A report released Aug. 2 by Safe Work Australia evaluates two possible approaches for using control banding to ensure safety when working with nanomaterials but admits workplaces there have little ...

NIOSH recently released a draft document about control banding and would like to hear your thoughts on it. The document, Qualitative Risk Characterization and Management of Occupational Hazards ...

Donald Garman, CSP, an American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) professional member and chair of the ASSE Global Hazard Communications (GHS) Task Force, testified on March 5 at OSHA’s public ...

In a recent letter to OSHA Administrator David Michaels, American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) President C. Christopher Patton stressed that ASSE supports OSHA’s efforts to align its hazard ...

Nanotechnology and the use of unbound engineered nanoparticles (UNP) is a rapidly developing area of material science. Unbound engineered nanoparticles are defined as engineered nanoparticles that are ...

The following on-line resource is recommended when using new, nanoscale materials in the absence of confirmed toxicological information and exposure data. This approach to control banding (CB) offers ...

The Center offers access to a diverse set of powerful, expensive and potentially hazardous processes and techniques. Actively ensuring the safety of all student members and employees is the first ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An international team of researchers has invented a method to control the formation of defects called "shear bands" in metals manufacturing processes and discovered microscopic ...