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You can use air cleaners equipped with high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters to reduce crew member exposures to the coronavirus. That’s your takeaway from a recent experiment conducted by the Health Effects Laboratory Division of the …
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A recent study has revealed why you should ratchet up your efforts to protect crew members when outdoor temperatures are high – even if your people aren’t laboring outside. Researchers with the Institute of Labor Economics examined workers’ comp …
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Remember those old signs that companies always used to have up on production floors showing the number of days since the last industrial accident? Why were those important? Actually, they still are important, and people still use them for …
“We were stuck between a rock and a hard place,” said Tiffanie, the supervisor. “If we continued to provide that disability accommodation to those 20 male employees, we would’ve been in violation of federal safety regulations.” “Yes, I can see how …
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Summary: A staffer being trained to operate a vehicle was killed when the truck lurched forward into a manure pit and sunk in the muck with him still in the cab. The incident: About six weeks after he started working at Shelton Dairy, La Salle, CO, …
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If I told you that four people will die today in the U.S. as a result of a heat-related illness, you might be skeptical. But it’s true. A recent analysis of heat-related fatalities by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that …
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