Protecting Workers in Puerto Rico from Respirable Crystalline Silica and OSHA s New Initiative webwire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from webwire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), there were 5,190 fatal occupational injuries in the United States as recently as 2021. Sadly, millions more were injured or developed illnesses on the job that same year., , , , To protect workers, regulations from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) cover a wide range of potential hazards. These hazards can imperil worker health and safety, and by law, employers are responsible for providing safe and healthful workp.
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently announced it had awarded over $3.5 million to the Puerto Rico Public Housing Administration. The funds are meant to help protect local families from lead and other home health and safety hazards., , , , HUD is providing these resources to Puerto Rico and other state and local governments through its Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction grant program and its new Lead Hazard Reduction Capacity Building grant program to identify an.
Earlier this year, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a revised Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program (NEP). The purpose of the revised NEP was to continue OSHA inspections of facilities that generate or handle combustible dusts likely to cause fire, flash fire, deflagration and explosion hazards., , , , OSHA warns that any combustible material can burn rapidly when in a finely divided form. If such a dust is suspended in air in the right concentration, and u.
National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week and Protecting Children, Families and Workers in Puerto Rico webwire.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from webwire.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.