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Respirators

What You Should Know About Selecting Respiratory Protection 

Respiratory protection is provided to employees when a hazard can not be eliminated or effectively minimized with engineering controls...

New Developments in Respiratory Protection 

NIOSH requirements for several types of respirators are changing. See what’s ahead for powered air-purifying respirators....

OSHA Releases New Respiratory Protection Guidance 

In its newly published guidance document, Assigned Protection Factors (APF), OSHA provides employers with vital information for selecting respirators for workers exposed to contaminants in the air....

OSHA Proposes $273,000 in Fines against Jamestown, N.Y., Employer for Lack of Asbestos Safeguards 

OSHA cited Blackstone Business Enterprises Inc. of Jamestown, N.Y., for 18 alleged willful and serious violations of OSHA standards for failing to protect contract employees against asbestos hazards....

ISEA Announces Public Review for First Aid, Smoke Hood Standards 

The International Safety Equipment Association (ISEA) recently announced the availability of draft revisions to its voluntary consensus standards for workplace first aid kits and air-purifying respiratory protective smoke escape devices. ...

OSHA Proposes Revised Procedures for Fit Testing Respirators 

OSHA has proposed two revised fit test procedures under the Respiratory Protection Standard for determining the effectiveness of respiratory protection facemasks....

How Regulation and Innovation Have Shaped Respiratory Protection 

Today's personal protective equipment (PPE) includes clothing, helmets, respirators, goggles and other gear to reduce exposures the wearer experiences...

OSHA Rejects Fire Prevention Technology 

New York-based FirePASS Corp. reached out to Sen. John Sununu, R-N.H., who then sent a letter to OSHA asking Foulke to explain why the agency denied granting...

Researchers Identify Pork Plant Illness 

Workers at Quality Pork Processors in Austin, Minn., first exhibited signs of illness in December 2006, and more workers developed symptoms in the following...

Confined Space Safety and Rescue: Challenges and Lessons Learned 

Engulfment takes the lives of three workers in a trench collapse at a construction site. An employee dies instantly when a spark causes an internal explosion;...

Study Finds Diacetyl Exposure Harmful to Mice 

NIEHS, which is part of the National Institutes of Health, conducted the study because diacetyl has been implicated in causing obliterative bronchiolitis,...

Workers Suffer Lung Damage 25 Years After Exposed to Legal Levels of Asbestos-Like Material 

In 1980, researchers studied 513 individuals who worked in a plant processing vermiculite that originated from a mine in Libby, Mont. The material these...

New ASTM Standard Provides Asbestos Guidance 

The standard, ASTM D 7390, Guide for Evaluating Asbestos in Dust on Surfaces by Comparison Between Two Environments, can assist building owners as they...

OSHAs New Program Addresses Crystalline Silica Hazards 

Crystalline silica, a compound workers in the construction, maritime and general industries are routinely exposed to, is cited as the cause of silicosis,...

MHSSN Releases Final Report on Mexico Copper Mine 

On Jan. 17, the Maquiladora Health and Safety Support Network (MHSSN) released a final report based on the findings of a team of independent occupational...

Industrial Degreaser Linked to Parkinsonism, Researchers Say 

The team, led by Don M. Gash and John T. Slevin of the U.K. College of Medicine, identified a number of industrial workers who exhibited symptoms of Parkinsonism,...

International OHS Through the Looking Glass of the Global Economy 

The occupational health and safety conditions at the giant open-pit copper mine in Cananea, Mexico displayed how workplace safety in the global economy...

NIOSH Report: Prison Computer Recycling Plant Plagued with Heavy Metals 

NIOSH officials urged an immediate shutdown of computer recycling operations located in eastern Ohio at the Elkton Federal Correctional Institution and...

Welder Awarded $20.5 Million in Lawsuit 

A federal jury in Cleveland deliberated for more than a week before determining that Lincoln Electric Holdings, along with Hobart Brother Co., ESAB Group, TDY Industries and BOC Group, were negligent by not warning Jeff Tamraz of their products’ manganese toxicity....

City of Charleston and S.C. OSHA Reach Settlement After Fatal Fire 

According to Charleston Mayor Joe Riley, the city of Charleston was initially required to pay fines totaling up to $9,325 for four violations related...

Minnesota Pork Plant Workers Afflicted With Mysterious Illness 

The first signs of illnesses in workers at Quality Pork Processors surfaced in December 2006, and other workers developed symptoms over the following...

Welding Safety: Ventilation is a Breath of Fresh Air 

Tom, a welder for 20 years, has encountered many workplace health issues throughout his career. I know a lot of welders who have suffered from emphysema...

NYS Responders Report 9/11-Related Health Problems, Study Says 

Led by Dr. Matthew P. Mauer of the New York State Department of Health, the researchers evaluated health effects in 1,423 state workers who responded...

Poor Conditions at Mexico Mine Causing Respiratory Disease Among Workers, Report Says 

Violations listed in the report include a lack of preventive maintenance, failing equipment, high levels of toxic dusts and acid mist and a refusal by...

Four Workers Found Dead in Confined Space 

Rescue workers responded to a 5:30 p.m. emergency call and arrived at the scene to find all four victims, who already appeared to be dead, in a 20-foot...

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