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Workplace Safety and Health in a Barbie World

As the occupational safety and health community continues to combat very real and serious hazards, we are closing out the summer with a little fun. This summer Barbie and friends have recaptured national attention breaking box office records with movie ticket sales exceeding one billion dollars in just a few weeks. While Barbie’s first “job” Read More >

Posted on by Stephen Leonard, Julie Tisdale-Pardi, Tanya Headley3 Comments
Categories Aviation, Healthcare, Hearing Loss, Sports and Entertainment, Veterinarians

Training to Reduce Heat Stress Incidents Among Miners

Workers who are exposed to occupational heat stress (i.e., the combination of heat from environment factors, metabolic heat, and clothing/PPE) may be at risk for heat-related illnesses and injuries.  Heat-related illnesses may include heat stroke, heat exhaustion, heat cramps, heat rashes, and rhabdomyolysis. Injuries with heat as a factor may also occur, such as falls Read More >

Posted on by Kristin Yeoman, MD, MPH; Brianna M. Eiter, PhD; and Alex Johnson, MPH4 Comments
Categories Heat Stress, Mining, Training

Safety for Workers in Elementary and Secondary Schools

As teachers, school administrators, students, and parents get ready to go back to school, safety should be top of mind. School safety most often emphasizes keeping students safe from violence, bullying and harassment, and the influence of substance use (NCSSLE, 2023), but it should also include the safety of those who work in schools. To Read More >

Posted on by Makayla Hughes and Kitty J. Hendricks, MA2 Comments
Categories Falls, Teachers/School Workers, Violence

NIEHS and NIOSH Explore the Expansion of Recovery Friendly Workplace Programs

Recovery friendly workplaces (RFWs) have emerged around the United States as an important intervention to both prevent and address substance use disorders (SUD) and the opioid overdose crisis among workers. A RFW program strives to prevent SUD and overdose by creating a safe, hazard-free and healthy workplace by reducing the chance of injury and the Read More >

Posted on by Jamie C. Osborne, L. Casey Chosewood, Allison Weingarten, Jonathan Rosen, Sharon Beard2 Comments
Categories Drugs, Opioids, Total Worker Health, Workplace Supported Recovery

Exploring Workers’ Compensation Injury Claims among Firefighters

  A recently published research article explored patterns and characteristics of workers’ compensation injury claims over a 17-year period among firefighters in Ohio. Researchers from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) collaborated with the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation (OHBWC) to conduct the study, which provided valuable insights into the occupational health Read More >

Posted on by Tyler D. Quinn, PhD; Suzanne Marsh, MPA; Steven J. Wurzelbacher, PhD; Steven J. Naber, PhDLeave a comment
Categories Fire Fighting, Workers' Compensation