What can engineering directors and facility managers do to move their facilities closer to NFPA 70E compliance when spending has all but ground to a halt?
Businesses in retail, construction, manufacturing and package delivery should review recently issued industry-specific guidance from OSHA.
As one of the places hardest hit by the pandemic, New York City is seeing a huge number of individuals suffering and dying from the virus—and emergency responders are struggling to sleep, treat and save lives.
The questions of when and how the country will open after this global pandemic are undeniable ones, but there’s no doubt employers will have to operate workplaces differently. The National Safety Council and others are working to help them in that process.
One popular question is: are workers eligible for workers' compensation benefits if they are exposed to COVID-19 on the job and must be out of work?
The government recently updated its essential critical infrastructure workforce advisory list to include occupational health and safety workers.
Episode 12
ASSP President-Elect Deborah Roy answers the most frequently asked questions about the COVID-19 pandemic with OH&S Editor Sydny Shepard.
One Times article goes through the places that the virus likely exists and where it doesn’t—and reading this might put you at more ease.
The CDC published an interim guidance for critical workers who may have been exposed to a person with suspected or confirmed COVID-19.
For a while, scientists suspected that loss of taste and smell where tell-tale signs of the coronavirus. Now, the CDC has officially listed them as symptoms.