To avoid risks to health, OSHA encourages building managers, custodians, and others responsible for building maintenance to learn how to avoid, control and remove mold in buildings. The key to controlling mold is moisture. Here are 10 tips from OSHA: … Continue reading
Scaffolding is the single most frequently OSHA-cited construction safety standard. No employee should use or assemble a scaffold without a complete understanding of how to do so safely. Thousands of builders are injured every year as a result of scaffold … Continue reading
Violence in the workplace is a serious safety and health issue and the fourth-leading cause of fatal occupational injury in the United States. An extreme example just last week with the eight employees and shoppers slain in a Nebraska department … Continue reading
OSHA’s Federal Register reported a final rule on employer-paid personal protective equipment (PPE). This rule clarifies with few exceptions, employers are to supply all PPE at no cost for employees. With this new rule, OSHA estimates 21,000 fewer injuries are … Continue reading
During the summer months, heat related illnesses, specially heat stress, is a major concern for employees working outdoors or in environments that have radiant heat sources, high air temperatures and high humidity. Workers who come in direct physical contact with … Continue reading
OSHA has released an updated list of the most cited violations of its safety and health regulations for the fiscal year 2006, which runs from October 2005 through September 2006. The two top-most cited standards, Scaffolding and Fall Protection, are … Continue reading
Blogs have certainly come of age. Recently, the Director of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started one of his own – Health Marketing Musings. What is health marketing? According to the CDC,
Leading the nation in recognizing the health dangers of diacetyl, on June 4, 2007 the California State Assembly approved Assembly Bill 514 (Lieber, D-San Jose) prohibiting the use of this substance in the workplace. Diacetyl is a widely used artificial … Continue reading
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has published a booklet containing updated safety guidelines for manual material handling. According to NIOSH
Scaffolding safety regulations (29 CFR 1926.451) provide standards developed by OSHA to help protect workers from the dangers of working with scaffolding. The standard provides guidelines on how to use scaffolding equipment correctly and how to minimize risks associated with … Continue reading