New Toolkit to Better Protect Hospital Workers From Transmissible Diseases
WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health today released the Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit, a resource for...
View ArticleD & J Ironworks Cited Following Fatal Fire in Boston’s Back Bay
Welding company exposed employees to fire, chemical, respiratory hazards BRAINTREE, Massachusetts – Guiseppe Falcone and Daniele Falcone, doing business as D & J Ironworks, failed to follow safety...
View ArticleIndustrial Hygiene – Respiratory Protection, Part 1
In a previous blog posting, we presented a basic overview of “What’s an Industrial Hygienist.” In these next several articles, we’re going to drill down into some of the more fundamental concepts of...
View ArticleOSHA Quiz: Does the Beard Have To Go?
Does OSHA require employees wearing a tight fitting respirator to be clean shaven? Scenario: You are the safety manager for a manufacturing company with about 500 employees. A spraying operation within...
View ArticleOSHA Doubles Down on Double A Foundries
OSHA cites San Antonio-based AA Foundries for willful, multiple serious safety and health violations Federal OSHA has cited AA Foundries Inc. with one willful and 20 serious violations for exposing...
View ArticleIndustrial Hygiene – Respiratory Protection, Part 1
by David McGill, CIH, CSP, CHMM In a previous blog posting, we presented a basic overview of “What’s an Industrial Hygienist.” In these next several articles, we’re going to drill down into some of...
View ArticleNew Toolkit to Better Protect Hospital Workers From Transmissible Diseases
WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health today released the Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit, a resource for...
View ArticleD & J Ironworks Cited Following Fatal Fire in Boston’s Back Bay
Welding company exposed employees to fire, chemical, respiratory hazards BRAINTREE, Massachusetts – Guiseppe Falcone and Daniele Falcone, doing business as D & J Ironworks, failed to follow safety...
View ArticleOSHA Quiz: Does the Beard Have To Go?
Scenario: You are the safety manager for a manufacturing company with about 500 employees. A spraying operation within your plant requires employees to use respiratory protection consisting of...
View ArticleOSHA Doubles Down on Double A Foundries
OSHA cites San Antonio-based AA Foundries for willful, multiple serious safety and health violations Federal OSHA has cited AA Foundries Inc. with one willful and 20 serious violations for exposing...
View ArticleNew Toolkit to Better Protect Hospital Workers From Transmissible Diseases
WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health today released the Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit, a resource for...
View ArticleD & J Ironworks Cited Following Fatal Fire in Boston’s Back Bay
Welding company exposed employees to fire, chemical, respiratory hazards BRAINTREE, Massachusetts – Guiseppe Falcone and Daniele Falcone, doing business as D & J Ironworks, failed to follow safety...
View ArticleWorkers Exposed to Serious Hazards – Fruit Processor and Staffing Agency Cited
Fresh From Texas Inc. and iWorks Personnel Inc. fined a total of $135,200 Fresh From Texas Inc., a fresh fruit and vegetable processor for H-E-B Grocery stores and fast-food markets, and staffing...
View ArticleOSHA Quiz: Does the Beard Have To Go?
Scenario: You are the safety manager for a manufacturing company with about 500 employees. A spraying operation within your plant requires employees to use respiratory protection consisting of...
View ArticleHistoric window restoration company cited for exposing workers to lead, other...
Proposed fines total $59,200 OSHA has cited History Construction Management LLC in Odell, Illinois, for 22 alleged serious health violations. OSHA opened an inspection in May in response to a complaint...
View ArticleOSHA Doubles Down on Double A Foundries
OSHA cites San Antonio-based AA Foundries for willful, multiple serious safety and health violations Federal OSHA has cited AA Foundries Inc. with one willful and 20 serious violations for exposing...
View ArticleOSHA Publishes Proposal for New Respirator Fit-Testing Protocol
In late December, OSHA published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in the Federal Register for a new fit-testing protocol — the Abbreviated Bitrex Qualitative Fit-Testing (ABQLFT) protocol — under...
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