The roots of industrial hygiene can be traced back thousands of years. In ancient Rome, scholar Pliny the Elder advised miners to wear face masks, or PPE, made from animal bladders, to protect them ...

It may surprise some to learn that more than 5,000 people in the U.S. died from work-related injuries in 2023, about 15 workers every day. And this is a drastic improvement; as recently as 1970, 38 ...

Commonly referred to as occupational safety and health (OSH), occupational health, or occupational safety, is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the safety, health, and welfare of people at work ...

I once had an experience working with a manufacturing operation that included painting processes for the main production line and a small spray-painting area in the repair section. The facility ...