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28 Apr 2019, 8:49 am
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a brochure with information on how employers and construction workers can better prevent fall injuries and deaths. [read post]
25 Apr 2019, 12:02 pm
In response to the dangerous levels of air quality last fall after the wildfires in Northern and Southern California, the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health (Cal/OSHA) has issued a proposed regulation addressing hazardous wildfire smoke exposure. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 5:41 pm
On April 23, 2019, the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) published a Federal Register notice inviting comment on a proposed information collection project entitled “Survey of Engineered Nanomaterial Occupational Safety and Health Practices. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 7:09 am
Chuck Geraci, Associate Director for Emerging Technologies at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), will moderate a panel including: Ken Kretchman, Director of Environmental Safety, NC State University; Craig Merlic, Professor of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA); and Debbie Decker, Chemical and Laboratory Safety Officer, University of California (UC), Davis. [read post]
24 Apr 2019, 6:00 am
Employer Obligations Ontario organizations and businesses, be they big or small, for-profit or non-profit, as long as they have at least one worker of some type, paid or unpaid, have obligations regarding workplace harassment, violence and sexual harassment under the Ontario Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA), as well as the Ontario Human Rights Code. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 12:46 pm
Deaths in the Workplace: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) states that 5,147 workers were killed in 2017 while on a job site. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 10:30 am
Generally, those who perform the following are at greater risk: Draw bloodHave direct contact with patientsWork with blood or bodily fluids (like in medical labs for analysis)Handle contaminated equipmentThis is why the Occupational Safety & Health Administration created the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard to protect these workers. [read post]
23 Apr 2019, 4:42 am
When calculated based on miles traveled, motorcycle riders are 28 times more likely than vehicle occupants to be fatally injured in a collision, according to data collected by the Governor’s Highway Safety Association. [read post]
22 Apr 2019, 1:02 pm
Additionally, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration helps ensure that certain precautions are in place such as: Protective gearCranes and hoistsOverhead workComplete trainingSufficient break timesIf your employer did not take these precautionary measures, and the accident resulted because of it, then you may be able to get a workers compensation claim, even if the flying debris was actually the result of another employee’s mistake. [read post]
20 Apr 2019, 5:00 pm
His fearful reaction as he retreated firing shots tells me that he perceived something that scared him, causing him to fear for his safety. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 10:48 am
As well as passengers in the rideshare vehicle, the occupants of other cars can sue Uber or Lyft over a wreck caused by one of their drivers. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 6:30 am
See how, using a mobile device, injured employees can reach a qualified occupational medicine clinician from home or the worksite. [read post]
18 Apr 2019, 5:45 am
Workplace Violence Safety The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health reports workplace violence falls into one of four categories: Criminal intent, customer/client, worker-on-worker, and personal relationships. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 1:21 pm
Of course, almost all of the victims were the occupants of other vehicles. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 11:39 am
Occupant fatalities rose 24 percent in two years. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 6:00 am
Ergonomics and the Occupational Health and Safety Act The Occupation Health and Safety Act (OHSA) applies to almost all workers and workplaces. [read post]
17 Apr 2019, 1:23 am
The Government has announced that they intend to abolish the no-fault eviction ground for Landlords under section 21 of the Housing Act 1988. [read post]
16 Apr 2019, 9:53 am
Can you provide a summary of occupational safety rules that went into effect over the last year that haven’t yet been included in a Cal/OSHA Corner article? [read post]
16 Apr 2019, 7:39 am
According to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), over 20 percent of all workers fatally injured throughout 2017 were construction workers. [read post]
16 Apr 2019, 6:51 am
NIOSH is the Federal agency that develops new knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health and transfers that knowledge into practice. [read post]
