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Elevated Asthma Rates in Metro Detroit Area Highlighted in Research Poster Session Grand Prize Winner
A poster highlighting research testing indoor air quality’s relation to the elevated incidence of asthma and respiratory issues in Dearborn, MI, and River Rouge, MI, was awarded the grand prize at ASSE’s Safety 2017 Research Poster Session. The contest finalists presented their posters in Denver at Safety 2017 from June 19-22. Mary Asher and Erika
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Bill to Establish Firefighter Cancer Registry Moves Forward
A bill to develop a registry of cancer incidences among firefighters has advanced through the Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill, HR 931, will become a law if passed by the House of Representatives. Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 would require the secretary of Health and Human Services to collect, consolidate, store and make publicly available epidemiological information
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Bill to Establish Firefighter Cancer Registry Moves Forward
A bill to develop a registry of cancer incidences among firefighters has advanced through the Energy and Commerce Committee. The bill, HR 931, will become a law if passed by the House of Representatives. Firefighter Cancer Registry Act of 2017 would require the secretary of Health and Human Services to collect, consolidate, store and make publicly available epidemiological information
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Canada Pushes to Address Pilot Fatigue
Canada is proposing new rules on flight crew fatigue and fitness for duty to improve passenger and flight crew safety and align regulations with today’s scientific data, international standards and best practices, the Canadian federal government says. The proposed changes will: increase the time flight crew members are prohibited from working after drinking alcohol from
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Micromanaging May Shed Years off Workers’ Lives, Study Says
Workers with micromanaging bosses are more likely to die young, says new research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business. The research found that workers in highly demanding jobs with little control over their workflow were 15.4% more likely to die early than people with less demanding jobs. Meanwhile, workers with a high level of
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Poor, Fair Health Reported Most Among Business Workers, NIOSH Says
Occupation, lack of paid sick leave and multiple psychosocial factors are related to workers’ own perceived low health status. That is the key finding of a NIOSH study to be published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. According to the researchers, workers in business operations jobs, such as marketing or human resource professionals, were more likely
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Fatigue Prevention Requires Robust Approach, Expert Says
Both technology and night-shift work are known to cause fatigue hazards on their own. But together, they can be the perfect storm for life-threatening shut-eye. Fatigue is particularly prevalent among night-shift workers. As of 2004, there were almost 15 million people in the U.S. who worked full-time in evening-, night- and rotating-shift jobs, DOL says.
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Fatigue Prevention Requires Robust Approach, Expert Says
Both technology and night-shift work are known to cause fatigue hazards on their own. But together, they can be the perfect storm for life-threatening shut-eye. Fatigue is particularly prevalent among night-shift workers. As of 2004, there were almost 15 million people in the U.S. who worked full-time in evening-, night- and rotating-shift jobs, DOL says.
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Asbestos Still a Threat, CDC Says
A total of 445,221 people died from asbestos in the U.S. from 1999 to 2015, according to a new study by CDC. The report says that the occurrence of mesothelioma deaths has increased, particularly among younger populations, at a greater rate than previously projected. Furthermore, the number of people dying from asbestos in the U.S. is increasing,
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To Reduce Fatigue, Electronics’ Blue Hues Must Be Subdued
People are in a different world than our bodies and brains, Susan Murphy told OSH professionals in Chicago on March 17 at Safety in Action, Dekra Insight’s annual conference. This new world, Murphy said, is nonstop, but “the brain lives in a cave and our eyes are the biggest sense that notifies the brain for