Employers often fail to appreciate the ramifications of industrial hygiene data and medical records. Even non-detect records must be maintained ...

Despite decades of scientific evidence linking ethylene oxide to cancer and other serious health effects, OSHA’s 40-year-old exposure limits continue to leave medical sterilization and manufacturing ...

As part of its deregulatory initiative on July 1, the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration proposed deleting requirements for medical evaluations before employees are permitted to use ...

A new proposal would exempt workers using filtering facepiece and loose-fitting powered air-purifying respirators from mandatory medical evaluations, citing minimal physiological risk. OSHA has ...

Paramus, N.J.-based Bergen Regional Medical Center reached a settlement with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration over inadequacies in its workplace violence prevention program, according ...

On December 2, OSHA announced that it has resumed normal enforcement operations and is working diligently to continue its mission to ensure safe and healthy working conditions free from unlawful ...

Here are six of the most frequently found hazards in medical offices, according to a publication released by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. 1. Bloodborne pathogens standard (29 CFR ...

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Preparedness is on everyone's mind these days. Aside from the daily possibility of routine medical emergencies such as heart attack or workplace injury, there is additional urgency to be ready due to ...

Texas Children's Hospital employees working with patients with behavioral health issues were exposed multiple times last year to physical threats and assaults, according to findings released Wednesday ...