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OSHA moves closer to issuing emergency temporary standard on COVID-19

Washington — OSHA on April 26 submitted for review to the White House Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs a draft of an emergency temporary standard related to COVID-19 – one of the final steps before the ETS can be published in the Federal Register.
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Doctors hired by employers to examine miner X-rays for black lung show ‘alarming’ bias: study

Chicago — Physicians contracted by mine operators to review chest X-rays of coal miners who file “totally debilitating disease” workers’ compensation claims with the Department of Labor’s Federal Black Lung Program may have a bias strongly related to financial conflict of interest, researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago suggest.
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Michigan OSHA extends COVID-19 temporary emergency rules

Lansing, MI — In response to a recent surge of COVID-19 cases in the state, Michigan OSHA has extended until Oct. 14 its temporary emergency rules intended to clarify employer requirements for protecting workers from exposure.
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CDC revises COVID-19 guidance on cleaning and disinfecting

Atlanta — Prompted by available data and studies that show the risk of contracting COVID-19 via contact with surfaces is low, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is relaxing its exposure-prevention guidance on cleaning and disinfecting.
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Are adverse reactions to vaccines recordable? OSHA updates COVID-19 FAQ list

Washington — OSHA is requiring the recording of adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines only when vaccination is required by the employer, the agency says in an addition to its series of frequently asked questions on protecting workers from exposure to the coronavirus.
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Biden: All employers should give workers paid time off to get vaccinated

Washington — President Joe Biden is calling on all employers to provide workers with paid time off to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and “any time it takes to recover from the aftereffects of vaccination.”
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Health care accreditation group publishes lessons learned from COVID-19 pandemic

Oakbrook Terrace, IL — In response to the COVID-19 pandemic “pushing health care organizations to their limits and workers beyond physical exhaustion,” accreditation organization The Joint Commission has published a special edition Sentinel Event Alert highlighting adverse events and high-risk conditions.

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Lawmakers reintroduce bills to prohibit meat and poultry-processing line speed increases during pandemic

Washington — Legislation reintroduced March 11 by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Reps. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Bennie Thompson (D-MS) would prohibit line speed increases in meat and poultry-processing plants during the evolving COVID-19 pandemic.

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NIOSH researchers test the efficacy of facemasks, neck gaiters and faceshields

Washington — Faceshields are ineffective at blocking small (0 to 7 microns) airborne particles caused by coughing, results of a recent NIOSH study show.

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Los Angeles fast-food workers ‘especially vulnerable’ to COVID-19 transmission, researchers say

Los Angeles — Adverse working conditions at fast-food restaurants – as well as worker and customer failure to comply with physical distancing and mask-wearing protocols – may put fast-food employees in Los Angeles at greater risk of contracting COVID-19, according to a recently released report from the University of California, Los Angeles and UC Berkeley.
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