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April 9, 2018
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Safety Is a Human Activity

Almost 50 years ago when OSHA was created, safety was a rules-based activity. OSHA set minimum standards and cited companies that didn’t meet them. Safety directors were hired to make sure that workplaces met those standards, and safety was determine...
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March 29, 2018
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Why OHS Professionals Are Turning Toward Total Worker Health

Editor’s note: AIHA is one of several organizations partnering with NIOSH on the 2nd International Total Worker Health Symposium. As the nature of work changes, and public health issues change, our approach to worker health and safety must change too...
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March 6, 2018
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​Are All Workplace Chemical Exposures Recordable?

Sponsored by Lion Technology, Inc. Last year, a lawyer wrote to OSHA to request clarification about a specific chemical exposure incident that occurred at a workplace. Three employees were exposed to 15 percent hydrofluoric acid when an acid line rup...
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February 27, 2018
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OSHA’s New Regulation on Crystalline Silica: What You Need to Know

Sponsored by Cority OSHA has issued two new standards to protect workers from exposure to respirable crystalline silica. Enforcement of this rule first went into effect for the construction industry last September. On June 23, 2018, enforcement will ...
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February 14, 2018
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Noise Exposure Discoveries: Correlations and Chemicals

Several sessions at AIHce 2017 focused on various aspects of noise exposure and had presenters sharing interesting insights. Correlating Noise and Silica Exposures Silica is a prominent occupational exposure hazard in many industries, including minin...
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February 6, 2018
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​Exposures in Coffee Processing Facilities

As previously reported in the April 2016 Synergist, a team of researchers at NIOSH has been investigating occupational exposures to diacetyl and 2,3-pentanedione, a common diacetyl substitute, in coffee processing facilities. Diacetyl and 2,3-pentane...
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January 31, 2018
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USA Today Publishes Supplement on Workplace Health and Safety

The media marketing company Mediaplanet recently published a special supplement on workplace health and safety in USA Today. One of the articles in the supplement, “Keeping America’s Youngest Workforce Safe on the Job,” focuses on Safety Matters, the...
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January 23, 2018
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The Evolving Role of Sensors to Protect Worker Health

The expert use of properly selected direct-reading instruments and shrewd interpretation of output is advancing the ability to protect worker health. “The types and volumes of data available when using sensor technology provide us with the tools we n...
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December 19, 2017
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The Story Behind the Story: Crafting Champions for the Modern Workforce

There are many ways to tell the stories of IH professionals, but the challenge is to tell it in a way that engages the younger generations. Sue Marchese and Ben Rome were faced with this exact challenge when it came time to update AIHA’s outreach mat...
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December 6, 2017
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E-Waste: Pulling the Plug on a Public Health Emergency

This post is the first in a series on insights into exposure assessment as presented at AIHce EXP 2017 in Seattle, Wash. References to specific products or services do not constitute endorsement by AIHA or The Synergist. Due to the fast pace of techn...
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March 14, 2017
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Climate Change and Occupational Health

The “butterfly effect” suggests that one small action, like the movement of a butterfly’s wings, can ripple into significant and unforeseen consequences. While the concept was initially related to weather prediction, applying it to climate change see...
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March 10, 2017
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Understanding the “Other Side”

As a result of the recent election, we’re seeing more political activism and conflict in the news. Whatever our political position, people tend to have strongly held beliefs and viewpoints. One of my concerns is that the current political controversi...
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