It’s the employer’s duty to prevent heat illness
All outdoor workplaces are covered by heat illness prevention regulations. Certain industries, including agriculture, ...
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Biden’s OSHA Pushes Heat Illness Prevention Rule Close to the Finish Line
As a brief recap, OSHA initiated its rulemaking for a standard regulating Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Settings on October 27, 2021, when OSHA published an Advanced ...
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Cal/OSHA Imposes $276,000 Penalty for First Willful Heat Illness Violation
This first willful citation is notable because it follows closely on the heels of Cal/OSHA effectuating on July 23, 2024, its indoor heat illness prevention regulations, which apply to most ...
Food Safety News3d
Publisher’s Platform: Administration puts clamps on foodborne illness outbreak announcements
Multiple federal health agencies have stopped releasing some key health information — including updates on some outbreak investigations — amid a department-wide communications “pause ...
Space.com24d
Can NASA's troubled Mars Sample Return mission be saved?
Both the U.S. and China are scripting strategies for bringing goodies back to Earth from Mars via their respective Mars Sample Return (MSR) endeavors. For America, things are currently happening ...
Ohsonline.com2d
OSHA’s Electronic Injury and Illness Reporting Final Rule: Your FAQs Answered
This eBook walks through important questions from EHS professionals about OSHA’s recently revised electronic reporting requirements. It provides answers and insights necessary to help ensure you ...
Times Union9d
Hochul, lawmakers target mental illness as public safety solution
ALBANY — Widespread concerns over public safety in New York have raised difficult questions this year for Gov. Kathy Hochul and state lawmakers, who are now targeting people who exhibit signs of ...
CNN27d
Norovirus cases are surging. A doctor explains what to look for
At what point should they go to the doctor? What food safety tips can reduce the risk of spreading norovirus? And what else can be done to prevent the spread of it and other foodborne illnesses?
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CDC reports ‘very high’ levels of flu-like illness in TN
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Nashville doctors have spent the past couple weeks in packed hospitals where the number of people experiencing cold, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) symptoms ...
AZ Central26d
Bird flu detected in Arizona wastewater. Here's what you need to know
Avian flu or bird flu was detected in wastewater in Phoenix, Surprise and Tempe, the Maricopa County Department of Public Health confirmed on Monday. All three of the cities conduct wastewater ...
The Atlantic25d
Doctors Thought They Knew What a Genetic Disease Is. They Were Wrong.
The story of VEXAS was remarkable because the mutation causing the disease was found in blood cells, which are easy to sample and are the cells most often tested for genetic variation. Finding ...