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Industrial
Hygiene Insights — December 2009 |
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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. David Michaels
Confirmed as OSHA Administrator
2. GHS: What You
Need to Know
3. AIHA’s
Respiratory Protection Committee Releases White Paper on Research Needs
in Respiratory Protection
4. NHCA
Offers NRR Recommendations to EPA
5. MSHA Launches
Black Lung Action Plan
1. David Michaels Confirmed as OSHA
Administrator
On Dec. 3, the Senate voted to confirm David Michaels as the
assistant secretary of labor for OSHA. President Barack Obama nominated
Michaels, an epidemiologist and research professor at the Department of
Environmental and Occupational Health at the George Washington
University School of Public Health and Health Services, to head OSHA on
July 28.
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2. GHS: What You Need to Know
On Sept. 30, acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA Jordan
Barab announced a proposed rule to align OSHA’s Hazard Communication
Standard (hazcom standard) with provisions of the United Nations
Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals
(GHS).
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4. NHCA Offers NRR Recommendations to
EPA
In response to the impending changes to the Noise Reduction Rating
(NRR) for hearing protection devices, the National Hearing Conservation
Association (NHCA) provided recommendations to EPA to improve the
utility of hearing protection devices for occupational hearing
conservation programs and for personal use.
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5. MSHA Launches Black Lung Action
Plan
On Dec. 3, MSHA announced a comprehensive strategy encompassing
education, enhanced enforcement, training, rulemaking and stakeholder
collaboration to end new cases of black lung among the nation's coal
miners.
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