Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su and Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health Chris Williamson will head to Pittsburgh on Oct. 30 to announce a new publication to help employers protect workers from the dangers of opioid use disorder and join a discussion on the issue with workplace safety experts, miners and steelworkers. The roundtable will discuss the issue of…
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Free Opioid Guide Provides Practical Tips, Sample Policies
Miners in the aggregates industry are at an increased risk to opioid harms such as addiction and overdose. Research shows that they are more likely than other workers to be prescribed opioids for work-related pain, with prescriptions often being of a longer and higher dose than other workers.
Read MoreDrugs, MSHA Enforcement and Maslow’s Hammer
The Agency Often Neglects Or Undervalues Its Other Tools In Favor Of Enforcement. Why? By Brian Hendrix Without a doubt, MSHA is an enforcement agency. It walks, talks, thinks and acts like an enforcement agency. It sees itself as an enforcement agency. Enforcement is its favorite tool, and the tool that it uses most frequently. The trouble is that, after…
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Miners Are Among The Most Likely Workers To Receive An Opioid Prescription, Putting Them At High Risk For Addiction. Hazard Training Can Help Protect Them And Your Operation. By Therese Dunphy
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