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COVID-19 pandemic: Health and safety experts call for more federal action on preventing transmission

Falls Church, VA — Former OSHA administrator David Michaels is among more than a dozen health and safety experts calling on the Biden administration to update and strengthen Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance to help prevent COVID-19 transmission.

Holiday workplace safety: OSHA publishes tips, resources

Washington — To help keep safe the workers who play a role in getting “gifts from the warehouse to your home” for the holidays, OSHA has published a series for seasonal workplace safety tips and a video – including COVID-19-related guidance.

COVID-19 pandemic: Grocery store workers face accelerated risk of infection, study finds

Boston — Grocery store workers who interact with customers may be five times more likely to contract COVID-19 than their colleagues who don’t have direct contact with customers, results of a recent study led by researchers from Harvard University show.

CDC guidance aimed at protecting retail, service workers from COVID-related customer violence

Washington — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released guidance intended to help employers in the retail and service industries protect workers from violence that may occur when they ask customers or co-workers to comply with store policies aimed at preventing the spread of COVID-19.
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COVID-19 pandemic: CDC releases guidance for nail salon workers

Washington — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has published guidance to help nail salon employers protect their workers from exposure to COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic: Washington L&I releases guidance for food processing, warehouse workers

Tumwater, WA — A new fact sheet from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is aimed at helping food processing and warehouse employers protect their workers from exposure to COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic: OSHA issues guidance for stockroom, loading dock workers

Washington — A new OSHA safety alert lists measures employers should take to protect stockroom and loading dock workers during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

COVID-19 pandemic: OSHA issues guidance for retail pharmacy workers

Washington — To help protect retail pharmacy workers from exposure to COVID-19, OSHA has issued a safety alert.
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Washington L&I issues COVID-19 prevention guidelines for grocery store employers

Tumwater, WA — A new guidance document from the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is intended to help grocery store employers protect workers from contracting – and potentially spreading – COVID-19.

COVID-19 pandemic: Retail workers focus of new OSHA alert

Washington — In an effort to protect retail employees from exposure to COVID-19, OSHA has issued a safety alert.

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