Many workers employed in the museum and cultural heritage industry are not familiar with occupational health and safety practices. OSHA on-site consultants made contact and built trust with employees of museum and cultural heritage sites.

In February, a group of seventh-grade students emailed Jennifer Maclachlan. They were tasked with researching an in-demand engineering career. Maclachlan responded that she'd be happy to help and set out to organize a panel of chemical engineers.

AIHA's Museum and Cultural Heritage Industry Working Group aims to overcome differences in knowledge and understanding between OEHS professionals and workforces outside their traditional purview through communication and collaboration.

AIHA regularly communicates with dozens of nonprofit organizations. For organizations whose interests most closely align with ours, we often consider establishing a more formal agreement known as a Memorandum of Understanding, or MOU.

OSHA's continued targeting of an employer that has allegedly exposed workers to unsafe conditions at many separate stores across the U.S. illustrates an important point about OSHA's approach to compliance and enforcement.

No one really works alone. But no one arrives in the OEHS profession with a network in place. In this post, three industrial hygienists, each with less than 20 years of experience, share their advice for building their professional networks.

If you're interested in becoming a Safety Data Sheet Registered Professional, the SDS and Label Authoring Registry offers the only credential for the professional hazard communicator.

For neuroscientist Poppy Crum, PhD, who will give the opening keynote at AIHce EXP 2023, studying the physiology of perception has profoundly influenced her work in building technologies that support everyone.

Successful deployment of AI projects requires being acquainted with unfamiliar knowledge and collaborating with other professions. These challenges can be addressed through effective communication, as Dave Risi CIH, CSP, explained at AIHce EXP 2022.

Cody Youshock didn't grow up knowing he wanted to go into industrial hygiene. But narrowly avoiding a serious injury while working as a part-time forklift operator gave him greater appreciation for health and safety.

Staying on top of the more than 140,000 bills, regulations, and other government actions proposed each year is a challenge. Now, AIHA has a tool that will make it easier for you to connect with your state and federal government officials.

COVID-19 has clarified what OEHS professionals have long understood—that addressing indoor air quality is vitally important in preventing the spread of infectious disease. Momentum is building for improvements in buildings across the United States.