A new enforcement policy from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) states employers may face citations for subjecting their employees to hazardous air contaminants even if the ...

Through a literature review, the authors identified common respiratory health conditions among construction workers due to hazards they encounter at work. Due to their workplace environment, ...

Spirometry is a common pulmonary function test that measures how well a person moves air in and out of the lungs. Workers who inhale some types of dusts, gases or other air contaminants can, over time ...

Welding exposes workers to harmful fumes and gases linked to chronic respiratory illness and cancer. What are key steps to protect them? Welding is indispensable to many industries, but it exposes ...

Welding processes typically generate hazardous ultraviolet/infrared radiation and (intense) visible light that have the potential to cause eye damage. Physical eye hazards include welding spatter and ...

In order to ensure that employees are protected from airborne contaminants and hazards, RIT has developed a Respiratory Protection Program. A breathing or respiratory hazard exists when toxic ...

If an employee exhibits/experiences difficulty in breathing (that is unrelated to respirator function) during testing or use, he/she shall be referred to a physician to determine fitness to use such ...

This program outlines the requirements and procedures for the proper selection, use, and maintenance of respiratory protection to safeguard employees from airborne contaminants in the workplace. Your ...

Michigan Technological University has determined that certain employees are required to perform tasks involving actual or potential disturbance of asbestos containing materials that could result in ...