Quote of the day
“Nurses are getting PPE, but fit testing is still an issue, and they still have to push hard to get single-use masks.”
Stephanie Roberson of the California Nurses Association, commenting on the respirator situation in California. The federal Food and Drug Administration has recommended discontinuing the practice of decontaminating and reusing N95s, as Cal/OSHA already has done.
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Compressor Explosion Citations
A Lincoln employer faces a potential six-figure penalty from Cal/OSHA after a deadly 2020 explosion involving an air compressor.
BOI’s 2020 Report
Cal/OSHA’s bureau that recommends potential safety prosecutions more than doubled its the cases it set for investigation in 2020. But how many actual are being investigated?
FDA Recommendation on Respirator Reuse
It’s no longer necessary to decontaminate and reuse N95s, the federal Food and Drug Administration says. Here’s why.
ETA on Fed-OSHA COVID Emergency Standard?
The Feds have sent their version of a COVID regulation – or regulations – to the Office of Management and Budget. But when might we see the results?
Workplace Fatality Update
There is good news on the COVIDS front – California cases are way down. But other fatality causes continue to take their toll.