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Data suggests numbers keep dropping; President Joe Biden reintroduces potential solutions. By Shereen Hashem Apr 29, 2021 From pleas of desperate vaccine searches to an aggressive government outreach for people to get the vaccine, Americans are on the decline of scheduling their appointments. According to an article, more than one half of U.S. adults have at least one vaccine shot. However, according to data on daily vaccinations from the CDC, the seven-day average count of people receiving their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine dropped slightly around two weeks ago. During the first dose o...

Wagner Construction Inc. signs a settlement agreement with OSHA. By Shereen Hashem Apr 27, 2021 A Minnesota-based excavation company will now begin to train employees on excavation hazards, trenching and developing detailed site-specific safety plans. Wagner Construction Inc. employed a full-time safety manager to protect workers from deadly excavation hazards. Following three North Dakota job site inspections in both 2019 and 2020 that found employees exposed to excavation hazards, Wagner construction committed to changing its safety procedure and training in a settlement agreement with OSH...

Annual seminars are held by NIOSH to inform employers and workers about fall prevention. By Shereen Hashem Apr 27, 2021 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), its partners, employees and workers across the country on April 26, 2021 and the week of May 3-7 are holding its second annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Struck-by Incidents and the eighth week-long National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction.* According to a press release, there were more than 1,100 construction deaths in 2019, the highest level since 2011. Fatal falls went all the way up from 3...

OSHA Cites Company in Paris, IL after Employee is Left with Facial Burns North American Lighting faces $85,826 in penalties due to a lack of safety precautions in the facility. By Shereen Hashem Apr 23, 2021 On November 14, 2020, pressurized material in a plastic molding machine exploded leaving a maintenance technician for a central Illinois lighting manufacturer with severe facial burns. OSHA conducted an investigation and determined that North American Lighting lacked energy control procedures to protect workers, or lockout/tagout. According to a press release, OSHA found that the company ...

FDA Continues to Monitor Safety of Current COVID-19 Vaccines Available to the Public The FDA ensures it is doing its best to make sure each vaccine is completely safe to get. By Shereen Hashem Apr 22, 2021 The public trusts the FDA that all medical products, including the COVID-19 vaccines, are safe and effective. As a part of the standard process for inspecting all manufacturing facilities, the FDA recently completed an inspection of Emergent Biosolutions. This is a proposed manufacturing facility for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine. Johnson & Johnson announced its facility is not authorized t...