Layoffs Hit NIOSH Programs Under HHS Restructuring

• At least two-thirds of NIOSH’s staff, around 873 employees, will be laid off as part of a broader reduction of 10,000 jobs across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) this year.
• The layoffs are expected to effectively close NIOSH’s Pittsburgh and Spokane offices, which house about 200 staff members.
• The Pittsburgh office focuses on mine safety, conducting research and developing and testing respirators used to protect miners and first responders.
• NIOSH’s teams, which fall under the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, have been instrumental in advancing firefighter safety.
• Under HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s plan, a smaller NIOSH would be combined with a new agency called the Administration for a Healthy America.
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OSHA Roadshow Set for 2-Day Wyoming Event

• The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services, in partnership with Casper College, will host the second annual OSHA Roadshow on May 20-21 at the World Physical Science Center in Casper.
• The two days of hands-on safety training and workforce development resources are targeted at construction and trades professionals across the state.
• The event will focus on the construction industry’s most dangerous hazards, which are responsible for nearly 60% of all construction-related fatalities nationwide: falls, struck-by-object incidents, electrocutions, and caught-in-between accidents.
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