vimarsana.com

அரசு தொழில்துறை சுகாதார வல்லுநர்கள் News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Evaluating Occupational Noise Exposures: The Effects of VOC Exposures -- Occupational Health & Safety

The MEMIC Group s Manager of Industrial Hygiene Luis F Pieretti Appointed to CDC-NIOSH Board of Scientific Counselors

04/22/21 WorkersCompensation.com Portland, ME (WorkersCompensation.com) - U.S. Acting Secretary of Health and Human Services Norris Cochran has appointed Luis F. Pieretti, PhD, CIH, CSP, WCP® of The MEMIC Group s Loss Control Department to the Board of Scientific Counselors at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). He will begin his four-year term on January 1, 2022. The 15-member board is a federal advisory committee to provide advice on NIOSH s occupational safety and health research and prevention programs. The BSC also provides advice on standards of scientific excellence, current needs in the field of occupational safety and health, and the applicability and dissemination of research findings.

Tighter silica rules needed to protect miners from black lung disease – Appalachian Voices

It is well-documented that breathing in silica dust, also known as quartz, is a prime culprit in the ongoing epidemic of complicated black lung disease, but regulations protecting coal miners from this dangerous substance are weak. With one in five Central Appalachian coal-miners who have worked 25 years or more underground now afflicted with the deadly disease, the consequence of these weak worker protections can be measured in lives. Currently, the Mine Safety and Health Administration allows miners to be exposed to as much as 100 micrograms of silica dust per cubic meter of air. The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and the Department of Labor’s Office of Inspector General both recommend that this level be reduced to 50 micrograms per cubic meter, which is the current legal level of exposure in all other industries. (You read that right. It is currently legal for coal miners to be exposed to

© 2025 Vimarsana

vimarsana © 2020. All Rights Reserved.