According to an update (PDF) issued Aug. 13, investigators for the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board have determined the sequence of events leading up to the hydrogen sulfide release that caused the deaths of two workers on April 22, 2026. The incident occurred during the decommissioning of the Catalyst Refiners Inc. facility, which conducted silver and ethylene oxide catalyst refining operations in Kanawha County, West … Read more...
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Welcome to the online presence of the Alberta Local Section of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA). The purpose of the site is to provide information on a variety of issues for both the membership and the public at large. The Local Section is open to anyone interested in, or the promotion of, the field of industrial hygiene in the province of Alberta.
Recent News
NIOSH Issues Guidance on Verifying Respirator Shelf Life
In March, NIOSH published a new fact sheet (PDF) on assessing the shelf lives of filtering facepiece respirators (FFRs). Although the agency does not currently require providers of approved FFRs to designate shelf lives for their products, a recent NIOSH study has “noted numerous challenges that the PPE community experiences when trying to locate FFR shelf life information,” the fact sheet states. According to the fact sheet, respiratory … Read more...