Too often organizations start with PPE instead of eliminating hazards at the source. Applying the Hierarchy of Controls in the correct order is key to sustainable risk reduction and safer workplaces.

An earlier hierarchy of controls had engineering controls as the top-level control. Of course, now most hierarchy of controls, including the one used by OSHA, include elimination and substitution as ...

In a March 4, 2024, blog item entitled “Sweating the Small Stuff: 20 years of NIOSH Research on Engineering Controls for Nanotechnology,” the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health ...

Early case reports and epidemiological studies of groups where SARS-CoV-2 has led to outbreaks of COVID-19 indicates that the primary means of disease transmission is the indoor spread of exhaled ...