Items Tagged with 'respiratory hazards'

Explore hidden risks on construction sites from hearing loss to vibration injuries.

HVAC installation, maintenance and repair are crucial tasks. They can also be dangerous, so workers in the industry must be aware of all the hazards they may face.

Across the globe it’s estimated that 1 in 10 people will become sick due to respiratory hazards encountered in the workplace annually, according to The American Journal of Respiratory Care and Medicine.

Although we talk about a company’s bottom line as the reason to implement engineering controls to reduce or eliminate respiratory hazards in the workplace, that doesn’t mean most organizations put profit above worker safety.

Can hand protection cause a respiratory hazard? That’s the question scientists from the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) set out to answer when they conducted a Health Hazard Evaluation at a steel mill in Pennsylvania.