Published: July, 2011; Vol. 8, Num. 2
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- January 2013
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Winter 2013):
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- Why Change Is Hard
- Who Cares about Your Habits?
- Is It Really Possible to Change Your Habits?
- Behavior-Based Safety vs. Safety Culture
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- Prior Training Key to Successful PPE Use after 9/11
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- Crisscross (Winter 2013)
- December 2012
- Savoring the Tastes of the Holiday Season
- OSHA Issues Compliance Directive for Work Zone Inspections
- Despite Risks, Compound Medications Fill Void
- More Winners, More Challenges in Cancer Wars
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- Dangers of Heights
- Watch Your Step!
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- November 2012
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- Message of the Co-Chairmen (Fall 2012)
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- Know Your Financial Nut
- Assess Your Options
- Manage Your Credit
- Manage Your Debt
- Financial Aid from Uncle Sam
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- Teach Your Children to Save
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- September 2012
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- August 2012
- Are You Ready for a Hurricane?
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- July 2012
- June 2012
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- Palliative Care Helps Ensure Quality Medical Treatment
- Workplace Trauma Can Trigger PTSD
- Ice and Heat: Do You Know When to Use Them?
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- CDC: Test All Boomers for Hepatitis C
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- Do You Know How to Apply Sunscreen?
- May 2012
- Stop Construction Falls!
- Fatalities Map to Lend Focus to OSH Advance
- New Rules Restrict, Clarify Sunscreen Claims
- OSHA Affirms Family Role, Rights during Fatality Investigations
- Omega-3 Fatty Acids: Fats You Do Want in Your Diet
- Bulletin Clarifies Limit Prohibitions on Essential Benefits
- Preventing Backovers
- Clean Your Room!
- April 2012
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Spring 2012):
- HazCom Rule Adapts to World Standard
- Managing the Drugs that Are Part of Our Lives
- With Prescription Meds, Follow Doctor’s Orders
- Expired Drug Dilemma: Take or Toss?
- Drug Companies Face Scrutiny over Deals with Docs
- Win a Free TV!
- Baseball Sidelines Smokeless Tobacco
- More Stories (Spring 2012)
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- Obesity is a Night Shift Hazard
- Unintended Consequences of Binge Drinking
- Barred on Cigarette Packs, Graphic Ads Run on TV
- New Evidence Faults Nicotine Replacement Therapy
- Workers’ Memorial Day: Mother Jones’ Quest Never Ends
- Tick Alert
- March 2012
- Skin Hazard Risks Require Proper PPE
- Eye Injuries Readily Preventable
- Achieve Job-Ready Physical Fitness
- Scaffold Standard Resurrected
- Regulation Spurs Improved Heart Health
- Preventing Sprains and Strains in Construction
- Boost Your Budget and Your Health: Cook at Home
- Award-Winning Hearing Loss Prevention
- Should What You Do for a Living Be Part of Your Electronic Health Record?
- February 2012
- Appeals Court Backs OSHA Citation Policy
- EPA Failing Own Asbestos Abatement Test
- Synthetic Marijuana Outmaneuvers Law and Returns to Store Shelves
- Vaccinations Are Not Just for Children
- Nation’s Child Labor Laws Maintain Relevance
- Federal Approval for Local Crane Safety Ordinance
- Working in the Cold: Take out the Stress
- New 'Homes' for American Health Care?
- January 2012
- More Stories (Winter 2012)
- Message from the Co-Chairs (Winter 2012)
- Viral Hepatitis: Hidden Epidemic
- Very Low Levels Carry Risk
- PPACA Goes to Supreme Court
- When the Going Gets Tough…
- Fund Services Solve Problems
- New ANSI Standard Tells Employers to Plan for Safety
- Creative OSHA Videos Enlarge Impact
- Stakeholders Heard on Noise Control Hurdles
- Seeking Help is Sign of Strength, Not Weakness
- Sitting Can be Hazardous to Your Health
- To Get Fit and Trim, Try Walking
- Slip, Trip, Fall Hazards Get No Respect
- December 2011
- Dressing for Winter Work Means Bundling Up
- Prescription Pain Relievers Are a Workplace Hazard
- DEA Pulls Plug on Bath Salts
- Trench Campaign Shows Emphasis Potential
- OSH Staff Help Codify Company Safety Programs
- Yoga Can Lessen Physical Toll of Construction Labor
- PPACA Imposes SBC Requirement on H&W Funds
- Winning the War on AIDS Means Understanding HIV
- Asbestos Abatement Toxic in Mid-Atlantic Region
- November 2011
- Progress Evident in BLS Injury and Illness Report
- Consortium Adds to Work Zone Safety Guidance Roster
- Make Construction Work Safer: Quit Smoking
- Speak Up – Your Health May be at Stake
- Making Merry When Times are Tough
- Nail Gun Safety Guidance Available Online
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- Recipe for Disaster
- October 2011
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall 2011)
- What You Eat is Just as Important as How Much
- Don't Drown in Sugar's Sweetness
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- Figuring Out Food Labels
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- Are You Hungry or Are Your Emotions Making You Eat?
- More Stories (Fall 2011)
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- Steps to a Standard
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- September 2011
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- Ten Years Later, 9/11 Tragedy Still Reverberates
- OSH Staff Provides Diverse Field Support
- PPE in Your Truck or Car
- PPACA Mandates Preventive Care;
- ACCSH Lends Perspective to OSHA Decision-Making
- Get the Jump on Holiday Stress
- National Recovery Month
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- August 2011
- Ultimate Juggling Act: Work-Life Balance
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- July 2011
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Summer 2011)
- Don't Let Your Lunchbox Make You Sick
- Gray Matters: Special Section on Aging and Retirement
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- Retirement Age
- Taxes And Retirement
- Medicare
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- Gray Matters Online Resources
- June 2011
- May 2011
- Hydration Keeps You Healthy
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- More Time in the Sun, More Opportunity for Skin Cancer
- Nuclear Power Faces On-the-Job Safety Critique
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- Silica: Clearing the Air
- ‘Vibration Station’ to Test Anti-Vibration Equipment
- Keep Teens Safe on Summer Jobs and All Jobs
- Health Benefits to be Untaxed
- Deficit Battle Renews Focus
- April 2011
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Spring 2011)
- On-the-Job Safety Threatened in Washington and Wisconsin
- Ten Questions about Safety Culture on Your Jobsite
- OSHA: New Directions at 40
- Nanomaterials in Construction
- Have You Scheduled Your Health Fair Yet?
- Top Your Pizza with Moderation
- New Publications (Spring 2011)
- More Stories (Spring 2011)
- More Young People Suffer Strokes
- No One Immune to Heart Attack
- Users Pursue Dangerous Highs
- Individual Mandate at Center of PPACA Controversy
- March 2011
- February 2011
- Don't Drink and Drive on Super Bowl Sunday (or Ever)
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- Mast Climber Safety Draws Expert Attention
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- Health Food Bargain: Milk
- County Embraces Workplace Safety Role
- January 2011
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Winter, 2011)
- I2P2, Noise Opponents Cry Wolf
- Are You in the Health Zone?
- Perfect Time to Move on Fitness
- Getting a Grip on Pain: Special Section
- Getting a Grip on Pain
- Preventing Pain in Construction
- Blessing and Burden of Prescription Pain Relievers
- Caution When Buying Over-the-Counter
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- Osteoporosis: A Threat to Women and to Men
- Government Clampdowns: Caffeinated Alcohol, Fake Pot Pulled from Store Shelves
- Genetic Testing: FYI or TMI?
- New Drunk Driving Posters from LHSFNA
- December 2010
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- CPR Procedures Revised
- Request Restricted Annual Limits Waiver Now
- Boots on the Ground: Who's Your Competent Person?
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- Cooling Weather is Hazard for Laborers
- Washington Voters Shun Workers' Comp Privatization
- CSB Offers Compelling Analysis of Workplace Catastrophes
- November 2010
- State OSHAs under the Microscope
- A Referendum on Habits of Laborers?
- This Holiday Season Eat, Drink and Write It Down
- Joyous Giving on a Shoestring
- Fund Report Sheds Light on Issues of Natural Gas Production
- Consortium Issues Guidance for Safer Work Zones
- One-Two Punch of the Toothbrush
- LHSFNA Issues Fall Prevention Poster
- Price Hike Forecast for Health Care Costs
- October 2010
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2010)
- Fall Prevention Special Section
- DOT Amends Final Rule
- New Health Care Regulations Take Effect
- Guide Targets Tobacco Use among Laborers
- Managing Sandwich Generation Stress
- Whistleblowers Need Protection
- It Only Takes a Second...
- Taking Fall Prevention to the Next Level
- Falls Take Heavy Toll in Construction
- 15 Things Supervisors Can Do To Prevent Falls
- Inspection, Housekeeping Key to Home Fall Safety
- Fall Prevention Online Resources
- September 2010
- Deadline Here for 9/11 Compensation Registration
- OSHA Standard Elevates Crane and Derrick Safety
- Health Hazards Require OSHA's Attention
- Health Care Reform Legislation in Spotlight in San Diego
- Organ Donation: Gift of Life, Gift of Comfort
- Chimney Safety on View in Michigan
- Before Buckling Down, Buckle Up
- August 2010
- Worker Safety and Health in the Gulf
- LIUNA's Tri-Funds to Hold Biennial Conference
- Resolving the Decades Long PELs Debacle
- Snuffed Out: Cigarette Advertising that Misleads
- Marrow Donation: Lifesaving Gift from a Stranger
- High-Profile Health Care Regulations to Take Effect
- Avoid Summer Heat Stress
- Is There a Health Hazard at Your Worksite?
- July 2010
- Donations Keep Blood Flowing
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Summer, 2010)
- Green Chemistry Gains Traction
- Shouldn't the Green Industry Have a Blue Tinge?
- CANCER: Six Articles on Cancer Risks
- OSHA Advances New I2P2 Standard
- New Posters from the LHSFNA!
- Health Care Reform Changes to Take Effect
- Cancer
- Smoking's Prominance as a Cancer Cause
- Workplace and Environmental Cancer Causes
- Protect Your Family against Household Cancer Risks
- Get More Fruit in Your Diet
- Cancer Research Policy Dilemma
- June 2010
- May 2010
- Solar Protection Vital for Laborers
- The Eyes Have It
- Nail Gun Injuries Plague Residential Construction
- Sickened DOE Workers Still Looking for Help
- New Device Takes Strain Out of Overhead Drilling
- Loosen the Asthma Stranglehold
- New Beginning for Immigrant Workers in U.S.
- EPA Requires New Certification for Lead Renovation Contractors
- Memorial Rallies Movement for Workplace Safety and Health
- April 2010
- Message from the Co-Chairs (Spring, 2010)
- Critique Slams Work Zone Safety Oversight
- Latino Worker Safety in OSHA's Spotlight
- Keep an Eye on Your Eyes
- Ontario Workers Exposed to Nuclear Radiation
- Take a Pass on (Some) Salt
- Food Rules: Healthy Food Choices Made Simple
- More (April, 2010)
- First Aid for the Workplace
- Costly Toll of Chronic Kidney Disease
- Alcohol Abuse Threatens Job Security
- Workers' Memorial Day 2010
- March 2010
- Christmas Eve Tragedy Sparks Outcry in Ontario
- HazCom Standard Aims for 21st Century Protection
- EPA Backs Worker Involvement in Safety Inspections
- LHSFNA Urges OSHA to Hear the Noise
- New Labor Solicitor is Labor Friendly
- Morning-After Mishaps Dent Savings of Daylight Saving Time
- Common Household Cleaners Halt H1N1's Spread
- February 2010
- Medical Marijuana Tests Drug-Free Workplace Programs
- Surging Latino Injuries, Illness Poses National Challenge
- OSHA Aims for More Transparent Recordkeeping
- Green Industry Conference Sparks Call for Cooperation
- Bundle Up against Winter's Chill
- Sickle Cell Disease: Steps toward a Cure
- Ontario Moves to Contain Violence in the Workplace
- Coronary Artery Disease: Keep the Killer Away
- January 2010
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Winter, 2010)
- BLS Injury, Illness Data Called into Question
- Clamp Down on Workers' Comp Costs
- Michaels Appointment Signals Stronger OSHA
- OSHA Steps Up Standards Agenda
- ANSI Work Zone Standard Approved
- Make Your New Year's Resolutions Stick
- More (January, 2010)
- Smart Thinking about Protein
- Perimeter Shopping is Nutritious Shopping
- Well-Conceived Programs Minimize Workplace Violence
- What is Essential Health Care?
- Merger Considerations Challenge Trustees
- December 2009
- Joseph C. Fowler, Jr. -- an Officer, a Gentleman and a Laborer
- OSHA Letter Corrects OSHRC Work Zone Decision
- Fall Prevention Major Focus of OSHA Enforcement
- 16 Deaths Per Day
- Cell Phones: the New DUI
- Generic Drugs Cut Health Care Costs
- Shingles: the Encore Performance of Chickenpox
- Safety Posters from the Construction Safety Association of Ontario
- November 2009
- Legislation Targets Teen Tobacco Temptations
- Chemical Board Report Provokes Regulatory Reaction
- Food Choices Help Fight Flu
- Making Holidays Heft-Free
- Is Dangerous Work Being Outsourced?
- OSHA to Investigate BLS Injury and Illness Data
- Site Visit Reveals Contractor's Safety Determination
- Lead's Revenge Breaks New Ground in Construction Safety Video
- LIUNA -- the First Name in Construction & Environmental Training
- October 2009
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2009)
- PPE Debate Stalks Baseball's Postseason
- Should Safety Culture Top OSHA's Agenda?
- Helping Laborers Face Drug Test Issues
- Warnings from Your Waistline
- Taxing Your Taste for Sugar?
- Wellness, Safety Programs Even More Vital in Recession
- Older Workers Essential to Construction's Future
- More (October, 2009)
- Keeping Tricks Out of Treats
- Fluoride: Mother Nature's Cavity Fighter
- "Two-Hat" Issues for Trustees Intensify in Hard Times
- Lack of ZZZs Leaves Us Zonked
- Seasoned Journalist Joins LHSFNA Staff
- September 2009
- August 2009
- Mandated Safety Training Shows Significant Promise
- Supervisor Safety Training Sharply Cuts Lost-Time Injuries
- Despite Unsettled Prognosis, Health Care Reform Advancing
- FDA Reconsiders Acetaminophen, Other Drug Risks
- Green Jobs Must be Safe Jobs
- Experienced Nurse Joins Health Promotion Staff
- Food, Inc. Chews Problem of Food Safety
- July 2009
- Message of the Co-Chairmen (Summer, 2009)
- The Stigma of Mental Illness
- Counting Calories Still Key to Weight Loss
- New Framework to Advance Health Outcomes
- Q&A for Fund Trustees and Administrators
- Business Case for Mental Health Parity
- Parity Invites Use of Member Assistance Programs
- High Risk in Low Levels of Lead
- Silica Hot Topic at OSHA
- New Protections for CA Healthcare Workers
- Prevention Boosts Health, Saves Money in Long Run
- Don't Let Intimidation, Violence Invade Workplace
- More (July, 2009)
- June 2009
- May 2009
- Change on the Way at OSHA
- State Workers in Need of OSHA Coverage
- Summary: Protecting America's Workers Act of 2009
- Occupational Safety Subject of Pulitzer Prize
- McWane Violators Sentenced in Landmark Safety Case
- Drug Combinations Add Up to High Risk for Seniors
- Sun Sense Rises to New Heights
- Worried about Swine Flu? Wash Your Hands.
- April 2009
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Spring, 2009)
- Workers' Memorial Day
- Why Health Care Costs Keep Going Up
- Disease Management Trend Shows How
- Winning Bet in Vegas
- Laborers Open Clinic in Vegas
- Ideas that Work
- Multi-Employer Policy Affirmed on Appeal
- Trustee Ed Stimulus Act Requires Attention
- Special K: Fortified Work Zone Safety from FHWA
- More (April, 2009)
- March 2009
- Red Foods Can Boost Your Health
- Biden Task Force to Address Middle Class Concerns
- Smoking Ban Clears the Air
- Break Through Your Fitness Plateau
- How to Guard Your Eyes at Work
- Canadians Retreat from Asbestos Designations
- 2009 Work Zone Awareness Week Links & Resources
- Liberty Mutual Shines Light on Workers' Comp Claims, Costs
- February 2009
- January 2009
- Message of the Co-Chairmen (January, 2009)
- Weathering the Financial Storm
- Talk to Your Children about Finances
- Banding Together to Fight Cervical Cancer
- Control Worksite Noise through Task Assessment
- Audiograms Gauge Hearing, Guide Protection
- Work Zone Safety 9.0
- The Up Side of Coffee
- Assess Your Health
- Resolutions to Manage Your Diabetes
- HHS Debuts New Exercise Guidelines
- Laborers-AGC Ensures OSHA-Sanctioned Safety Training
- New Tobacco Posters from LHSFNA
- Managed Care and Information Technology
- December 2008
- November 2008
- October 2008
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2008)
- Sharp Divide on Principles of Health Care Reform
- Next President Will Impact Safety Regulation
- A Shot in the Arm for Prevention
- Noise in the City
- Know the Signs of Substance Addiction
- Stepping Up: California Requires Engineering Controls for Silica
- More (October, 2008)
- Kids and Cholesterol - New At-Risk Group
- Sprains & Strains in Construction
- Self-Insurance and the Small Taft-Hartley Trust Fund (Part II)
- September 2008
- Make Safety a Priority This Labor Day
- DOL's Last-Minute, Proposed Rule: Toxic to Workers
- DOT Amends Drug Testing Regulations for Transportation Industries
- BCTD Advises OSHA on Confined Spaces Safety
- LHSFNA Broadens Recovery Month Focus
- Early Detection Still Best Prostate Cancer Defense
- Study Compares Diet, Effects, Results
- August 2008
- DOL Toxics Proposal Spurs Sharp Response in Congress
- CDC Faces Backlash after Ousting NIOSH Director
- Concerns Heighten over Crane Safety
- ANSI Adopts Sprain and Strain Standard
- A Fresh Look at Sprains and Strains in Construction
- World of Online Support Groups
- Did You Wash Your Hands?
- Summary of ANSI A10.40
- July 2008
- LHSFNA Celebrates 20th Anniversary
- House Committee Scrutinizes Construction Safety
- Is OSHA Enforcement Ready for Change?
- ANSI Seeks Standard for Highway Work Zones
- Good, Bad and Ugly in Ladder Safety
- Keeping the Worksite 'Safe in Sound'
- Self-Insurance and Small Taft-Hartley Funds (Part I)
- Fortify Your Body with Calcium
- June 2008
- May 2008
- April 2008
- Message from the Co-Chairs (Spring, 2008)
- Four Keys to a Longer Life
- Quitting Time
- Eat Your Fruits and Veggies
- An Active Life is a Longer Life
- Over 45? Alcohol Can Combat Heart Disease
- California Controversy Stokes Concern about PELs
- Managing Toxic Exposure in Construction
- Data Suggest Progress in Trench Safety
- Bill May Change Mental Health Coverage
- Delegation Key Issue of Fiduciary Responsibility
- Journalist Jennifer E. Jones Joins Staff
- March 2008
- LIUNA Supports Confined Space Standard in Construction
- Health Care Debate Moves Center Stage
- Do You Need More Caffeine or More Sleep?
- Video Highlights Lessons of Exxon Valdez Spill
- More Ammunition in Battle for Healthy Weight
- Construction Chart Book Catalogues Industry Data
- Protect against Accidental Poisoning at Home
- February 2008
- January 2008
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (January, 2008)
- Winter Raises Cold Stress Risk
- Annual Check-Ups, Screenings Reduce Cancer Incidence
- Is This the Year for Health Care Reform in the U.S.?
- How We Got Where We Are
- States Lead Health Care Reform, But Next President Could Weigh In
- Personal Accountability Part of Health Care Cost Equation
- Was Anyone Almost Hurt on Your Worksite Today?
- Fund Trustees Have 'Fiduciary Responsibility'
- New Publications Issued in 2007
- December 2007
- November 2007
- October 2007
- Drug-Free Work Week: October 14 -- 21
- LIUNA, LHSFNA Support Federal Health Funding for WTC Recovery Workers
- LHSFNA Research Director Critiques Ground Zero Safety Efforts
- Breast Cancer Risks Highlighted in October
- ANSI Ergo Standard Faces New Delay, OSHA Abdication
- Online Resource Pinpoints On-the-Job Fatalities
- From Head to Toe, Safety You Should Know: Protective Clothing
- A Healthy Smile Can Last a Lifetime...
- September 2007
- August 2007
- Testimony Questions OSHA Enforcement Failure during 9/11 Emergency
- Deadline for Ground Zero Health Claim Registration Extended
- Feds Renew Quality of Care Assessments of U.S. Hospitals
- Valley Fever: Summer Hazard in Southwest
- Court Orders OSHA to Share Beryllium Inspection Data
- From Head to Toe, Safety You Should Know: Hard Hats
- OSH Leader John Martonik Dead at 58
- July 2007
- June 2007
- May 2007
- BMI and Prostate Cancer
- LHSFNA Attacks OSHA Standards Inaction
- OSHA to Enforce Sanitation Facilities on Portland Cement Work
- Sun Sense Campaign Inspires New Habits
- The Summer Job: Ticket to Adolescent Development
- Watching your Children’s Weight is a ‘Labor of Love’
- Eye Injuries Common But Preventable
- April 2007
- March 2007
- Kevin's Story
- Mike's Story
- New Compliance Directive
- Phil's Story
- New Program Addresses Nutrition, Fitness
- 'True Stories' Stress Safety Message for Trainees
- 811 Number to Limit Underground Utility Strikes
- New Year's Resolutions in the Spring? Why Not!
- Schools, Families Can Promote Childhood Exercise
- Understanding and Overcoming Addiction
- February 2007
- January 2007
- Will OSHA Get Back on Track in 2007-08?
- This New Year is Full of Promise
- Exercise: a Healthy Habit to Maintain All Winter
- What's the Status of Your Personal Medical File?
- Online Exhibit Brings Tunnel Work to Life
- LHSFNA Trustee Attacks Transportation Funding
- CAL OSHA First to Incorporate ANSI Mast Climbing Standard
- December 2006
- Best Wishes for Holidays and the Year Ahead
- Wal-Mart’s New Drug Program is Nothing Special
- Stronger OSH Enforcement Proposed by Kennedy, Advanced in Michigan
- Cough + Sneeze = Cold or Flu?
- Internet Resources on Wellness and Weight Management
- Mast Climbers Offer Efficiency, Safety
- Tools for Health Tip Sheets
- November 2006
- October 2006
- September 2006
- August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- New Union Construction Alliance May Boost Safety
- Massachusetts Spurs National Debate With Bold Health Care Initiative
- WTC Rescue Worker Latest 9/11 Victim
- EPA Pushes Boundary of Safe Roadwork
- Health Fairs Lead Health Promotion Agenda
- LIUNA Funds Oppose EPA Lead Proposals
- Teens in the Work Zone
- Happy Second Anniversary LIFELINES ONLINE!!
- May 2006
- April 2006
- March 2006
- Email to the Editor
- New OSHA Chromium Standard Suspect from the Get-Go
- New OSHA Chromium Standard Does Little for Construction Workforce
- Tri-Fund Conference Focus on Health Costs
- Making Workers’ Comp Work Better
- National Work Zone Awareness Week
- Low-Fat Diets Low in Benefits
- Asbestos Legislation Fails Again
- Ontario Ministry Embrace Ergonomic Inspections
- National Sleep Awareness Week
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005
- Email to the Editor
- Wal-Mart Under Gun for Health Care Failures
- Documentary Exposes Wal-Mart’s Rip-Off
- Holiday Season Raises Safety Concerns
- An Expensive Holiday Drink
- Dont be a victim this holiday season
- Laborers Join Winning Efforts to Advance Work Zone Safety
- New Dietary Insights Can Lower Health Risks
- LHSFNA, Partners Publish Positive Protection Pamphlet
- November 2005
- October 2005
- September 2005
- August 2005
- July 2005
- New Handbook Addresses Chemical Dangers
- All Health Alerts Now Available in Spanish or English
- The Longer You Work, the Less You Hear
- Getting a Sound Fit with Earmuffs
- Asbestos Compensation Bill Struggles for Support
- Designing Safety into a Project’s Design
- OSHA Asks for Comments on Lead Standard
- New Resource Lists Workers’ Comp Rules State-by-State
- OSHA Settles with Ohio Bridge Builder
- June 2005
- OSHA Slows Pace on Confined Space Standard
- Asbestos Legislation Stalled by Fight over Judges
- APHA Announces Scholarships for Union Reps
- ANSI Committee Narrowly Defeats Ergo Standard
- Congress Considers Ban on Tools to Foil Drug Tests
- Work Zone Memorial Program Seeks Support
- LIFELINES ONLINE Celebrates First Anniversary
- May 2005
- April 2005
- Aspirin is a Winner for Women as Well as Men
- April: Alcohol Awareness Month
- Don't Just Lie There; Go To Sleep
- Learn the Facts About Sleep
- Proposed Budget Could Constrain NIOSH
- Powerful Show Amplifies Asbestos Awareness
- Workers Memorial Day Invites OSHA Assessment
- LHSFNA Sun Sense Campaign
- Sleep Disorders
- March 2005
- February 2005
- January 2005
- Letter to the Editor: Site Visits Well Appreciated
- Opposition Shelves NIOSH Reorganization
- Henshaw Resigns at OSHA
- Asbestos Compensation Debate Reopens
- Automated Flagger Devices Approved
- US Asbestos Mortality Rate Rising
- When It's More Than the Winter Blues
- The Right Stuff for Cold Weather
- Jobsites: the Good, the Bad and the Encouraging
- New England Funds Collaborate to Enhance Training
- December 2004
- November 2004
- October 2004
- Drop That Soda and Give Me 20!
- Rising Health Care Costs Squeeze Union Sector
- Critics Object to NIOSH Reorganization in CDC
- Asbestos Compensation Legislation Update
- Assessing 9/11 Health Effects for Clean-Up Workers
- Research Supports Continued Health Monitoring
- OTC Coverage Presents New Opportunity
- Yucca Mountain Project Carried Silica Risk
- New Vehicle Delivers H&S Message in NY
- September 2004
- Emails to the Editor
- How Does Your Hospital Rate?
- NIH Lowers Cholesterol Guidelines
- EPA Halts “Wet Method” Asbestos Removal in St. Louis
- US Asbestos Mortality Rate Rising
- OSHA Addresses Privacy Concern in Access to 300 Log
- OSHA Ordered to Disclose Injury Rates of Worst Offenders
- OSHA PPE Reopening Sparks Sharp Commentary
- OSHA Adds Protocol to Respiratory Protection Standard
- OSH Division Addresses ANSI A-10 Standards
- State Workers’ Comp Outcomes Compared
- A Review: Confined Space
- August 2004
- July 2004
- Labor, Management Press OSHA on Danger in Cement
- Science Takes Back Seat in EPA Asbestos Experiments
- Welding Fume Dangers Get Fresh Scrutiny
- Getting the Most for Your Health Care Dollar
- Fighting Back Against Rising Workers' Compensation Premiums
- NE Construction Career Days
- Top 10 OSHA Scaffold Violations (2002-2003)
- June 2004
- Welcome to LHSFNA's New Site!
- Asbestos Compensation Legislation Shelved, Again
- Former LIUNA Dispatcher Leads Asbestos Fight in Libby
- Laborers Have Stake in First Responder Programs
- Spallation Laborers Pass 3M Hour Milestone
- What Do You Think? Fatality Free Week Proposal
- When Smart People Do Stupid Things
- Does It Really Work?
- Top 10 OSHA Violations, 2003
- Fall 2007; Vol. 9 No. 3
- DOL Claims on Worker Safety Challenged
- PtD Gets Kick-Start
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2007)
- OSHA Enforcement Threatened:
- Noise Critics to OSHA; Can You Hear Us Now?
- Strengthening the 'CORE'
- It's A BIG Job: Legislative History Reveals Basis of A Trustee's Duty
- Retail Health Clinics Fill Niche, Raise Concerns
- Summer 2007; Vol. 9 No. 2
- Helping Uninsured Laborers Get Health Services
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Summer, 2007)
- Virtually All Western PA Fund Participants Provide Requested Health Assessments
- New Tool Curbs Speeding In Work Zones
- Protecting America's Workers Act: Congress Initiates Action to Spur OSHA
- Minnesota OSHA Awards LIUNA Signatories, Laborers Forge Successful Safety Culture
- PEST Program Supports OSHA Enforcement
- Overcoming Distrust, Building Cooperation With OSHA In the Field
- McKibbon, Perry Bolster LHSFNA Board
- Attention 9/11 Clean-Up Workers : Last Chance to Protect Your Compensation Rights!
- OSHA Alliance Programs Pursue Educational Goals
- Andrew Goode, RN, Joins Health Promotion Staff
- Spring 2007; Vol. 9 No. 1
- Help for Laborers and their Health & Welfare Plans
- Helping Laborers Get the Substance Abuse Treatment They Need
- Nutrition and Fitness for Laborers
- LaboreRx - Lower Drug Costs and Better Service
- Drug-Free Workplace initiatives
- 'Best Practice' Seminars Reach Out to Contractors
- Get That Annual Check-Up
- Laborers' True Stories
- OSHA May Address Portland Cement Hazard
- Occupational Safety & Health: Safety Consultants for Labor and Management
- ANSI to Adopt Hearing Conservation Standard
- Regulatory Work
- Safety Committees: Safer Workplaces and Reduced Workers Comp Premiums
- LIUNA Funds, Allies Target Work Zone Safety
- Preventing Backovers in Work Zones
- www.LHSFNA.org: The Fund's Communications Hub
- Health and Safety in Canada
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Spring, 2007)
- Health Promotion: Help for Laborers and their Health & Welfare Plans
- Kevin's Story
- Phil's Story
- Vincent's Story
- Mike's Story
- Winter II 2006; Vol. 8 No. 4
- Message From the Co-Chairmen (Winter II, 2006)
- Tunnel Work Booming, Safety Training Critical
- Safety Seminars Reach Out to Contractors
- Wal-Mart's New Script Program: Big Flash in the Pan
- Clear Out Those Old Drugs
- Experienced Administrator Hired to Assist H&W Funds
- Divided Government May Impact US Safety Agenda
- Fall 2006; Vol. 8 No. 3
- Spring 2006; Vol. 8 No. 2
- Winter 2006; Vol. 8 No. 1
- Getting the Bad Apples Out of the Barrel…In Las Vegas
- Getting the Bad Apples Out of the Barrel…In Northern California
- Getting the Bad Apples Out of the Barrel… In Modesto
- As the Sun Goes Down, Beware of What’s Around
- Fund, Partners Address Roadway Safety Challenges
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Winter, 2006)
- PEST Program Boosts OSHA Construction Enforcement
- Cost Crisis Threatens Middle Class Life
- Hospital Consolidation behind Recent Cost Escalation
- Wal-Mart’s Sorry Saga
- Health Promotion at Center of LHSFNA Mission
- Katrina’s Devastation
- Publications Display Breadth, Depth of LHSFNA Work
- NWCP Agreements in the Midwest Region
- Negotiated Workers’ Comp Programs Save Money, Speed Results
- Fall 2005; Vol. 7 No. 3
- Message of the Co-Chairmen (Fall 2005)
- Walking Program Boosts Fitness in Midwest Region
- Late Life Weight Gain Is Near Certainty
- Talk of Deadly Epidemic Underscores Flu Season Preparation
- New Orleans Clean-Up Proceeds Despite Hazards
- Being Prepared is Everyone’s Job
- Gulf Coast Reconstruction is Massive, Enduring
- Aging Workforce Drives Interest in Ergonomics
- Training Key to Strong Laborer Response
- Why Pit Safety against Profit?
- Summer 2005; Vol. 7 No. 2
- Aging Process Spurred by Weight Gain
- Contention over Ergonomics has Deep, Historic Roots
- Birthday Cards Encourage Use of Wellness Benefits
- Health Care Cost Containment Focus Shifts to Quality Care
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Summer, 2005)
- Hispanic Influx Invokes Response
- OSHA Enforcement Attacked and Undermined
- Intertraffic North America
- Spring 2005; Vol. 7 No. 1
- Message from the Co-Chairmen:
- Guidance for Risk Management
- Mergers: an Option for H&W Funds
- OSHA Hex-Chromium Testimony Exposes
- "War on Silica" Advances in New Jersey
- Engineering Solution Addresses Flagger Risk
- "The Nightlife" – Not All It’s Cracked Up To Be
- OSHA Targeting Struggles for Coherence, Method
- Fall 2004; Vol. 6 No. 4
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2004)
- Winter Inactivity Fuels Weight Gain
- Spike in Trench Fatalities Spurs Action
- OSH Staff Assist Signatory Contractors
- Asbestos Compensation Awaits Elusive Consensus
- ANSI Sets Standards for Construction
- Health Care Costs Rising, But You Can Make a Difference
- OSH Division Recruits New Secretary
- Summer 2004; Vol. 6 No. 3
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Summer, 2004)
- Controlling Health Care Costs through Personal Decisions
- Fighting Back against Rising Workers' Compensation Premiums
- Wellness Key to Lower H&W Fund Costs
- Safe Production Underfirds Wilson Bridge Work
- Selling Union Labor to Construction Contractors
- Labor, Management Press OSHA on Danger in Portland Cement
- New Staff Join LHSFNA
- New LHSFNA Website Aims to Improve Our Link to You
- New Publications from LHSFNA
- Spring 2004; Vol. 6 No. 2
- Best Value Contracting Opens Opportunities for Union Sector
- Skin Cancer Among Summer Hazards for Laborers
- Focus on Workforce and Worksites to Control Work Zone Fatalities
- Work Zone Safety Resources
- Scholarship Fund Helps Fulfill Dreams of Fallen Laborers
- Atkins Low-Carb Diet is All-the-Rage
- Build Worksite Safety Culture
- Manage Internal Traffic Better; Limit and Improve Backing Operations
- Construction Safety & Health Roundtable Highlights Successful International Efforts
- Manage Traffic Flow to Protect Laborers
- Alcohol Abuse, Dependence Plague Some Laborers
- 2005 Tri-Fund Conference Set for LA in February
- New England Fund Relies on Worker Training, Public Outreach to Enhance Work Zone Safety
- Ergonomics Interventions Cut Injuries in Ohio
- Often Targeted, Seldom Responsive
- Winter 2004; Vol. 6 No. 1
- Counseling Still Available for Ground Zero Workers
- Help with Workers' Compensation Discount Opportunities
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Winter, 2004)
- 1 Million Hours with No Lost Time to Injuries
- Florida, California Model Reform
- 2002 BLS Fatality Data Show Improvement
- Signatory Contractor Lends Brainpower
- Limiting Silica Dust Exposure
- Tracking Government Activity
- Health Care Coalitions Offer Means to Fight Higher Costs
- Laborers: Beware of Bats!
- What Have We Done for You Lately?
- Education Central to New England Fund's Agenda
- CA Industrial Relations Professional Joins Board
- New Employees Add Skills to LHSFNA Staff
- New Study Affirms H&S Training
- Fall 2003; Vol. 5, No. 3
- MAPs
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2003)
- 12-Step Programs Join LIUNA Conference Plans
- Clearing the Air about Flu Shots (and SARS too)
- Train Supervisors, Focus on Sprains
- Healthy Weight Assumes Prominent Position in Nation's Health Agenda
- Lessons from Success
- Washington Ergonomics Project Addresses Concrete Construction
- Laborers Lead Two Million Hours of Injury-Free Construction
- Great American Smokeout Offers Support, Solidarity
- Canadian Tri-Fund Opens Era of Online Training
- Me and My Daddy
- CA Financial Crisis Shapes Needs of Public Sector Local
- A Mission for Vision
- Summer 2003; Vol. 5 No. 2
- OSH Shorts
- New England Charter School Breaks New Gound
- New Trustees Bolster Board
- Alcohol: a Serious Concern for Laborers
- Injury Risk Greater During Summer Overtime Season
- Blood Pressure Risk Group Expanded
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Summer, 2003)
- LIUNA H&W Funds Face Challenges Ahead
- Initiative Aims to Improve Construction Ergonomics
- South Florida Breakthrough
- Lyme Disease: Hazard in Northern Regions
- West Nile Virus: Poses New Hazard for Summer Construction
- Heat and Humidity Intensify Risks
- A Brief History of Safety and Health in Construction
- 2003 Tri-Fund Conference
- Winter 2003; Vol. 5 No. 1
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Winter, 2003)
- A Message for H&W Fund Admnistrators
- HIPPA Compliance Deadlines Looming; LHSFNA Offers Solutions
- Laborers Join Pace-Setting Effort to Quit Tobacco
- NJ Funds Merger Saves Money, Improves Service
- WC: ADR, Better Way to Address WC
- WC: Discount Programs Offer Some Relief
- WC: Fraud in the System
- Canadian Local 506 Solves Record-Keeping Problem
- Flagger Workstation to Cut Injuries, Comp Premiums
- 2002 Work Zone Safety Award Goes to NELHSF
- WC: Ergonomics and Workers' Comp
- Union Trenches Safer than Non-Union
- Personnel Changes at LHSFNA
- Hearing Conservation Standard Considered by OSHA
- Fall 2002; Vol. 4 No. 1
- Aerial Lifts Significant Factor in Laborer Fatalities
- Building Market Share with LIUNA Signatory Employers
- Message from the Co-Chairmen (Fall, 2003)
- Compensation for DOE Nuclear Workers
- Canadian Tri-Fund: Committed to Health and Safety
- Labor, Business and Advocates Join Forces To Promote Workplace Safety Agenda
- LaboreRx Battles Escalating Prescription Drug Costs
- New Jersey Highway Construction Partners Seek Solution to Silica Dust Exposure
- HIPAA Compliance Solution
- Microbial Remediation: New, Growing Market
- Drug Testing Here to Stay
- Tri-Funds Counterattack on Weapons of Mass Destruction
- How is the Safety Culture on Your Site?
- Meet the LHSFNA Staff
- STEP Trains Laborers to Supervise Construction