Did you know that the first Father’s Day has workplace origins? On July 5, 1908, a West Virginia church sponsored the nation’s first event to explicitly honor fathers.1 The Sunday sermon was held in memory of the 362 men who were killed in explosions at the Fairmont Coal Company mines in Monongah, West Virginia the previous December. These explosions remain the worst mine disaster2 and the worst industrial catastrophe of any kind3 in the history of the United States. The 362 casualties left more than 1,000 widows and children.
Select Month: June 2012
First Father’s Day Tied to the Workplace
Categories: Mining
June 15th, 2012 9:57 am ET - Laurie I. Breyer, JD, MA
Safety and Health in the Theater: Keeping Tragedy out of the Comedies…and Musicals…and Dramas
Categories: Chemicals, Construction, Ergonomics, Exposure, Hearing loss, Sports and entertainment
June 11th, 2012 11:05 am ET - Gregory A. Burr, CIH and Deborah Hornback, MS
On Sunday, the 2012 Tony Awards celebrated the year’s best offerings from “The Great White Way.” While the theater provides entertainment, the preparation and production of live performances can also pose hazards to those working in all aspects of the theater –from actors on stage to set designers behind the scenes and musicians in the orchestra pit. Some of these hazards were well publicized in recent years as multiple actors and stunt doubles were injured during the production of Spiderman, Turn off the Dark. These injuries included harness failure, injuries sustained during flying sequences and actors struck by equipment[i]. With the complexities of a theatrical production, there are numerous potential hazards. In fact, one hazard, a falling backdrop, is portrayed in the musical The Phantom of the Opera. But the Phantom wasn’t to blame when a large backdrop hit Bret Michaels on the head after performing with the cast of Rock of Ages during the 2009 Tony Awards [ii]. Other potential hazards in the theater include rigging and flying hazards, repetitive strain injuries among dancers and carpenters, solvent and chemical exposures, noise-induced hearing loss, electrical hazards, falls from heights, as well as most hazards found on a construction site.
The Research Compendium: The NIOSH Total Worker Health™ Program: Seminal Research Papers 2012
Categories: Total Worker Health
June 4th, 2012 11:40 am ET - Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH; Ron Z. Goetzel, PhD; Seth A. Seabury, PhD; Anita L. Schill, PhD, MPH, MA; L. Casey Chosewood, MD
In October of 2004, together with our partners, NIOSH sponsored the Steps to a Healthier US Workforce Symposium to mark the launch of a new initiative based on a comprehensive view of worker safety and health. The symposium brought leaders together from the occupational safety and health community and the health promotion community. We commissioned three white papers for research, practice and policy to examine the state of the science, stimulate discussion, and improve communication between researchers and practitioners. These formative papers established the rationale for expanding research on the benefits of integrated programs to improve the health of workers and workplaces.
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