Archive for the ‘health & safety’ Category
Silica Competent Person in Small Construction Companies
AIHA whitepaper presents minimum knowledge needed by a competent person to provide meaningful worker protection from silica.
Will New Silica Rules Be Released This Spring?
In January 2013, a group of more than 300 occupational safety experts, doctors and public health scientists urged President Obama to help expedite the review of OSHA’s proposed silica rule.
Confined Spaces Come in Three Flavors
Confined spaces exist in any industry. Once you have identified your confined spaces, you have to classify them. Industrial Hygienists assist clients in identifying and classifying confined spaces and developing OSHA compliant programs to safeguard workers.
Can I Hear You Now?
OSHA estimates that approximately 30 million people in the United States are occupationally exposed to hazardous noise, and noise related hearing loss is one of the most prevalent occupational health concerns today.