Safety Speak: Construction Safety Standard, FDA Approves New COVID-19 Test, and Selecting the Right PPE for Your Worksite

Episode 44

Safety Speak: Construction Safety Standard, FDA Approves New COVID-19 Test, and Selecting the Right PPE for Your Worksite

In this mini episode of the podcast, Editor Sydny Shepard discusses a newly revised construction standard for multi-employer sites and the FDA's approval of a new at-home test for COVID-19 and the flu.

On this Safety Speak episode of the podcast, we will discuss a newly revised standard from ASSP and ANSI on construction safety, the FDA’s work last week to approve a joint, at-home COVID-19 and flu test as well as its emergency orders on a new vaccine. At the end, we will take a deep dive into the latest issue of OH&S, where there were a few really great articles on how to improve your PPE selection for optimal safety on your worksite.

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A special thank you to Blackline Safety:

Blackline Safety is a global connected safety leader that helps to ensure every worker gets their job done and returns home safe each day. Blackline provides wearable safety technology, personal and area gas monitoring, cloud-connected software and data analytics to meet demanding safety challenges and increase productivity of organizations in more than 100 countries. Blackline supports a broad range of scenarios and provides a lifeline to tens of thousands of men and women through devices that have reported over 100 billion data-points and initiated over five million emergency responses. Armed with 4G and satellite connectivity, we ensure that help is never too far away. BlacklineSafety.com

About the Author

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

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