Running a business can be stressful Hiring personnel, training employees, keeping records, and maintaining regulatory compliance in addition to keeping customers happy, takes time and labor. This is particularly daunting in the current pandemic environment, where...

To recognize 100 years of respiratory protection in the U.S., the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has designated Sept. 3-6, 2019 as the first annual Respiratory Protection Week. Back in 1919, the U.S. Bureau of Mines started the first...

The annual Top 10 list of most cited OSHA violations for 2019 has been revealed at the annual National Safety Council Congress and Expo, and not much has changed since last year. For the ninth year in a row, Fall Protection – General Requirements (1926.501) comes in...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published two final rules regarding the beryllium standard and respirator fit testing. Published on September 26, 2019, two new quantitative fit testing protocols were added to the respiratory protection...