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Industrial
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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
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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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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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