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INDOOR AIR QUALITY
What is "indoor air quality"? Indoor air quality (also called "indoor environmental quality") describes how inside air can affect a person's health, comfort, and ability to work. It can include temperature, humidity, lack of outside air (poor ventilation), mold from...
IS YOUR TRAINING EFFECTIVE?
Learner characteristics, training design, and work environment predict training effectiveness. Training factors that have the strongest, most consistent relationship with learning and application of knowledge and skills in the workplace is known as transfer of...
MYTHS ABOUT ELECTRIC VEHICLES (EVS)
Myth #1: Electric vehicles are worse for the climate than gasoline cars because of the power plant emissions. FACT: Electric vehicles typically have a smaller carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging. Electric...
DOWNED ELECTRICAL POWER LINE SAFETY
Electrical hazards multiply for workers involved in cleanup and recovery efforts following major disasters and weather emergencies. Life-threatening danger exists around downed and low-hanging electrical wires which can still be energized following a storm. Safety...
OSHA’S MOST CITED STANDARDS IN 2021
OSHA revealed the biggest danger areas in workplaces during 2021 as reflected in the number of citations. Here is the countdown: 10. Machine Guarding (1910.212): 1,113 violations. Ranked at # 10 in 2020; 200 fewer violations than in the previous...
COVID-19 VACCINE ACCOMMODATION & HARDSHIP
On 10-25-2021 the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) posted updated and expanded technical assistance related to the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing questions about religious objections to employer COVID-19 vaccine requirements and how they interact...