Tag: health and safety

Tracing the Source of Legionnaires’ Disease: Epidemiological Perspectives

Jon Redmond /July 23, 2026

As of Sunday (7/19/2026), the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene announced that 74 cases of Legionnaires Disease had been identified in an Upper East Side cluster,…

Cal/OSHA Schedules July 31 Advisory Meeting on Emergency Engineered Stone Silica Regulation

Jon Redmond /July 17, 2026

  The California Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board met on July 16, 2026, for its monthly public meeting and business meeting. Although Petition 609 and revisions to California’s respirable…

Canadian Wildfire Smoke in Chicagoland: A Visual Analysis of Indoor and Outdoor Particle Levels

Jon Redmond /July 16, 2026

As wildfire smoke from Canada drifted across northern Illinois today, air quality conditions deteriorated rapidly throughout the Chicago metropolitan area. Public monitoring stations reported Air Quality Index (AQI) levels reaching…

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Validating OSHA’s Proposed Heat Acclimatization Schedule

Jon Redmond /July 7, 2026

RHP Risk Management’s Technical Analysis of OSHA’s Proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard OSHA’s proposed Heat Injury and Illness Prevention Standard would establish the first federal requirements for protecting…

OSHA Issues New Hazard Communication Enforcement Directive: What Employers Need to Know Before the November 2026 Compliance Deadline

Jon Redmond /June 30, 2026

Background: OSHA’s Revised Hazard Communication Standard Effective hazard communication remains one of the foundational elements of workplace health and safety programs. Employers that manufacture, distribute, or use hazardous chemicals are…