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Does Your Company’s PPE Policy Address Appropriate Summer Lab Attire?

July 1, 2021

The warm summer months can be an even more challenging time than normal for enforcing rules related to appropriate lab attire. This is a great time to review your company’s personal protective equipment (PPE) policy and see if it adequately addresses personal lab attire.

June 10, 2021

For Category 2 MWRA permit holders, semi-annual wastewater sampling for the January through June sampling period must be conducted by June 30th. Reports, including pH and flow logs, are due by July 31st.

May 27, 2021

It’s not always straightforward to determine if the OSHA Lab Standard or the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard applies at a given facility. Often it’s either one standard or the other, but in some cases, both standards will apply.

May 21, 2021

It’s often assumed that a biological agent’s risk group (RG) and the biosafety level at which it should be handled are synonymous, when in fact this is not always the case. In addition to an agent’s risk group, there are many other factors to consider when designating a biosafety level for a biological agent.

March 11, 2021

Although the top 10 list included all of the same standards cited for the fiscal year 2019, the ranking within the top 10 list changed for several standards including the Respiratory Protection Standard which moved from the fifth position to the third.

March 10, 2021

Prevent Blindness, the nation’s first eye health and vision care nonprofit organization, has declared March as Workplace Eye Wellness Month.

February 25, 2021

“A Mouse and a Needlestick” featured in Incidents, Accidents, and Near Misses in Laboratory Research, Volume 3, tells a real-life story about what can happen when safety procedures aren't followed in animal care facilities.

February 19, 2021

February 11, 2021

Section 312 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) describes reporting requirements for facilities that possess chemicals above established reporting thresholds.

January 21, 2021

Did you know that the most frequent cause of OSHA violations related to the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard is outdated, or otherwise non-compliant, Exposure Control Plans?

January 14, 2021

OSHA Form 300A, Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses, is used to summarize the recordable injuries and illnesses for the previous year and includes the number of days work was lost or restricted, and the types of injuries and illnesses that occurred.

December 31, 2020

With the holidays, there's a guarantee of rushing around which makes errors more likely to happen in the lab. Many people are typically off on vacation which adds another variable for accidents to happen. Learn how to prevent accidents this season with this 'near miss' from our publication Incidents, Accidents, and Near Misses Volume 5

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Does Your Company’s PPE Policy Address Appropriate Summer Lab Attire?

June Deadline for MWRA Wastewater Sampling!

The OSHA Lab Standard and the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard: Which Standard Applies in Your Workplace?

Risk Groups and Biosafety Levels: Understanding the Differences

Top 10 OSHA Violations from 2020

March is Workplace Eye Wellness Month

A Mouse and a Needlestick

OSHA Issues Proposed Rule to Update the Hazard Communication Standard

Are You Ready for the March 1st Tier II Reporting Deadline?

OSHA Violations and the Bloodborne Pathogens Standard

Remember to Post OSHA Form 300A!

Safety Doesn’t Break for Parties: IANM V5

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