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Chamber of Commerce: Don't Micromanage OSHA
The Chamber of Commerce submitted a letter urging House leaders to support future amendments of the House FY 2008 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill that if offered, would block current provisions that compel OSHA to issue a variety of regulations and standards. |
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ISEA Challenges OSHA PPE Standards Proposal
The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) has challenged a proposed OSHA rule to regulate the use of safety eyewear and hard hats, and is offering an alternative approach that ISEA says would maintain worker protection. |
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OSHA Proposes Revisions on PPE Standards
In the May 17 Federal Register, OSHA has published a notice of proposed rulemaking to revise the PPE sections of its general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring and marine terminals standards. |
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Face the Facts: Your Face Deserves Better Protection
Although it has been said that worker eye safety has improved during the last half decade, the level of protection a worker’s face receives still leaves much to be desired. |
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Using Your Head
As the head’s protective armor against falling objects, hard hats are the first piece of PPE that construction workers grab when going to a job site. Yet traumatic head injuries still are on the rise. Experts try to explain why. |
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Head Protection: Don't Abuse the System
Hard hats protect the body's most important organ. So why do they get so little respect? |
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increased use of helmets by motorcyclists and bicyclists to reduce head injuries from crashes... costs of road traffic injuries in the Americas and worldwide through the launch of the first World Report on Road Traffic Injury Prevention as a resource that can help to prevent and avoid deaths... injuries worldwide are estimated at U.S. $518 billion per year, including $100 billion in developing... the health systems of the countries of the Americas are strained by the toll of injuries among dr...
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AIHA - AIHA Student Outreach Idea Tyvek Man
or other protective suit, newspaper for fill, other available PPE (hard hat, respirator, gloves, boots
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AIHA Press Release - AIHA Hosts Anthropometrics TeleWeb
of respirators, self-contained breathing apparatus, eye and face protection products, hard hats... the requirements may be used by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to establish assigned protection... is the editor in chief for the Journal of the International Society of Respiratory Protection. He... than 15 years of research experience in respiratory protection. Zhuang has authored more than 40
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