National Safety, Inc. Launches Redesigned Website

View the Press Release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/08/prweb1246914.htm

Chemical Safety Board Needs More Oversight

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According to findings released last Friday, August 22nd by the U. S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) the Chemical Safety Board (CSB) needs more oversight and needs to improve its management.

The CSB is an independent agency founded in 1998 whose principal function is to investigate chemical spills or other accidents [...]

DOL posts its Strategic Plan for the 2006-2011 fiscal years

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Seeking to define and solidify their goals and objectives for the future, the Department of Labor released its strategic plan for 2006 – 2011 this week.

According the the DOL website, these goals are:

Goal 1 – A Prepared Workforce

Develop a prepared workforce by providing effective training and support services to [...]

Chronic Pain Guidelines from the ACOEM

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In a news release today, the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine (ACOEM) stated that they had published a “new medical treatment guideline for providing care to workers with chronic pain.”

For now the guideline which covers more than 200 recommendations is only available online at www.acoem.org but will [...]

Arsenic Exposure is linked to Type 2 Diabetes

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Next time the doctor wants to give you a blood test to check your cholesterol and your sugar levels to test for diabetes, you might want to ask him to take a urine sample and check your arsenic levels as well. Turns out that the two might be related [...]

Keeping Kids Away from Open Windows

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When the weather warms ups we open the window to let in the fresh air, but the problem is that what holds true about curiosity killing the cat also seems to apply to children. According to an article this morning in the Seattle PI, one local hospital Harborview Medical [...]

2007 had the lowest workplace fatality on record

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The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports a total of 5,488 fatalities last year in the workplace. That’s a 6% decrease over 2006 when the Bureau reported 5,840 fatalities. It was also the lowest in the history of BLS, since it started recording fatalities in 1992. That adds up to [...]

OSHA’s Permit Required Confined Space E-Tool

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What is a “Confined Space”?

According to the OSHA Definition it is a space that has limited or restricted means of entry or exit, is large enough for an employee to enter and perform work in and which is not designed for continuous occupancy by the employee. These spaces may [...]

The Ergonomic Computer Workstation

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While much of what OSHA does revolves around construction and other blue collar workers, they haven’t forgotten those of us who spend our days in front of a computer screen. Ergonomics, carpal tunnel and other repetitive motion issues are the topic of a special section of the OSHA website [...]

Preventing Vehicle Fires

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I mentioned in yesterday’s blog that some 93% of home in America have fire detection alarms installed. Unfortunately, vehicles do not, which is partly the reason why there are more than a quarter of a million car fires each year (As reported by the National Fire Protection Association). This [...]