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OSHA publishes detailed FAQ on COVID-19 best practices

July 15, 2020

On July 2, 2020, OSHA published an FAQ web page based on COVID-19 related inquiries that the agency received from the public.

Digitization is the key to transporting hazardous goods in a COVID-19 world

David Cahn

July 14, 2020

Global chemical companies are helping to fight the virus pandemic by stepping up production of hand sanitizers, polymers for personal protective equipment, bleach for disinfectants, and cleaning products.

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Return to work safely

Doug Pontsler

July 14, 2020

The topic of “return to work” is certainly front and center. While many organizations have continued to operate during the COVID-19 situation under the definition of essential businesses, there are many who have not — especially consumer facing businesses such as retail businesses, bars and restaurants.

Rise of the OHS entrepreneur

Those willing to take risks can succeed during the pandemic

Dan Markiewicz MS, CIH, CSP, RMP

July 14, 2020

COVID-19 offers great opportunity to consider OHS entrepreneurship. If your OHS job has not been subject to lay off, furloughed, or elimination – or some other drastic change – it likely will be in the coming months.

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A risk-based approach to reopening amid COVID-19

Those willing to take risks can succeed during the pandemic

Dave Johnson

July 9, 2020

Jurassic World: Dominion is poised to be the first major studio release to resume filming in the United Kingdom in the wake of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. But filming in the midst of a pandemic will not come cheap to Universal Pictures.

New publication outlines training standards for Total Worker Health® professionals

June 22, 2020

In a newly published paper in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, Education and Training to Build Capacity in Total Worker Health®: Proposed Competencies for an Emerging Field, experts in the field of Total Worker Health have proposed the first set of core competencies for training professionals entering the discipline.

Reopening business during COVID-19: Prioritize health, reduce risk and adapt

Occupational health company pivots as workers return to their jobs

Chad Coleman

June 18, 2020

Like most businesses across the country, Examinetics was greatly affected when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

5 changes to industrial safety procedures due to COVID-19

Devin Partida

June 18, 2020

Manufacturing plants and industrial sites are opening up again after COVID-19 lockdowns, but the people returning to work will notice many changes in their safety protocols.

Part 1 of 3: Removing the Enigma

A methodical risk and control analysis of COVID 19

Cory Worden M.S., CSHM

June 7, 2020

As the worldwide response to the COVID 19 pandemic continues, the United States’ death toll has exceeded 50,000 and, with testing still very much underway, the extent of the infected is unknown.

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5 business lessons learned amid COVID-19

Mission critical elements of operational agility in the post-pandemic era

Hari Abburi

June 5, 2020

If there’s one thing the global business community has learned from the COVID-19 pandemic that continues to ebb, flow and unfold on the daily, wreaking having on bottom lines in every corner of the world in its wake, it’s the outright imperative for companies to be agile “from top to bottom.”