by Michele Raines | May 18, 2020 | Blog, Respiratory Protection, Silica
OSHA’s medical surveillance requirements for employees exposed to respirable crystalline silica have been in effect since June 2018. Soon, they’re about to get even more strict. Effective June 23, 2020, employers will be required to assess exposures for...
by Chris Walter | May 11, 2020 | Blog, Respiratory Protection, Wellness
The meat processing industry has had several highly publicized outbreaks of COVID-19 in the past several weeks. On May 1, The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that more than 115 meat and poultry processing facilities in 19 states have reported workers...
by Michele Raines | May 8, 2020 | Blog, Respiratory Protection
In mid-March, as the coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) began rapidly spreading throughout the United States and deaths from COVID-19 began increasing daily, state governors imposed stay-at-home orders and ordered all non-essential businesses to close. At about the same time,...
by Chris Walter | May 4, 2020 | Blog, Respiratory Protection, Wellness
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) are recommending three methods to decontaminate N95 facepieces for reuse. Researchers at the agency successfully tested the effectiveness of these methods, as well as the function of the masks after repeat decontamination. To...
by Chris Walter | Apr 27, 2020 | Blog, Wellness
On April 23, the National Safety Council launched a new effort to safely guide employers in getting back to work when the COVID-19 pandemic subsides. Not to be confused with FEMA’s SAFER grants, SAFER: Safe Actions for Employee Returns will issue recommendations...
by Chris Walter | Apr 20, 2020 | Blog, Respiratory Protection, Wellness
On, April 16, the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) issued a memo on April 16 announcing that they would take “good faith” efforts into account during workplace inspections. The agency made this decision after acknowledging that some standards may...
