{"id":1436,"date":"2011-05-20T07:30:33","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T12:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/?p=1436"},"modified":"2023-11-14T21:19:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T03:19:04","slug":"aihce-construction-of-green-buildings-does-not-ensure-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/aihce-construction-of-green-buildings-does-not-ensure-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"AIHce: Construction of Green Buildings Does Not Ensure Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right;width: 160px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/Material-Handling-748.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/resources\/bahrns\/images\/categories\/e1d0f3326edd3fb3f9696abf2f74a3c5_MaterialMain.jpg\" alt=\"Material Handling\" width=\"160px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Bahrns Equipment has been proudly serving the material handling industry for well over four decades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The construction of green, eco-friendly buildings is not necessarily safer or healthier compared to the construction of ordinary buildings. Safety experts pointed out this issue at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) held Tuesday in Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p>The AIHce is an annual event where environmental health and safety professionals gather to discuss issues relating to occupational health and safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s an assumption that green construction is safer and healthier but that perception is not always true,\u201d said Matt Gillen, deputy director of the Office of Construction Safety and Health at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).<\/p>\n<p>NIOSH is responsible for developing more effective means of preventing workplace injuries and illnesses.<\/p>\n<p>According to Gillen, there are hazards particular to green construction. Skylights and green roofs, for instance, can increase workers\u2019 risk for falls while recycling efforts<br \/>can hamper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/Material-Handling-748.html\">material handling<\/a> activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bahrns Equipment has been proudly serving the material handling industry for well over four decades. The construction of green, eco-friendly buildings is not necessarily safer or healthier compared to the construction of ordinary buildings. Safety experts pointed out this issue at the American Industrial Hygiene Conference and Exposition (AIHce) held Tuesday in Portland, Oregon. The &#8230; <a title=\"AIHce: Construction of Green Buildings Does Not Ensure Safety\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/material-handling\/aihce-construction-of-green-buildings-does-not-ensure-safety\/\" aria-label=\"More on AIHce: Construction of Green Buildings Does Not Ensure Safety\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,293],"tags":[1079],"class_list":["post-1436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-material-handling","category-news","tag-material-handling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13181,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1436\/revisions\/13181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bahrns.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}