Workplace Exposures

Washington — OSHA is providing guidance on hearing protector fit testing, which isn’t required under occupational noise exposure standards but is considered a best...

Silver Spring, MD — Employers are encouraged to pause work to talk with workers about struck-by hazard recognition and prevention during the seventh annual...

Boston — Massachusetts’ first documented case of silicosis in a stone countertop fabrication worker has spurred the state’s Department of Public Health to urge...

Washington — Construction workers are 30% more likely than workers in other industries to die from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, results of a recent study...

Washington — Seeking written guidance that will facilitate the posting of signage discouraging violence in ERs, the American College of Emergency Physicians and nine...

Phoenix — The Industrial Commission of Arizona has launched a new program intended to recognize employers in the state who “excel in protecting their...

How are employers ensuring they’re not exposing their workers to PFAS?

Washington — Increased enforcement of – and subsequent revisions to – California’s outdoor heat standard resulted in at least 33% fewer worker deaths, according to a recent study.

Washington — Employers can help prevent cases of welder’s anthrax – an often-fatal respiratory illness – by using safe work practices that limit exposure to “harmful metal fumes that might predispose welders” to the condition, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says.

Washington — Prompted by evaluations that identified “unreasonable risks” to worker health, the Environmental Protection Agency says it will regulate various industrial exposures to five phthalate chemicals used in plastics.