How to Test for Silica Exposure
As part of the new OSHA silica rule, employees who may breath in silica dust should be tested to determine... Continue reading →
Reducing Employee Exposure to Noise-August 2016
OCCUSAFE UPDATE Monthly Round Up of Important Ideas and Standards in Industrial Hygiene and Safety August 2016 IN THIS ISSUE: Reducing Employee... Continue reading →
Health Hazards of Dust-July 2016
OCCUSAFE UPDATE Monthly Round Up of Important Ideas and Standards in Industrial Hygiene and Safety July 2016 IN THIS ISSUE: Health... Continue reading →
What is Industrial Hygiene?
Industrial Hygiene in the simplest terms is the health part of occupational safety. Industrial hygienists attempt to anticipate, recognize, evaluate,... Continue reading →
What is a Dust Mask?
OSHA considers a dust mask as a negative pressure particulate respirator with a filter as an integral part of the... Continue reading →
Protect Children from Exposure to Hazardous Metals
Employees who work with heavy metals such as lead and hexavalent chromium should not take their clothes home. Contaminated work... Continue reading →
Which Chemical Exposure Standard Should You Choose?
In most cases, there is more than one chemical exposure standard for a chemical. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration... Continue reading →
Legionnaires’ Disease – September 2015
OCCUSAFE UPDATE Monthly Round Up of Important Ideas and Standards in Industrial Hygiene and Safety September 2015 IN THIS ISSUE:... Continue reading →
Occupational Respiratory Disease -July 2015
OCCUSAFE UPDATE Monthly Round Up of Important Ideas and Standards in Industrial Hygiene and Safety July 2015 IN THIS ISSUE:... Continue reading →
Chemical Exposure Hazards in Spray Painting Operations-April 2015
OCCUSAFE UPDATE Monthly Round Up of Important Ideas and Standards in Industrial Hygiene and Safety April 2015 IN THIS ISSUE: Chemical Exposure... Continue reading →