CHR Newsletter – November 20, 2014

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No Deal Is Worth Dying For: OSHA Urges Retailers to Protect Employees

Recognizing the fact that holiday sales events, like Black Friday, have turned deadly in the past, OSHA is asking retailers to adopt crowd management plans.

OSHA is asking retail employers to implement safety measures to prevent workplace injuries during major sales events, including Black Friday. In 2008, a retail worker was trampled to death when shoppers rushed through the store to take advantage of holiday sales.

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Undiagnosed Sleep Problems May Be Common Among Firefighters

These disorders linked to risk for car accidents and poor health, study suggests

Sleep disorders such as sleep apnea, insomnia, shift work disorder and restless leg syndrome are common among firefighters, new research shows.

These conditions are linked with a higher risk for car accidents, a research team from Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston suggests.

Firefighters with sleep disorders are also more likely to have chronic health issues, such as heart disease and diabetes. However, most firefighters with sleep disorders are not receiving the treatment they need, the study revealed.

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Nurses Urge OSHA to Adopt California’s Ebola Safeguards

Registered nurses march on Nov. 12 in Washington, D.C., as part of Global Ebola Awareness Day.

The nation’s largest union of nurses is calling on OSHA and state-plan states to follow the “landmark mandatory safeguards” that California adopted last week to protect health care workers and the public from the Ebola virus.

On Friday, California safety and health authorities issued updated guidance requiring hospitals to provide head-to-toe PPE and comprehensive training for health care workers attending to Ebola patients. The guidance includes protocols that National Nurses United has been pushing in California and across the nation for two months, the union said.

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Long-Term Shift Work May Drain the Brain, Study Reports

Rotating shifts for more than 10 years seemed to have the biggest impact, researchers say

Working non-standard hours — often called “shift work” — for many years is not only hard on the body, but may also dull the mind, new research suggests.

According to the study, those who do shift work for more than 10 years seem to have the equivalent of an extra 6.5 years of age-related decline in memory and thinking skills.

This study, however, only found an association between shift work and impairments in memory and thinking (sometimes called “cognition”). It didn’t prove that shift work was the definitive cause of those changes.

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Occupational Health News Round-up

Recent News & Articles on Workplace Health

• Chasing, Tackling Suspects Raises Cops’ Odds of Sudden Death
• Working Night Shift Slows Metabolism, Study Suggests
• ADHD Stimulant Drug Abuse Common Among Young Adults: Survey
• Want to Be a Leader? Cultivate a Healthy Look
• Many Americans in Debt, Bankruptcy Paying for Cancer Care
• Gut Microbes Tied to Jet Lag, Shift-Work Weight Gain
• Can All Work and No Play Make You Diabetic?

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• NECOEM/MaAOHN, December 4-5, 2014
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Past Conferences Supported

• CSAOHN, November 13-15, 2014
• OAOHN, November 6-8, 2014
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• ROHC, October 18, 2014
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• NCAOHN, October 15-17, 2014
• HTAOHN, October 11, 2014
• IAOHN (IL), October 2-3, 2014
• SVAPOHN, October 1-2, 2014
• IAOHN (IN), September 26, 2014
• WOEMA, September 17-20, 2014
• FSAOHN, September 11-14, 2014
• GKCMAOHN, September 10, 2014
• LAOHN, August 7-9, 2014
• AAOHN, May 5-8, 2014
• ACOEM, April 27-30, 2014
• NCAOHN, March 26-28, 2014
• Humana Forum 2014, March 25, 2014
• NJSAOHN, March 19, 2014
• CSOEMA, March 14-15, 2014
• NECOEM / MaAOHN, Boston, MA, Dec. 5-6, 2013
• NCAOHN, Charlotte, NC, November 6-8, 2013
• IFDAT, Coral Gables, FL, November 4-5, 2013
• OAOHN, Celina, OH, October 24-26, 2013

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