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Are Inadequate Indoor Air Quality Regulations Unnecessarily Putting Workers at Risk?

Are Inadequate Indoor Air Quality Regulations Unnecessarily Putting Workers at Risk?

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) backed 137 grants with $53.4 million across 37 states to monitor air quality in 2022 due to the debilitating effects of pollutants. These studies are designed to reduce the harmful effects of breathing in seemingly fresh outdoor air. So, it should come as...
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Persistent Forestry Safety Hazards Need Greater Awareness, PPE Usage

Persistent Forestry Safety Hazards Need Greater Awareness, PPE Usage

Although specialized machinery has largely replaced full crews of lumberjacks wielding axes and chainsaws, injuries and fatalities persist in industries such as timber harvesting and forest conservation.
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How to Prevent Occupational Poisonings

How to Prevent Occupational Poisonings

Numerous jobs across a broad range of industries encounter hazardous materials on a routine basis—which is why appropriate chemical hazard prevention and protective clothing is critical for the health and safety of our nation's workforce.
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What is the True Cost of Heat Stress for Employers and Employees?

What is the True Cost of Heat Stress for Employers and Employees?

Millions of American workers are exposed to excessive temperatures on the job each year, with thousands suffering heat-related illnesses and dozens losing their lives.
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Best Practices for Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination

Best Practices for Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide Decontamination

The use of vaporized hydrogen peroxide (VHP) as a workplace decontaminate has proven effective against health hazards that could compromise medical devices and food processing plants, among many others. The ability of vaporized hydrogen peroxide methods to eradicate bacteria, fungi, and some of the...
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Is Asbestos Abatement Still Needed?

Is Asbestos Abatement Still Needed?

Affordability. Availability. Fire-resistance. Strength. Those four factors are largely the reasons why asbestos became such a popular ingredient in many products throughout the mid-1900s. Widely used in building materials and car parts in a boom from the 1940s through the 1970s, asbestos use...
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VOC Safety for Industrial Workers

VOC Safety for Industrial Workers

Volatile Organic Compounds, also called VOCs, pose a significant health and safety risk to individuals across numerous industries, from agricultural to aeronautical—and that's to say nothing of the hazards posed to the general public via everyday exposure. For this reason, the Occupational Safety...
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Construction Site Safety Plans & PPE Needed After Decade of Unchanged Worker Deaths

Construction Site Safety Plans & PPE Needed After Decade of Unchanged Worker Deaths

Construction site safety continues to be an obstacle, given the number of workplace fatalities remains relatively unchanged. From 2011 to 2020, 10 in 100,000 workers lost their lives due to job site incidents that have grown redundant. And in 2020, family members attended 1,008 funerals while the...
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