Workplace Exposures

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.

Phoenix — The Industrial Commission of Arizona has published guidelines on how employers can protect workers from heat-related illnesses and injuries.

Washington — Legislation aimed at easing access to health care and other benefits for coal miners who have black lung disease has been reintroduced in both the House and Senate.

Frankfort, KY — Employers can take steps to protect workers from a “silent killer,” says an industrial hygiene consultant with the Kentucky Education and Labor Cabinet’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health Education and Training.

Winter weather affects many aspects of day-to-day outdoor work – particularly how workers need to be protected.

Washington — Employers can help reduce the safety risks of long COVID in the workplace through a multifaceted approach that focuses on the physical, cognitive and mental health challenges that affected employees face, according to a recent National Safety Council report.

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