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A Strategic Partnership Program is created to ensure workers’ safety throughout the construction process. By Shereen Hashem Apr 15, 2021 A partnership was established to promote workplace safety at the Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center during construction between OSHA, Barton Malow and Alexander Building Construction Co. The goal is to provide training for employers and employees on falls and fall protection, struck-by and electrocution hazards, caught-in or in between, scaffolding, crane operation, excavation and safety and hazard recognition. According to a press release, the ...

Employers and health professionals are encouraged to distribute the survey. By Shereen Hashem Apr 13, 2021 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) announces a new resource designed to measure workers’ well-being. The Worker Well-Being Questionnaire (WellBQ) is a free survey to help researches, employers, workers and many more to understand well-being and potentially create interventions. “Worker well-being is a unifying concept that characterizes quality of life with respect to a person’s working conditions, circumstances outside of work, and physical and menta...

Poll finds one in four employees have not had a mental health check-in since the pandemic began. By Shereen Hashem Apr 09, 2021 A quarter of employees all over the nation haven’t had a therapy session since the start of COVID-19, according to an article. This is leading to calls from experts for employers to “’catch up’ to the mental health crisis.’” In a poll issued by Mental Health First Aid England (MHFA), out of 2,000 workers, 25 percent said their work place had not checked in on their mental health since the pandemic hit more than a year ago. Only 32 percent of employees sai...

The Shyft Group faces fines for not addressing employees' complaints about serious hazards. By Shereen Hashem Apr 09, 2021 Reports of fall and noise hazards were continuously ignored for a Waterville auto body manufacturing plant in Augusta, Maine after repeatedly informing management until OSHA intervened. The administration opened an inspection on October 1, 2020 in response to a complaint, according to a press release. Now, the Shyft Group Duramag LLC, or FR MFG Inc. faces $393,992 in fines for not addressing these hazards that placed employees at risk. OSHA cited the plant for two willfu...

The CDC says some rules and suggestions change; others stay the same as those who are unvaccinated. By Shereen Hashem Apr 06, 2021 It seems as if the COVID-19 vaccine is being distributed to everyone just by scrolling on social media and flipping through different news channels on TV. Many are thinking the shot equals a complete “get out of jail free card” when it comes to standard rules regarding the pandemic, but that’s not the case. According to the CDC, the COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting the disease. In some instances, people who have been fully vacci...