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• OSHA Is Working on a Proposed Rule on Infectious Diseases
  December 16, 2021
• Agencies Allow More Time for Comments on COVID-19, Heat, and Mental Health
  December 9, 2021
• Agencies Issue Advisory on Improper Storage of Hazardous Chemicals
  December 2, 2021
• Fact Sheet Collects Resources on Protecting Workers During Disaster Response
  November 4, 2021
• OSHA Initiates Rulemaking Process for Workplace Standard on Heat
  October 28, 2021
• Updated Information on Robot System Safety Published in OSHA Manual
  October 21, 2021
• NIOSH Finds Inconsistent Use of Hearing Protection Among Noise-Exposed Workers
  October 14, 2021
• OSHA to Launch Rulemaking Process for Workplace Standard on Heat
  September 23, 2021
• WHO and ILO: Air Pollution Among Leading Causes of Work-Related Deaths in 2016
  September 23, 2021
• MSHA Seeks to Reduce Injuries Involving Surface Mobile Equipment at Mines
  September 16, 2021
• OSHA Updates Tree Care Enforcement Guidance, Considers Potential Rulemaking
  July 22, 2021
• Report Explores Proposed Updates to NASA’s Radiation Exposure Limits
  July 1, 2021
• OSHA to Consider Potential for Heat Illness Prevention Rulemaking
  June 17, 2021
• Proposed Rule Would Update Requirements in OSHA's Walking-Working Surfaces Standard
  June 10, 2021
• IH Shares Lessons Learned from Catastrophic Event Response
  June 7, 2021
• Work-Related Musculoskeletal Disorder Claims More Costly for Older Workers, Study Finds
  May 20, 2021
• NIOSH Publishes Fact Sheet on Prescription Opioid, Benzodiazepine Safety and Health
  May 12, 2021
• Nominations for the 2022 Safe-in-Sound Awards Are Due June 8
  April 22, 2021
• NIOSH to Study Lighting Interventions for Underground Mines
  April 1, 2021
• OSHA Encourages All Employers to Participate in 2021 Safety Stand-Down
  February 18, 2021
• MSHA Proposes to Adopt Voluntary Consensus Standards for Certain Mine Equipment
  December 10, 2020
• NFPA Develops Ammonium Nitrate Safety Fact Sheet
  October 29, 2020
• NIOSH: Young Workers Disproportionately Affected by Nonfatal Occupational Injuries
  September 24, 2020
• NIOSH Updates Software for Modeling Fire and Contaminant Spread in Mines
  September 24, 2020
• CSB: Perceived Conflicts Hamper Management, Control of Combustible Dust
  September 17, 2020
• CDC Fact Sheets Focus on Heat Stress Prevention During COVID-19
  September 10, 2020
• NIOSH Proposes Study to Improve Safety of Human-Robot Interaction
  September 10, 2020
• New Decade of HHS Public Health Initiative Includes OHS Objectives
  September 10, 2020
• Construction Safety Stand-Down Rescheduled for Mid-September
  August 20, 2020
• NIOSH Study Finds Elevated Risk of Hearing Loss in Services Industry Subsectors
  August 6, 2020
• Registration Now Open for Safe + Sound Week
  July 9, 2020
• CSB Urges Chemical Facilities to Prepare for Extreme Weather
  July 1, 2020
• Upton Sinclair Lecture 2020: Investigative Reporter Susie Neilson Reveals Dangerous Side of California's Recycling Industry
  June 11, 2020
• Improving Health and Addressing Emerging Concerns in Construction
  June 6, 2020
• CDC Publishes FAQs for Wildland Firefighters Working During the COVID-19 Pandemic
  May 28, 2020
• Reorganization in NIOSH Addresses Changes in the Mining Industry
  May 28, 2020
• OSHA: $11.5 Million in Training Grants Available
  May 28, 2020
• Nominations for the 2021 Safe-in-Sound Awards Are Due June 8
  May 28, 2020
• New OSHA Video on Heat Stress Coming May 19
  May 14, 2020
• Trainers Gain New Features in Update to NIOSH Software That Helps Miners Recognize Hazards
  May 7, 2020
• NIOSH Surveys Effect of "Safety Climate Constructs" on Mine Worker Health, Safety Performance
  April 30, 2020
• CSB Updates Animation of Fatal 2005 BP Texas City Refinery Explosion
  April 2, 2020
• New NIOSH Posters Address Potential Hazards, Controls for 3D Printing
  March 26, 2020
• OSHA, Partner Organizations to Spotlight Grain Storage, Handling Hazards
  March 18, 2020
• Programmers Develop AI Solutions to Read, Classify Injury Records
  March 5, 2020
• OSHA Bulletin Highlights Grease Trap Hazards
  February 27, 2020
• Space Station Research Group Wins NIOSH Safe-in-Sound Award
  February 20, 2020
• ACGIH Board Ratifies 2020 TLVs and BEIs
  January 30, 2020
• New Earthquake Hazard Alert Focuses on Emergency Response Workers
  January 23, 2020
• MSHA to Revise Standards for Explosives at Metal and Nonmetal Mines
  January 16, 2020
• February Webinar to Focus on Occupational Exposures and Pregnancy
  January 16, 2020
• NIOSH Launches Study of Hazards to Grounds Management Workers
  January 16, 2020
• OSHA Corrects Standards on Walking-Working Surfaces, PPE, and Special Industries
  December 19, 2019
• OSHA Renews Focus on Amputation Hazards in Manufacturing
  December 19, 2019
• OSHA Rules on Emergency Response, Workplace Violence Remain Stalled
  November 27, 2019
• Revised OSHA Page Focuses on Ionizing Radiation Hazards
  November 21, 2019
• NIOSH Urges Employers to Combat Driver Fatigue
  November 7, 2019
• OSHA: Training Needed for Temp Workers in Shipyards
  November 7, 2019
• NIOSH: Firefighters Experience Health Effects Following Response to a Chemical Fire
  November 7, 2019
• CSB Links Pipe Corrosion to Massive Explosions, Fire at Philadelphia Refinery
  October 17, 2019
• New NIOSH Page Collects Information on Suicide and Occupation
  October 17, 2019
• MSHA Reinstates Regulatory Provisions for Workplace Examinations in Mines
  October 10, 2019
• OSHA Considers New Online Model for Outreach Training Program
  October 10, 2019
• Final Toxicological Profiles for Silica, Thorium Published
  October 10, 2019
• NIOSH “Workplace Solutions” Documents Address Hearing Protection, Legionella, Cold Stress
  October 3, 2019
• CSB Links Fatal Explosion to Failed Piping at Texas Chemical Manufacturer
  September 19, 2019
• NIOSH Finds Overexposures to Carbon Monoxide, Noise, Other Hazards among Wildland Firefighters
  September 19, 2019
• NIOSH Evaluates Radon Exposures in Park Caverns, Buildings
  September 12, 2019
• CSB: Worker Participation Can Help Prevent Chemical Incidents
  September 5, 2019
• Award Recipient Kathryn Crawford Honored at AIHce EXP
  August 29, 2019
• NIOSH Examines Hearing Loss Among Oil and Gas, Mining Workers
  August 29, 2019
• Research Organization Releases Updated Tools for Preventing Heat Stress
  August 22, 2019
• Regulation to Protect Workers from Wildfire Smoke Goes into Effect in California
  August 8, 2019
• ACGIH Adds Welding Fume, Other Chemical Substances to "Under Study" List
  August 1, 2019
• 3M Fall Protection Issues Product Recall of Two Nano-Lok Devices
  August 1, 2019
• NIOSH Software Helps Reduce the Risk of Ground Falls for Miners
  August 1, 2019
• New OSHA Alerts Address Hazards of Flood Cleanup, Other Situations
  July 25, 2019
• NIOSH to Develop Training on Shift Work, Long Hours in Law Enforcement
  July 18, 2019
• JOEH Presents "Virtual Issue" on Heat Stress
  July 18, 2019
• NIOSH Finds Overexposures to Noise at a Precast Concrete Manufacturer
  July 11, 2019
• NIOSH to Accept Further Input on Mining Automation and Safety Research
  June 27, 2019
• French Agency Examines Health Effects of Exposure to Blue Light
  June 20, 2019
• Resource Guide Focuses on Hazardous Energy Control in Manufacturing
  June 13, 2019
• JOEH Special Issue on Welding Available Online
  May 30, 2019
• OSHA Considers Possible Updates to Lockout/Tagout Standard
  May 30, 2019
• First Responders Describe Cave Rescues in Saint Paul
  May 22, 2019
• The Machines Are Coming: NIOSH Speakers Preview the Future of Occupational Robotics
  May 22, 2019
• Reporter Highlights Dangers of Neglecting Farm Safety at AIHce EXP
  May 21, 2019
• Dunn Lecturer Shares Advice for Lowering Noise Exposure, Measuring Return on Investment
  May 21, 2019
• Report Calculates Global Toll of Occupational Accidents, Diseases
  May 2, 2019
• CSB Urges EPA to Review, Update Hydrofluoric Acid Study from 1993
  April 25, 2019
• Fact Sheet Collects Resources for Preventing Fall Injuries, Deaths in Construction
  April 18, 2019
• Report: Driver Inattention, Distraction Is Top Cause of Commercial Vehicle Crashes
  April 4, 2019
• NIOSH Webinar to Focus on Robotics and Workplace Health and Safety
  April 4, 2019
• NIOSH to Address Health, Safety Challenges of Automation in Mining
  March 29, 2019
• New OSHA Page Focuses on Radiation Emergency Preparedness and Response
  March 21, 2019
• Webinars Will Address Musculoskeletal Disorders, Whole-Body Vibration
  March 14, 2019
• Research to Target "Understudied Groups" in Healthcare, Social Assistance
  March 7, 2019
• Save the Date: National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction
  February 28, 2019
• U.S. Navy Researcher Wins NIOSH Safe-in-Sound Award
  February 21, 2019
• NIOSH’s EXAMiner Software Helps Miners Recognize Hazards
  February 14, 2019
• "Thermal Fatigue" Led to 2016 Mississippi Gas Plant Explosion
  February 14, 2019
• ACGIH Adopts TLVs for Chemicals Including Fluorine and Indium Tin Oxide
  February 14, 2019
• OSHA Highlights Hazards of Wearable Devices Powered by Lithium Batteries
  February 14, 2019
• NIOSH: Continued Research Needed on Mixed Exposures to Noise, Ototoxicants
  February 7, 2019
• Researchers Assess Safety of Collaborative Robots in Quebec
  February 7, 2019
• OSHA, NIOSH: Protect Workers from Hazards of Cold Weather
  January 31, 2019
• Study: Many Healthcare, Social Assistance Workers at Risk of Hearing Loss
  January 17, 2019
• Videos Among New OSHA Resources for Protecting Workers from Falls
  January 17, 2019
• IRSST Examines Association Between Firefighting and Cancers
  January 10, 2019
• IARC: Welding Fumes, UV Radiation from Welding Are Carcinogenic
  April 19, 2017

Blog

• A Surprise from AIHA’s Government Relations Survey
  November 16, 2021
• The Monthly Weekly: OSHA's COVID-19 Vaccine, Testing Rule Expected to Be Published Soon
  November 2, 2021
• Innovations in Glove Shell Materials
  October 21, 2021
• Managing Your Occupational Hearing Conservation Data
  September 23, 2021
• Wildfires, AIHA, and You
  July 8, 2021
• The Monthly Weekly: What’s New at OSHA?
  June 22, 2021
• Responding to Occupational Heat Stress
  June 10, 2021
• JOEH Challenges Readers to Consider Inequities in Workplace Health
  May 27, 2021
• Total Exposure Health: The Role of the IH in the Future of Exposure Management
  October 13, 2020
• Reducing Noise and Building Accord Between Worksites and Communities
  October 8, 2020
• Frequently Asked Questions About Controlling Dangerous Dusts
  May 14, 2020
• Everyday IH: Environmental Health and Safety During a Family Move
  April 30, 2020
• The Importance of Cooperation in Workplace Sound Reduction
  April 9, 2020
• IHs Discuss Protecting Workers with Implanted Medical Devices
  April 7, 2020
• What Does the Safe-in-Sound Award Mean to You? An AIHA Member Interviews the Winners
  April 2, 2020

Press

• Environmental Health and Safety Experts Warn of Post-Fire Hazards
  July 6, 2021

Events

• Methemoglobinemia Resulting from Work in an MDI Tank
  June 14, 2021
• Health and Safety Hazards in the Cannabis Industry Webinar Recording
  April 13, 2020
• The Ear Poisons: An Introduction to Ototoxicants Webinar Recording
  December 6, 2019

Pages

• Hearing Loss Prevention Program Manager by CAOHC PDC Recording
• Non-Ionizing Radiation Committee
• Noise Committee
• Ionizing Radiation Committee
• Confined Spaces Committee
• Open Call for Volunteers: User-Experience Testers for Direct Reading Instruments eLearning Course
• AIHA University Cyber Week Day 2
• Hearing
• SDS and Label Authoring Registry Preparation Course
• EIH II: Practical Applications of OEHS Math
• Basic Principles of Occupational Hygiene
• CIH Crash Course
• Identifying Welding Exposures and Controls PDC Recording
• AIHce OnDemand
• Incident Safety and Health Management Handbook, 2nd edition
• Assessment, Remediation, and Post-Remediation Verification of Mold in Buildings, 2nd edition
• Welding Health and Safety: A Field Guide for OEHS Professionals, 2nd edition
• The Noise Manual, 6th edition

Media Alerts

• 2019 Media Alert: AIHA Supports the Workplace Violence Prevention for Health Care and Social Service Workers Act (H.R. 1309)
  March 6, 2019