The Occupational Health Blog

• NMS
• Nov 16, 2021
• Tags: cold weather, OSHA, employee safety

As temperatures are beginning to drop throughout the country, it is a good time to assess your plans for employee cold stress. How do you keep your employees safe and healthy during the winter months?

• NMS
• Nov 05, 2021
• Tags: covid19, vaccines, OSHA, occupational health, employee health

OSHA's Emergency Temporary Standard has been issued. Many employers with over 100 employees will need to comply with the ruling by January 4, 2022. What does the ETS require?

• NMS
• Nov 03, 2021
• Tags: employee health

November is American Diabetes Month. In 2017, the financial impact to businesses with employees diagnosed with diabetes was almost 90 billion dollars. There are steps you can take to improve the health of your employees and your company.

• NMS
• Oct 27, 2021
• Tags: occupational health, DOT

A new ruling from the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will require states to downgrade licenses of drivers with drug and alcohol violations within 60 days.

• NMS
• Oct 19, 2021
• Tags: tb-deaths-on-the-rise., TB, occupational health

For the first time in over a decade, tuberculosis deaths are on the rise. Researchers are worried that the years of progress that had been made towards treating TB have been reversed during the pandemic.