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Industrial Hygiene Insights — October 2008
Welcome to IH Insights, the monthly electronic newsletter for industrial hygiene practitioners. Each issue brings you analysis and commentary from our contributing editors, all veteran industrial hygienists, plus news on compliance, research, and professional practice from the EHS Today editorial team.
In This Issue:
  1. Time to Reform FECA?
  2. AIHA Announces Academy of Industrial Hygiene Election Results
  3. Expanding Confined Space Awareness
  4. Stakeholders Weigh In On DOL Risk Assessment Rule
  5. NSC Supports Uniform Injury Data Collection System


1. Time to Reform FECA?
Given federal budget woes, if you were asked to save taxpayers as much money as possible without harming occupational health and safety (OHS) efforts, how would you answer?
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2. AIHA Announces Academy of Industrial Hygiene Election Results
The American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) recently announced the results of the 2008 election for the Academy of Industrial Hygiene Council, which works to provide leadership in advancing the professional field of industrial hygiene.
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3. Expanding Confined Space Awareness
Confined space entry is one of the leading causes of occupational fatalities in the United States. Workers in America make 4.8 million confined space entries per year.
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4. Stakeholders Weigh In On DOL Risk Assessment Rule
The Department of Labor’s (DOL) controversial risk assessment proposal has prompted a flurry of comments from safety and labor stakeholders, including the American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE), which announced its support of the proposal in a move that conflicts with several organizations – such as the American Industrial Hygiene Association – that openly oppose it.
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