Workplace Exposure

Workplace air monitoring

What are the benefits of air sampling compared with real-time instruments for dust monitoring?

Hearing conservation

How can employers confidently ensure accurate audiometry results outside of a traditional sound booth?

EPA again delays provisions of trichloroethylene ban

Washington — Citing pending litigation, the Environmental Protection Agency has pushed to May 18 the effective date of certain provisions of a final rule,...

ExxonMobil and military research team earn NIOSH Safe-in-Sound awards

Fort Worth, TX — ExxonMobil and the Auditory Studies Investigation Group are the newest winners of NIOSH’s Safe-in-Sound awards. The awards are presented to organizations...
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Lawmakers push DOL for ‘fully responsive’ answers to questions about black lung benefits

Washington — Two House Democrats aren’t satisfied with the Department of Labor’s answers to their questions about whether the agency is enforcing the Black...

Hearing protector fit testing: New guidance

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

EPA to regulate chemical used for plastics, rubber after finding ‘unreasonable’ risk

Washington — The Environmental Protection Agency will develop risk management rulemaking for 1,3-butadiene after finding that the substance used to make car tires, adhesives...

House subcommittee hearing explores AI and worker safety

Washington — The promise and pitfalls of artificial intelligence as it pertains to worker safety was the subject of a Feb. 11 hearing before...
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Coming in April: National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents

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

Massachusetts issues health alert for stone countertop fabrication workers

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

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