News from the Safety Industry

With the global pandemic has come many discussions on PPE: supply, effectiveness, disinfectant methods and injuries. The NPIAP released a position statement last month on how to ease N95 injuries.

May 3, 2020 ICYMI: U.S. Department of Labor Acts to Help American Workers And Employers During the Coronavirus Pandemic

May 1, 2020

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced that it will assist in distributing over one million protective masks to the nation’s commercial truck drivers.

The Centers for Disease and Prevention has added several symptoms to its existing list of symptoms for COVID-19. Some you’ve heard, some you might not have.

Last week, the Department of Labor released additional interim enforcement guidance on reusing disposable N95 filtering face piece respirators that have been decontaminated.

April 28, 2020 U.S. Department of Labor Issues Statement Commemorating Workers’ Memorial Day

OSHA and the CDC have teamed together to provide Americans with an interim guidance for workers and employers in the meat packaging and meat processing industry—especially given recent sick workers.

Businesses in retail, construction, manufacturing and package delivery should review recently issued industry-specific guidance from OSHA.

April 26, 2020 U.S. Department of Labor's OSHA and CDC Issue Interim Guidance To Protect Workers in Meatpacking and Processing Industries