Combustion Analysis: Readings, Ratings, & Results
June 29, 2023
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Combustion Analysis: Readings, Ratings, & Results

Systems such as boilers, heaters, kilns, furnaces, gas and diesel engines, burners, and stoves require combustion to take place. When installing, repairing, adjusting, or maintaining these systems, it’s important to conduct a combustion analysis in order to ensure the efficiency of the system and the safety of its users.

Construction Site Dust Monitoring: How to Monitor & Control Construction Site Dust Levels
May 11, 2023
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Construction Site Dust Monitoring: How to Monitor & Control Construction Site Dust Levels

Monitoring dust levels is a critical part of maintaining a safe workplace environment for construction workers. Safety and project managers should invest in construction site dust monitoring equipment that provides real-time alerts for when dust levels threaten the health and safety of people at the worksite and in the surrounding communities.

Heat Stress in the Workplace: Updates from Oregon OSHA
April 28, 2023
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Heat Stress in the Workplace: Updates from Oregon OSHA

Workplace heat stress or heat-related illnesses and injuries are dangerous conditions resulting from employees being exposed to extreme heat or high levels of humidity in their working environment. Every employer, supervisor, owner, and manager has a responsibility to monitor and prevent heat stress in the workplace.

Gas Detection Equipment for Emergency Response Personnel
March 23, 2023
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Gas Detection Equipment for Emergency Response Personnel

Emergency response personnel often encounter scenarios where they are at risk of exposure to harmful or dangerous gasses. They have to quickly and confidently determine what chemical hazards to expect and then decide how to respond.

OSHA Regional Directive Updates & Emphasis Programs [2023 Updates]
February 9, 2023
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OSHA Regional Directive Updates & Emphasis Programs [2023 Updates]

Local Emphasis Programs (LEPs) are enforcement strategies designed and implemented at the regional office and/or area office levels. These programs are intended to address hazards or industries that pose a particular risk to workers in the office's jurisdiction. The emphasis programs may be implemented by a single area office, or at the regional level (Regional Emphasis Programs (REP)) and applied to all of the area offices within the region. These LEPs will be accompanied by outreach intended to make employers in the area aware of the program as well as the hazards that the programs are designed to reduce or eliminate. This outreach may be in the form of informational mailings, training at local tradeshows, or speeches at meetings of industry groups or labor organizations.