In the post-pandemic landscape, a number of industries are concerned about a Cal/OSHA emergency regulation passed in 2019. The agency wanted to protect outdoor workers by requiring employers to supply ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published a set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on how N95 respirators effectively protect wearers from ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has updated its Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) regarding the use of N95 facemasks in the workplace with the intention of reducing the ...

OSHA's respiratory regulations require that you have a written program outlining your company's usage of respirators. The program needs to be reviewed annually. "I need a mask," said Jim Oswald, the ...

Over the last few months, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has continued to provide guidance addressing safety concerns in the workplace in response to the COVID-19 ...

The administration has issued interim guidance of decontamination and reuse of N95 respirators during the COVID-19 pandemic on a case-by-case basis. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ...

Healthcare employers need to be on top of making sure they follow the rules when making new employees – even temporary employees – wear N95 respirator masks. OSHA issued two citations to federally ...

OSHA's newest interim guidance issued on April 3 concerns all American workers exposed to respiratory hazards along with healthcare personnel (HCP) on the front lines of the COVID-19 outbreak. The ...

A free resource is now available to Oregon employers to help them comply with rules with the goal of protecting workers from wildfire smoke. Oregon OSHA created an interactive, flexible online ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued two separate enforcement memoranda related to the use of respirators by healthcare and non-healthcare employers, given the shortage ...

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