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IAM members and the general public should be aware that the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared the Zika virus a public health emergency. The Zika virus is believed to be especially harmful to pregnant women and their unborn children. There is no vaccine yet available for the virus. “The virus is spread by mosquitoes,
Read moreOur eyesight is taken for granted usually until we encounter a challenge to the prospect of not being able to see. Many times the transition from seeing well to strained vision is so subtle that we don’t realize the problem until we do not have long enough arms to compensate for the deficiency. The workplace
Read moreTraveling down the road, how many times have you been sitting at a green intersection light with no vehicles moving, to discover the reason for the delay was because of a driver talking or texting on a cell phone, hand held or hands free, not aware that the signal light had changed? How many times
Read moreGloves have become one of the most important pieces of PPE on the job. Gloves help protect hands against scrapes and scratches. More specialized gloves help protect us from cuts and others against chemicals or contaminants. First, there are three basic glove technologies: seamless knit, polymer, and cut and sewn. Some may argue that there
Read moreAugust, 2014 Nearly every industry contains tight spaces that are considered “confined” because their configurations hinder the activities of any worker who must enter, work in, and exit them. For rulemaking purposes, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration uses the term “confined space” to describe such areas. Not only do confined spaces vary in size,
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