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Liz Borkowski is a Research Associate at the George Washington University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She lives in Washington, DC and loves public transportation and pumpkin empanadas.
Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH is a Professorial Lecturer at the George Washington University School of Public Health's Department of Environmental and Occupational Health. She also spent a decade working for the US Department of Labor, and has served on the teams investigating the 2006 Sago mine disaster and 2010 Upper Big Branch mine disaster for the state of West Virginia.
August 31, 2010
Category: New Solutions: The Drawing Board
Miners striking at the Grupo Mexico copper mine in Cananea are concerned about health and safety problems, and their community worries about environmental contamination, too.
Posted by The Pump Handle at 10:56 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Occupational Health & Safety
The American Public Health Association's Occupational Health & Safety section announces its annual awards and highlights the need for continued improvements in workplace health and safety.
Posted by The Pump Handle at 11:08 AM • 0 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 30, 2010
Category: Confined Space @ TPH
A survey finds that 85% of workers rank safety on the job as their top labor standard, but many also raise concerns about the safety implications of workplace stress.
Posted by Celeste Monforton at 11:42 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 27, 2010
Category: Mental Health
Scicurious has published a fascinating series of posts on depression - prompting a closer look at the statistics on depression's role in disability.
Posted by Liz Borkowski at 8:00 PM • 9 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: OSHA
Has OSHA changed significantly during the Obama administration? A comparison of news releases is one way to judge.
Posted by Celeste Monforton at 11:18 AM • 8 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 26, 2010
Category: Confined Space @ TPH
Jury awards $30 million to diacetyl-exposed worker with severe lung damage; number of workplace fatalities dropped nationally but rose in Texas; and Bangladesh Supreme Court tightens toxics restrictions for shipbreaking.
Posted by Liz Borkowski at 7:33 PM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 25, 2010
Category: Mining
A walk in the cemetery spurs questions about how a miner died.
Posted by Celeste Monforton at 11:54 AM • 1 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 24, 2010
The massive egg recall highlights what's working and not working about our food safety system.
Posted by Liz Borkowski at 5:11 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 23, 2010
Category: BP
Researchers are investigating several aspects of the BP/Deepwater Horizon disaster's lasting impacts.
Posted by The Pump Handle at 8:45 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
August 22, 2010
Category: Mining
Seventeen days after a copper mine collapse trapped 33 Chilean miners underground, a probe comes back with word that they're all alive.
Posted by Liz Borkowski at 5:37 PM • 19 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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