The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) recently leveraged unique technical expertise from its Pittsburgh campus to help U.S. partners in Latin America protect workers from serious but preventable occupational illnesses.
NIOSH’s National Personal Protective Technology Laboratory (NPPTL), in cooperation with the Chilean Institute of Public Health (ISP) organized the first international seminar in Latin America to focus on the importance of respirators and other personal protective equipment for preventing harmful occupational exposures to hazardous industrial chemicals, dusts, and other substances. This inaugural meeting on May 2-4 between U.S. partners and stakeholders from across Latin America provided an opportunity for discussion and education on how to improve worker safety and health through the use of PPE.