The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a heat hazard alert (English and Spanish) in response to record-breaking temperatures putting workers in danger. The alert reminds employers of their obligation to protect workers against illness and injury from high temperatures in the workplace, whether inside or outdoors. OSHA has also escalated its enforcement of
Read moreThe National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has honored a request by Honeywell International Inc. to voluntarily rescind the NIOSH respirator approval issued to Honeywell International Inc. Read CA 2023-1060.
Read moreRegistration is now open for the 2023 IAM Safety and Health Conference to be held from October 8 – 13, 2023, at the William W. Winpisinger Education and Technology Center in Hollywood, MD.
Read moreIAM CREST recently hosted a hazardous materials training class and simulation at the Winpisinger Center through a partnership with the International Chemical Workers Union Council and its 11 union constituency groups. “Through our jobs, we all come in contact with hazardous materials in one form or another, whether or not you realize you’re being exposed,”
Read moreThe U.S. Labor Department has announced the appointment of IAM Director of Safety & Health, Apprenticeships and Scholarships Michael Oathout as one of 15 members of the Maritime Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (MACOSH).
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