Collecting "Samples" with Direct-Reading Instruments

Two speakers from OSHA would like to see employers use personal direct-reading monitors as more than warning devices. At AIHA Connect, Phil Smith and Todd Jordan explained that data from these life-saving devices should also be treated as "samples."

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June 17, 2026

A Multi-Level Approach to Job Stress

Work is a source of daily stress for many people, regardless of industry or occupation, but occupational and environmental health and safety professionals can help address it, Jenn Cavallari, ScD, CIH, said at AIHA Connect on June 2.

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June 15, 2026

Agents of Change: The Imminent AI Future

In his closing keynote at AIHA Connect in New Orleans on June 3, the author and futurist Tom Koulopoulos mused on the upheavals unleashed by AI and the accompanying behavioral changes that, he believes, will inevitably follow.

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June 11, 2026

Lessons from a Confined Space Tragedy

In November 2018, three employees of an Alberta cryogenics facility died after exposure to nitrogen gas in a confined space. This incident was the focus of an educational session at AIHA Connect in New Orleans.

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Collecting "Samples" with Direct-Reading Instruments

A Multi-Level Approach to Job Stress

Agents of Change: The Imminent AI Future

Lessons from a Confined Space Tragedy

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2026

June

Assessing Legionella Prevention Efforts

OEHS and EPA: Collaborating on Chemical Risk Evaluations

A Delicate Balance: Right-Sizing Ego in OEHS

A New Interface: Wildfires Meet Refinery Fires

Historic Exposure Assessment

A Preview of the NFPA Battery Safety Code

The Health and Productivity Benefits of Emissions-Based Maintenance

Accountability for the "Trash" School

Notes from Underground: Sampling a Subway System

An “Emerging Interest”: Occupational Exposure to OPEs

Your Brain: Under the Hood

May

California Takes Step Toward Prohibiting Artificial Stone Fabrication and Installation

CSB: Runaway Reaction Led to Fatal 2024 Explosion at Kentucky Facility

Report: Lack of Full Board Presents Operational Challenges for CSB

DOL Cancels This Year's Inflation Adjustment to Civil Penalties

Veterinary Professional Contracted Avian Flu from Exposure to Domestic Cat, CDC Reports

OSHA Seeks Input on the GHS Ahead of Upcoming UN Meeting

Swedish Chemicals Agency Evaluates the Solvent Butanone

NIST Evaluates PFAS Concentrations in Stressed Firefighting Gear

Toxicological Profile for Xylenes Available from ATSDR

CSB to Investigate Fatal Incident at West Virginia Facility

OSHA Releases Severe Occupational Injury Report Statistics for 2024

Respirator User Notices Address Certain Filter Cartridges, SCBAs

EPA Publishes Final Risk Evaluation for 1,2-Dichloroethane

Secretary of Agriculture Urges "Proactive Measures" to Protect Wildland Firefighters

HSE Seeks Feedback on Proposed Changes to UK Lead Regulation

Another Postponement for TCE Requirements

April

Employees of Beverage Manufacturer Show Symptoms of Peracetic Acid Exposure, Evaluation Finds

Lead Ranks at the Top of ATSDR’s Updated Substance Priority List

New NIOSH Dashboard Highlights Its Health Hazard Evaluations

ILO Estimates Effects of Psychosocial Risks at Work

EU-OSHA Publishes New Guidance on Lead

NIOSH Finds Potential Exposures to PCBs at University Building

European Agency to Assess Potential Exposure Limits, Endocrine Disruptors

Safe + Sound in School Week Is Under Way

OSHA Updates National Emphasis Program for Heat Hazards

EPA Releases Draft Documents on Four Chemicals

European Agency Seeks Input on OELs for Lithium Compounds

NIOSH Grants Company’s Request to Rescind Four Respirator Approvals

NIOSH Evaluates Diesel Exhaust Controls at Fire Stations

OSHA Proposes Changes to Fall Protection Requirements in Walking-Working Surfaces Standard

CDC Seeks Experts in IH, Related Fields to Serve on Advisory Committee

National Safety Stand-Down to Begin May 4

European Chemicals Agency Committees Support EU-Wide Regulatory Action on PFAS

Study Assesses Performance of Skin Sensitization Prediction Tool

NIOSH Finds No Evidence That Cancers among School Employees Resulted from Workplace Exposures

EPA Proposes to Extend Compliance Dates in PCE, CTC Rules for Non-Federal Entities

March

EPA Proposes to Rescind, Revise Restrictions on Ethylene Oxide Emissions

NIOSH Seeks Comments on Draft IDLH Value for Lewisite

NIOSH Grants Company’s Request to Rescind One N95 Approval

CSB Shares Update from Investigation into Fatal Explosions at Explosives Manufacturer

New OSHA Cares Initiative Focuses on Compliance Assistance

ASSP Introduces Standards-Based User Groups

CDC Report Describes Fishing Crews’ Exposures to Sea-Disposed Chemical Warfare Munitions

NIOSH Grants Request from Reusable Respirators to Rescind One Approval

CSB Report Describes Issues That Led to 2023 Ethylene Oxide Release, Explosion

OIG to Audit Mine Rescue Response, Workplace Violence Efforts

NIOSH Highlights Recent Efforts in Firefighter Health and Safety

Safe-in-Sound Awards Recognize ExxonMobil, Defense Health Agency Group

EPA Proposes to Amend Risk Management Program Regulations

OSHA, NIOSH Urge Countertop Fabrication Shops to Adopt Silica Controls

Two New Interaction Profiles Available from ATSDR

NIOSH Grants Requests from Two Companies to Rescind Respirator Approvals

February

OSHA Publishes Guidance on Hearing-Protector Fit Testing

NIOSH Evaluates Whole-Body Vibration at Military Base

CSB Report Describes Cause of 2024 Fatal Hydrogen Sulfide Gas Release

Flour Dust Is the Focus of Inspections at Bakeries in Britain

NIOSH, Other OEHS Agencies Funded for Fiscal Year 2026