Eye and Face Protection Eye and face protection is essential for many workers as part of their personal protection equipment (PPE). According to OSHA, thousands of employees are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries that are preventable with the proper equipment. Eye and face protection must be provided [...]
Do you clearly understand your responsibilities as a host employer for the health and safety of temporary workers? While you have sole responsibility for the health and safety of your permanent employees, you have a shared responsibility for the health and safety of temporary workers at your [...]
Disposable filtering face piece respirators (FFR), more commonly called dust masks, are the respiratory protection most used by employees in the workplace. Disposable FFRs are not intended for repeated or extensive use; yet, for reasons of expense, convenience, and supply, they often are. At what point does a disposal FFR [...]
The number of staffing agencies and temporary workers grew rapidly during the end of the last century, and the types of alternative work arrangements continue to proliferate. There now are several types of workers in “nonstandard work arrangements.” The Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) lists [...]
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently approved the first elastomeric respirator without an exhalation valve, developed by the Mine Safety Appliance (MSA) Corporation. Elastomeric respirators are half-facepiece or full-facepiece respirators made with a facepiece of synthetic or natural rubber material that can be repeatedly used, cleaned, disinfected, stored, [...]
