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Survey asks workers: Should employers require COVID-19 vaccination?

March 22, 2021

Mill Valley, CA — Seventy percent of workers want their employer to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before fully reopening the office, according to the results of a recent survey commissioned by job research and review company Glassdoor.

Oregon OSHA seeks to extend COVID-19 worker protections to employer-provided housing

March 22, 2021

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Salem, OR — Oregon OSHA is accepting public comment on a proposed rule that would require COVID-19-related protective measures to be extended to housing provided by employers, including as part of farming operations.

Trucking groups to CDC: Truck stops, travel plazas should be vaccination sites

March 15, 2021

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Alexandria, VA — A coalition of trucking-related groups, including the American Trucking Associations and an organization that represents truck stop owners, is urging the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to designate truck stops and travel plazas as mobile COVID-19 vaccination sites to help “alleviate significant challenges that truck drivers currently face in receiving an expedient vaccine.”

OSHA launches National Emphasis Program on COVID-19, updates enforcement plan

March 15, 2021

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Washington — OSHA has launched a National Emphasis Program on COVID-19 that focuses enforcement efforts “on companies that put the largest number of workers at serious risk of contracting the coronavirus,” in response to an Executive Order from President Joe Biden.

CDC needs to update its guidance on COVID-19, experts and Democratic lawmakers say

March 12, 2021

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Washington — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance on preventing the transmission of COVID-19 needs updating, health and safety experts and Democratic lawmakers said during a March 11 virtual hearing convened by the House Workforce Protections Subcommittee.

COVID-19 pandemic: MSHA issues updated guidance as ETS debate swirls

March 11, 2021

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Arlington, VA — The Mine Safety and Health Administration has updated its guidance on preventing COVID-19 exposure among workers at coal, metal and nonmetal mines.

Workplace vaping is common – and co-workers don’t like it, survey finds

March 11, 2021

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Washington — About two-thirds of employees say they’ve observed co-workers vaping, while a nearly equal amount believe the secondhand vapors from e-cigarettes and other vaping devices are at least moderately harmful to their own health, according to the results of a recent survey.

FDA warns about improper use of thermal imaging systems to take worker, visitor temps

March 10, 2021

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Washington — Improper use of thermal imaging systems can result in inaccurate temperature readings, the Food and Drug Administration is warning health care providers, consumers and other users.

COVID-19: CPWR publishes ventilation tips for indoor construction sites

March 9, 2021

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Silver Spring, MD — New guidance from CPWR – The Center for Construction Research and Training is aimed at improving ventilation at indoor construction sites that don’t have working heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems.

Is an airborne pathogens standard on OSHA’s horizon? NIOSH director sees the potential

March 3, 2021

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Itasca, IL — A next step for OSHA – after possibly issuing an emergency temporary standard related to COVID-19, which could come in a matter of weeks or days – may be initiating rulemaking on an infectious diseases standard.