Archive for June 2020
Nevada governor tasks state OSHA with enforcing mandatory mask order
Gov. Sisolak has tapped the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to help enforce Nevada’s mask mandate. OSHA’s role in protecting local workers is next-level critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. But healthcare workers say the state agency has been failing them, forcing them to fend for themselves when the stakes are highest. “As the pandemic has…
Read MoreCarbon neutrality by 2050: Ford sustainability leaders take on ambitious new goal
Ford Motor Company’s Bob Holycross, vice president and chief sustainability, environment and safety officer, and Cynthia Williams, global director, sustainability, homologation and compliance, will participate in a virtual fireside chat hosted by Rod Lache of Wolfe Research on Wednesday, July 1, at 9:30 a.m. ET. Holycross and Williams will discuss Ford’s continued sustainability leadership, including…
Read MoreCal/OSHA reminds employers to prevent heat illness during period of high heat
Cal/OSHA is reminding all employers with outdoor workers to review high heat advisories in effect across California this week and to take steps to prevent heat illness. The National Weather Service has issued heat advisories this week for Monday through Saturday due to a period of high temperatures in many interior parts of the state from Shasta…
Read MorePhiladelphia set to be first U.S. city to protect workers against retaliation for calling out coronavirus conditions
City Council unanimously approved a bill Thursday morning that will make it illegal for employers to fire, discipline, or otherwise retaliate against workers who speak up about unsafe coronavirus conditions., according to the Philadelphia Inquirer. The vote came during Council’s last session before summer recess and as employees in Philadelphia get called back to work during the city’s less-restrictive…
Read MoreSpring break cases show importance of contact tracing
Many colleges and universities have announced plans to resume campus instruction or stick with distance learning in the fall, and a study today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report shows the important role contact tracing plays on college campuses to contain future COVID-19 outbreaks. The study follows a COVID-19 outbreak among University of Texas-Austin students who contracted the virus…
Read MoreVirginia creates first pandemic workplace safety measures
Virginia will become the first state to craft workplace safety rules in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, a move state leaders said they had to do because they had little federal guidance or enforcement from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Washington Post reports. According to the report, OSHA has issued only one citation in…
Read MoreWashington, North Carolina require masks statewide
Last night Washington Governor Jay Inslee said he was making masks a “legal requirement” starting this Friday. Though Seattle was the first U.S. outbreak region in February, the state had tamped down COVID-19 activity. But recent activity in Yakima County, home to Spokane, has left the region out of hospital beds. Inslee said not wearing a mask…
Read MoreAs U.S. COVID cases surge, NY quarantines travelers from hot spots
The United States tracked more than 36,000 cases of COVID-19 yesterday, the third highest daily count ever. According to the Johns Hopkins University tracker, the country now has 2,369,806 cases, including 121,846 deaths. In response to growing case counts across the country, the governors of New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut today announced they will require self-quarantine for…
Read MoreMontana governor: Don’t let your guard down
Gov. Steve Bullock and state health officials urged Montanans not to let their guard down when it comes to preventing the spread of the coronavirus after the state reported 136 new cases of COVID-19 in the past week, including a nursing nursing home resident in Billings and a firefighter in Missoula. The state has reported…
Read MoreNevada to mandate face coverings in public
Gov. Steve Sisolak announced Wednesday that Nevada will mandate the use of face coverings in public places in an effort to stem an increase of coronavirus cases that has hit the state as casinos, restaurants and other businesses began reopening, according to the Associated Press. “No shirt, no shoes, no mask, no service,” Sisolak said,…
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