S+H Staff

I’m on my company’s COVID-19 response team, and I’ve been asked to monitor social distancing and contact tracing. How can I take a proactive approach to this so we’re prepared when we have a case onsite?

Established in 1964, JSP is internationally recognized as the leading manufacturer of innovative “above the neck” personal protective equipment – specializing in head, eye, face and respiratory protection products that offer high-performance, fully compatible safety solutions you can trust.

Haws Corp. Board Member Chuck Gruber is the new president of the organization. Gruber, a long-established leader in the safety corridor, began his career at Rohm and Haas Corp., followed by executive posts at Elemica, GAF, Cannon Equipment and Safe Reflections.

The Board of Certified Safety Professionals began in 1969 as a peer certification board. Its sole purpose is to certify practitioners in the safety profession.

When a COVID-19 case occurs in the workplace, the local health department may ask an employer for help. Health departments are responsible for leading case investigations, contact tracing and outbreak investigations.

Uncontrolled pathogens are responsible for thousands of lost lives and cost billions of dollars to economies every year.

Itasca, IL — An estimated 340 people will be killed on the nation’s roads during the Christmas holiday weekend, and another 384 over New Year’s weekend. Many of those lives could be saved, however, if travelers buckled up, according to the National Safety Council.

Washington — Secretary of Labor Eugene Scalia has renewed the two-year charter for the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health, OSHA announced in a notice published in the Dec. 8 Federal Register.

The National Safety Council presents the 2021 CEOs Who “Get It” – eight leaders who demonstrate their personal commitment to worker safety and health.

Columbus, OH — Teens living in states that ban cell phone use while driving may be less likely to use their electronic devices when behind the wheel, according to a study from the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital.