Safety Speak: Worker Healthcare Options, Coronavirus Citations and Wildfires -- Occupational Health & Safety

Episode 25

Safety Speak: Worker Healthcare Options, Coronavirus Citations and Wildfires

On this Safety Speak episode of the podcast, we will discuss emerging options for worker healthcare, new virus-related citations in California and a study that links wildfires and flu season.

By Sydny Shepard
Sep 14, 2020

On this Safety Speak episode of the podcast, we will discuss emerging options for worker healthcare, new virus-related citations in California and a study that links wildfires and flu season.

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About the Author

Sydny Shepard is the former editor of Occupational Health & Safety.

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