant head injuries, indicates a study released July 8.

Ann Arbor, MI – So far this summer, five children have received treatment at University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital for serious lawn mower injuries – nearly twice as many as normal. Because of this, doctors at the hospital are advising parents to take precautions to keep their children safe.