Tackling America’s Greatest Worker Health and Safety Challenges and Opportunities
Each day approximately 150 people — more than 54,000 a year — die unnecessarily from work-related injuries and illnesses. Many more suffer nonfatal injuries and illnesses. As part of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s continuing efforts to address these problems, today it has released its first-ever Public Policy Agenda .
“The story of America’s workers is the story of America itself,” said AIHA President Cynthia A. Ostrowski, M.S., CIH, FAIHA. “Our collective history has and continues to be made on the backs of the hardworking men and women found in our great country’s factories, construction sites, health care facilities and mines, and in every other location imaginable. Truly, everywhere you look, America is at work.”
“Tragically, this also means that our parents, children, brothers, sisters and friends are also being placed in harm’s way. Addressing a problem of this scale calls for bold actions that are driven by scientific knowledge. That is why AIHA is proud to unveil its inaugural Public Policy Agenda,” added Ostrowski.
Covering the years 2019 through 2020, this plan focuses attention on 15 of the nation’s most important worker health and safety issues:
Each of these issues is critical, and together they play an important role in realizing AIHA’s vision of a world where all workers are healthy and safe. The heart of this vision is one that is shared by the millions of American workers, the companies they work for and the governments that serve them. Resources and in-depth expert interviews pertaining to each area of its new Public Policy Agenda are available from AIHA upon request.
Moving forward, AIHA is confident that it can meet the challenges outlined in its Public Policy Agenda, rise above past divisions and stand unified in a common desire to protect America’s workers.
Press Release No. WNT-19-0107-01
National AIHA CONTACT: Sue Marchese, smarchese@aiha.org, 703-846-0742
Each day approximately 150 people — more than 54,000 a year — die unnecessarily from work-related injuries and illnesses. Many more suffer nonfatal injuries and illnesses. As part of the American Industrial Hygiene Association’s continuing efforts to address these problems, today it has released its first-ever Public Policy Agenda .
“The story of America’s workers is the story of America itself,” said AIHA President Cynthia A. Ostrowski, M.S., CIH, FAIHA. “Our collective history has and continues to be made on the backs of the hardworking men and women found in our great country’s factories, construction sites, health care facilities and mines, and in every other location imaginable. Truly, everywhere you look, America is at work.”
“Tragically, this also means that our parents, children, brothers, sisters and friends are also being placed in harm’s way. Addressing a problem of this scale calls for bold actions that are driven by scientific knowledge. That is why AIHA is proud to unveil its inaugural Public Policy Agenda,” added Ostrowski.
Covering the years 2019 through 2020, this plan focuses attention on 15 of the nation’s most important worker health and safety issues:
- Big Data
- Cannabis Industry Health and Safety
- Disaster Planning, Response and Recovery
- Hazard Banding and Occupational Exposure Limits
- Hearing Protection
- Opioids in the Workplace
- Professional Title Protection
- Sensors
- Teen Workplace Health and Safety
- Temporary and Contract Workers
- Total Worker Exposure
- Transportation Safety
- Worker Fatigue
- Workforce Development
- Workplace Violence
Each of these issues is critical, and together they play an important role in realizing AIHA’s vision of a world where all workers are healthy and safe. The heart of this vision is one that is shared by the millions of American workers, the companies they work for and the governments that serve them. Resources and in-depth expert interviews pertaining to each area of its new Public Policy Agenda are available from AIHA upon request.
Moving forward, AIHA is confident that it can meet the challenges outlined in its Public Policy Agenda, rise above past divisions and stand unified in a common desire to protect America’s workers.
Press Release No. WNT-19-0107-01
National AIHA CONTACT: Sue Marchese, smarchese@aiha.org, 703-846-0742