Fed-OSHA issues new guidance on preparing workplaces for COVID-19

Fed-OSHA on Monday issued a new guidance, “Guidance on Preparing Workplaces for COVID-19,” which divides employers into four risk categories and provides recommendations on engineering controls, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment to protect employees from coronavirus. Lexology

 

Senators ask Fed-OSHA to issue Emergency Temporary Standard due to coronavirus

Two Democratic senators are requesting the labor secretary issue an Emergency Temporary Standard in order to protect employees from coronavirus. The senators mentioned healthcare workers, first responders, flight attendants, pilots, public transportation workers, Transportation Security Administration screeners, baggage handlers and social workers who have been, or are likely to, be exposed to COVID-19. The Hill (Washington, D.C.)

 

Are you prepared for the coronavirus?

Businesses are seeing real impact on their daily operations due to coronavirus. Here are some common questions about what the World Health Organization has identified as a public health emergency of international concern. New Hampshire Business Review

 

Ohio reacts to coronavirus outbreak as primary approaches

With the state’s March 17 primary election looming, the Ohio secretary of state has called for more Ohioans to be poll workers, announced plans to disinfect voting machines, urged early voting and ordered county boards of elections to move 125 polling locations out of senior living centers to alternate locations. Dayton Daily News

 

Anesthesiologist pleads guilty to choking nurse

A Denver anesthesiologist who was accused of choking a nurse in 2018 pleaded guilty Monday morning to a felony assault charge of strangulation, an incident that occurred as the doctor was making rounds in the recovery room and turning off vital sign machines in patient bays due to their constant beeping. According to Fed-OSHA, of nearly 25,000 workplace assaults reported annually, 75 percent occur in healthcare and social service settings and workers in health care settings are four times more likely to be victimized than workers in private industry. CBS Denver [with video]

 

How much hand protection can you buy?

What are the costs of hand and fingers getting crunched and crushed? Hand accidents have been on the radar for construction contractors and Fed-OSHA for many years now and the hand-related personal protective equipment during that time has become more technical. Engineering News-Record