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OSHSB takes action on diesel filters
February 2012
The California Occupational Safety & Health Standards Board (OSHSB) has unanimously approved changes to several safety orders to help ensure that workers aren't run over by off-road diesel vehicles re . . .
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AOEC releases video on dangers of silica dust
December 2011
The Association of Occupational and Environmental Clinics (AOEC) has developed a video designed to increase awareness of silica dust issues and controls. With funding from the National Institute of O . . .
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Hazard Identification:
Federal OSHA National Emphasis Program to
Address Hazards of Primary Metals Manufacturing
August 2011
In a recent review of workplace injury and fatality statistics, one industry leaped out at federal OSHA: the primary metals industry, a group of manufacturing facilities in SIC group 33 that perform metal smelting and refining. Of the 20 industries reporting the highest numbers of nonfatal injuries and illnesses, five were in the primary metals group, and more than one-quarter of all cases of elevated blood lead levels occurred in this industry segment. . . .
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Featured Resource: Protecting Workers from Formaldehyde Exposures
June 2011
Federal OSHA and Cal/OSHA have been working for more than a year on identifying and correcting a problem with hair smoothing products that contain formaldehyde--but that were incorrectly labeled as formaldehyde-free. Formaldehyde can irritate the eyes and nose; cause allergic reactions of the skin, eyes, and lungs; and has been linked to nose and lung cancer. . . .
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Hazardous Chemicals:
NIOSH Finds No Safe Exposure Levels Exist for
Beryllium; Tips for Controlling Exposures
May 2011
Beryllium, a toxic metal, is used extensively in aerospace and mater-ials research as well as nuclear weapons development and testing. So it wasn't really a surprise when routine beryllium tests in July 2007 showed dangerously high levels in a machine shop at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory during a seismic retrofit. As many as 178 contract workers in this nuclear weapons research facility may have been exposed to the chemical, which is known to cause cancer in humans. . . .
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