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 | | | Proposed OSHA budget would cut some compliance assistance programs | | 15 February 2012 | | Washington – In its latest budget request, OSHA is seeking to shift resources away from some employer compliance assistance programs to preserve programs that assist small businesses. | | Read More |
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| Congress approves bill creating nationwide emergency network 22 February 2012 | | The House and Senate approved a bill on Feb. 17 helping pave the way for a nationwide broadband communications network for first responders.
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| Italian court sentences executives to jail for asbestos-related deaths 22 February 2012 | | Turin, Italy – In what Italian Health Minister Renato Balduzzi is calling a “historic” decision, an Italian court recently handed down 16-year jail sentences to two executives convicted of failing to comply with safety rules. | Read More  | |
| New training explains hand signals for miners 22 February 2012 | | Washington – NIOSH recently created a training program covering non-verbal communication signals underground for coal miners in the event of an emergency. | Read More  | |
| Work-life balance affects safety: study 22 February 2012 | | Athens, GA – A worker’s perception of safety and how the organization treats work-life balance may have an effect on injuries, indicates research from the University of Georgia. | Read More  | |
| Study finds job stress increases during recession 22 February 2012 | | Nottingham, United Kingdom – Work-related stress increases substantially during a recession, according to research from the University of Ulster and the University of Nottingham. | Read More  | |
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 | | | Current Issue | | February 2012 | | 2012 CEOs Who 'Get It' |
| | The National Safety Council announces the 2012 CEOs Who “Get It.” This year’s honorees lead national and international organizations ranging in size from 90 employees to more than 100,000. Coverage of this year’s CEOs Who “Get It” begins with Andrew Liveris, chairman and CEO of The Dow Chemical Co. – the 2012 recipient of the National Safety Council’s Green Cross for Safety Medal. | | Read More |
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Hazardous times February 2012 A Chemical Safety Board official recently told Safety+Health that "it's long past time" for a standard on combustible dust. S+H presents a timeline, with links and videos, outlining recent significant combustible dust incidents and actions taken.
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Handheld cell phone ban takes effect for commercial truck, bus drivers February 2012 A final rule banning commercial motor vehicle drivers from using handheld cell phones while driving on interstates went into effect Jan. 3. Some trucking industry groups question the need for a ban, while some safety advocates say the ban should include hands-free devices. | | Read More |
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Zero tolerance February 2012 While progress has been made in protecting nurses and nursing aides from needlesticks and musculoskeletal injuries, some nursing advocates say many hospitals lack effective policies to address verbal and physical abuse. | | Read More |
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Not invincible February 2012 According to safety researchers, some workers ignore or fail to recognize the dangers in front of them because of a misguided sense of invincibility. Whether this attitude directly influences how safety guidelines are followed on the job is up for debate. | | Read More |
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Beyond OSHA's Top 10 February 2012 Every December, Safety+Health presents the top 10 most frequently cited OSHA violations from the previous fiscal year. Throughout 2012, S+H will go beyond the annual Top 10 by presenting violations 11-30. | | Read More |
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Safety Leadership February 2012 More than two decades later, belief in the inevitability of serious injury and fatality (SIF) events is still commonplace. | | Read More |
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| Safety Tips | | February 2012 | | Workers who are exposed to extreme cold may be at risk of cold stress. Hypothermia, frostbite, trench foot and chilblain are all examples of illnesses that can be caused by extremely cold or wet weather whenever temperatures drop. | | Read More |
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| Workplace Solutions | | February 2012 | | How do I perform a comparative analysis of temporary versus permanent hearing protectors based on size, fit, style and protection provided? | | Read More |
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 | | | Editor's Note | | 01 February 2012 | | Guiding the journey |
| | Melissa Ruminski | | The “Worth Repeating” section of the Etc. page for this issue (p. 74) highlights one of my favorite quotes from this year’s CEOs Who “Get It”: "It’s easy to have principles, but you don’t know if you really have them until they cost you something.” | | Read More |
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 | | | Washington Wire | | 13 February 2012 | | Happy birthday, OMB review of crystalline silica |
| | Kyle W. Morrison | | Whenever I write about Office of Management and Budget reviews for potential standards, I say it’s a process that “typically” takes 90 days. But that process has become anything but typical in light of OMB’s yearlong review of OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Standard. | | Read More |
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| Happy birthday, OMB review of crystalline silica | | 13 February 2012 | | Whenever I write about Office of Management and Budget reviews for potential standards, I say it’s a process that “typically” takes 90 days. But that process has become anything but typical in light of OMB’s yearlong review of OSHA’s Crystalline Silica Standard. |
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| For safer workplaces, get rid of OSHA standards? | | 07 February 2012 | | Here’s one solution to the prolonged OSHA standard-setting process: Abolish most standards. Sounds crazy, right? How could OSHA hold employers accountable without standards? Simple: By holding employers accountable to one standard of measurement – whether or not they are keeping a safe workplace for their employees. |
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| Hazcom: A combustible issue | | 01 February 2012 | | The road to updating OSHA’s Hazard Communication Standard is nearing its end, and stakeholders have been meeting with White House officials to voice their opinions on what the final rule should look like. At press time, the Office of Management and Budget’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs was reviewing the final rule to determine its potential costs and benefits. |
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| Regulatory agenda: More delays | | 30 January 2012 | | Cancer risks don’t wait for lower exposure limits, and the risks of explosions don’t wait for safer facilities. But unfortunately, workers are being asked to wait for safer and healthier work environments while the current administration stalls several standards that could bring protection from these dangerous hazards. |
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| OSHA budget kills MSD log rule | | 11 January 2012 | | Musculoskeletal disorders make up more than one-third of all injuries requiring days away from work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And now efforts to understand and prevent these injuries have taken a step back. |
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| ‘Layers’ weigh down OSHA | | 01 January 2012 | | An October report from Public Citizen, a Washington-based nonprofit consumer rights organization, claims those injuries and illnesses – and hundreds of fatalities – could have been prevented if five proposed OSHA standards had not seen delays ranging from 4 to 31 years. |
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