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July 2008
OSHA's employer-paid PPE rule
What's covered?
Check out a
list provided by OSHA.
Going to court: Read the 2007
petition
from several labor unions asking the court
to force OSHA to complete the employer-paid PPE standard.
Final rule: Read the
final rule as it appeared in the Federal Register on Nov. 15, 2007.
Overview: Download OSHA's 2003
guide to personal protective equipment.
Aging workforce
White paper: Read a
white paper on
the safety and health implications of an aging workforce.
Listen in:
Download an AARP/Towers Perrin podcast or transcript on "The Global Aging Workforce."
"The Business Case": Read a report from AARP and Towers Perrin on why employers should consider workers older than 50 a valuable resource.
Preventing warehouse fires
Preliminary report: Download a preliminary draft report of the June 2007 Super Sofa Store warehouse fire in Charleston, SC.
Lawmakers respond: Read the proposed South Carolina fire sprinkler legislation.
Classifying commodities: View a chart on the classification of stored commodities.
OSHA advisor: Use OSHA's Fire Safety Advisor 1.0a to find out which fire safety standards apply to your workplace.
Overexertion
Apply the equation: Download NIOSH's Lifting Equation.
OSHA's 'Top 10'
Standard explanation: Read a description of each OSHA standard included in this month's "Top 10" list.
Workplace Solutions
More than 50 Workplace Solutions articles now
are archived on our Website
and categorized by topic.
This month's topics:
