Workplace Exposures

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.

What is a T90 response time, and why is it important?

What are the key considerations for selecting heated gloves for cold-weather environments without compromising grip or tactile sensitivity?

How do heat and humidity affect photoionization detection?

Lansing, MI — Workers who pick, grind and package cannabis are developing job-related asthma, researchers are warning.

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency wants to revise its proposed risk management rule for formaldehyde to reverse “unreasonable risk” determinations for some workers who might inhale its vapors.