Workplace Solutions

Chicago – Surgical smoke is a serious and preventable hazard that affects thousands of health care workers every year, according to a NIOSH study presented Nov. 3 at the American Public Health Association’s annual meeting.

Washington – OSHA has updated its hazard communication webpage to include easier access to topics on the agency’s revised standard.

Dallas – Citing the increased risk of injury and illness among poultry workers, OSHA has launched a Regional Emphasis Program focusing on the poultry industry in four southern states.

Cincinnati – Rates of occupational injury and illness from pesticides are much higher among agricultural workers than workers in other industries, according to NIOSH research.

Quincy, MA – A newly funded research project aims to determine if current methods are sufficient for removing toxins from firefighters’ personal protective equipment.

Cincinnati – The prevalence of employed adults with high levels of lead in their blood has fallen since the mid-1990s, according to a new NIOSH report.

A suspected counterfeit electrical product is spotted in the workplace. Now what?

How do you keep injury and illness records when your employees work at several locations around the country?

What are key considerations in selecting emergency showers and eyewashes?

This time next year, the nation will be electing a new president, who could move OSHA in a different direction. What can the agency accomplish in the remaining months of the Obama administration? OSHA-watchers weigh in.