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Durham, NC – Workers exposed to oil dispersants during cleanup of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon oil rig disaster are likely to experience respiratory issues and other health problems, according to a new study from the National Institutes of Health.

Washington – OSHA has awarded $10.5 million in one-year federal safety and health training grants to 80 nonprofit organizations, as part of the Susan Harwood Training Grant Program, the agency announced Sept. 26.

Indianapolis – The cases of a fatal asthma attack, a crane boom collapse that almost killed eight people and an improperly secured 300-ton piece of equipment that cost a longshoreman his life just one month before retirement were highlighted Tuesday during “OSHA’s Most Interesting Cases” Technical Session at the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo.

Indianapolis – Corrie Pitzer describes himself as a risk expert, not a safety expert. “We have made ourselves too safe for our own good,” Pitzer, CEO of Vancouver, British Columbia-based SAFEmap International, said Wednesday during the Leadership Keynote at the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo.

Indianapolis – Alexi Carli, vice president of global health and safety at UPS Inc., is the recipient of the 2017 Marion Martin Award, presented annually by the National Safety Council Women’s Caucus.

Indianapolis – On Tuesday, the National Safety Council hosted its National Awards Celebration at the 2017 NSC Congress & Expo. During the event, NSC honored individuals and organizations that are helping to make roads, communities and workplaces safer.

Indianapolis – Bonnie St. John was a multi-medalist at the 1984 Winter Paralympics, the height of athletic achievement for people with disabilities. She went on to become a Rhodes Scholar, an economist, an advisor to former President Bill Clinton, an author, a leadership consultant, a mother and an inspirational speaker.

Indianapolis – International Safety Equipment Association President Charles Johnson hailed the “instrumental” efforts of several leading safety equipment managers in developing ANSI/ISEA 121, a forthcoming standard on the prevention of objects dropped from heights.

Indianapolis – Everyone has had near misses and minor and major injuries – on and off the job. These incidents are highly common, but, as safety professionals Larry Wilson and Tim Page-Bottorff pointed out, they also are highly preventable.

Indianapolis – OSHA will not begin any significant new initiatives until a permanent assistant secretary is in place, Bill Perry, director of the agency’s Directorate of Standards and Guidance, said Monday during a Technical Session at the 2017 National Safety Council Congress & Expo.