With multiple wildfire across the state, the agency has posted tips for indoor air quality concerns, respiratory protection (including voluntary use), and heat stress prevention.
Accumulation of biological pollutants can result in hazardous health effects for occupants, as well as structural damage to the building.
The agency has a proposed rule under OIRA review, with an NPRM to be published in September 2017.
The association is looking for experts in industrial hygiene and occupational and environmental health and safety to submit proposals.
The grant was received as part of the American Society Association Executives Foundation’s Innovative Grant Program.
OSHA suggests that a proactive approach be taken to address IAQ concerns. Failure to respond expeditiously and effectively to IAQ concerns can quickly lead to more numerous or serious adverse health issues.
Telltale clues include increased absenteeism, a large number of occupants complaining about vague but similar symptoms, and a common history of symptom resolution when people are not in the building.
Stakeholders' concerns range from asbestos and lead-based paint typically found in older and/or legacy data centers to fire-resistant clothing, contractor and construction management, elevated work such as portable and fixed ladders, and rooftop maintenance.
Carbon dioxide gas detectors can utilize an automated background calibration program to set the clean air level on a regular basis.
Any time there is moisture, we can get mold growth, especially when relative humidities are greater than 60 percent and the temperatures are higher than the recommended temps.
Thanks to innovative technologies such as aerosol-based duct sealing, solving issues and attaining optimal indoor air quality is easier now than ever before.
A Canadian research group has released a web-based support tool.
The low-cost solution is intended to be used when cutting fiber-cement siding.
A group of speakers discussed nanomaterials and new ways to evaluate and measure their existence in numerous working conditions.
"Our employees realize that IEC values their well-being and is driven to ensure that everyone makes it home to their families each night," said safety manager Stuart Hughes.
Comments submitted Sept. 15 by Christine A.D. Lorenzo, CIH, the association's president, ask NIOSH to either include e-cigarettes in the definition of smokeless tobacco in its draft Current Intelligence Bulletin or to provide recommendations for limiting their use in indoor workplaces.
OSHA cited the company with 38 violations, adding up to $341,550 in fines.
AIHA is one of the partners in the new Indoor Environmental Quality Global Alliance.
OSHA issued citations to Acadian Fine Foods, LLC for allegedly exposing workers to dangerous carbon dioxide levels.
The agency's latest health hazard evaluation report detailed its evaluation of a federal government office complex where contamination with polychlorinated biphenyls, solvents, metals, and other chemicals was suspected.