CHEMICAL AND MATERIAL HAZARDS

Hazard or Artifact?

Since Sept. 11, 2001, it has become increasingly common for museums to collect material evidence of a culturally significant event in real time to ensure its story can be meaningfully and accurately conveyed. But when artifacts are collected amid emergency scenarios, they may harbor hazardous materials. How can OEHS professionals protect museum staff from potential hazards?

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Introducing the FR Assessment Tool

STANDARDS

A Standard to Help Protect Miners

In 2020, the AIHA Mining Working Group provided technical input on the development of ISO 23875, a standard for mining that specifies performance and design requirements for air quality control systems for operator enclosures and their monitoring devices.

CONTROLS

A New Standard for Respirator Fit

ASTM F3407-20, Standard Test Method for Respirator Fit Capability for Negative-Pressure Half-Facepiece Particulate Respirators, will enable respirator manufacturers to develop models that fit a greater portion of the worker population.

Worker health and safety continues to gain visibility and significance in organizational governance norms and practices. We have entered an era where the investment community is flexing its muscles and demanding attention be brought to the issue of human capital.

VIEWPOINT

VIEWPOINT

AIHA's director of Government Relations writes that President Joe Biden’s plan to revitalize the United States' infrastructure, released in March, represents an opportunity for occupational and environmental health and safety professionals to make significant progress.

BY THE NUMBERS

Methylene Chloride-Related Fatalities

An assessment published on April 19 in JAMA Internal Medicine shows that methylene chloride-related fatalities continue to occur in the United States even with regulations and policies in place to address product labeling and worker protections.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT

Dual Hazard Protection

From the June/July 2018 issue: Dual chemical and fire hazards are common to refineries, petrochemical and other chemical plants, and even certain laboratory settings. The key issue is that each hazard often requires different types of protection, and the protections may not always be compatible.

CONTROLS

Progress in Mining

The Respirator Fit Capability Test

From the September 2019 digital issue: In 1919, the United States Department of Mines initiated the nation’s first respirator certification program. In observance of this anniversary, The Synergist and NIOSH present this digital supplement, which discusses the development of a new voluntary standard for ensuring the proper fitting of respirators.