Notice 18 Jul 2025 regulatory compliance, health and safety, workplace safety, cdc, personal protective equipment, respirator testing

🦺CDC Notice on Respirator and PPE Data Collection for Public Comment

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed extension to a previously approved information collection project titled Formative Respirator and Personal Protective Clothing Laboratory Testing. NIOSH proposes using questionnaires, physiological monitoring/measurements, anthropometric measurements, respirator fit measurements, self-perception data, and biomechanical measurements to assess gaps in respirator and personal protective clothing use among the Unites States working population.

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Notice 18 Jul 2025 compliance, regulation, health, workplace safety, data collection, cdc, respirators

🦺Proposed CDC Data Collection on Respirator Use and Maintenance

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the utility of government information, invites the general public and other federal agencies the opportunity to comment on a continuing information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on a proposed three-year extension to a generic information collection project titled Assessing Respirator Perceptions, Experiences, and Maintenance. NIOSH proposes using surveys, interviews, focus groups, and physiological monitoring to assess current perceptions in respirator use as well as gaps in respirator use, maintenance, and programs.

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Notice 15 Jul 2025 regulation, workplace safety, mine safety, msha, health standards, respirable dust protection, patton mining

⛏️Modification Petition for Mine Safety Standards by Patton Mining

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Patton Mining, LLC.

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Notice 15 Jul 2025 compliance, mining, safety regulations, osha, workplace safety, illinois

⚒️Petition for Modification of Mining Safety Standards by Patton Mining

This notice is a summary of a petition for modification submitted to the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) by Patton Mining, LLC.

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Notice 11 Jul 2025 compliance, information collection, osha, workplace safety, employer obligations

🦺OSHA Requests Comments on Alliance Program Information Requirements

OSHA solicits public comments concerning the proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in the OSHA's Alliance Program.

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Notice 9 Jul 2025 compliance, information collection, business regulations, osha, workplace safety

🦺OSHA Seeks Comments on Walking-Working Surfaces Standard

OSHA solicits public comments concerning its proposal to extend the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) approval of the information collection requirements specified in its Walking-Working Surfaces Standard.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 osha, workplace safety, employers, entertainment industry, general duty clause

🎭Proposed OSHA Rule on Inherently Risky Professional Activities

OSHA proposes to clarify its interpretation of the General Duty Clause, 29 U.S.C. 654(a)(1), to exclude from enforcement known hazards that are inherent and inseparable from the core nature of a professional activity or performance.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, health, osha, labor regulations, workplace safety, occupational safety and health, respirators, cotton dust

😷OSHA Proposes Changes to Cotton Dust Respirator Standards

This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Cotton Dust standard and better aligns this standard with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, health, osha, labor regulations, workplace safety, occupational safety and health, respiratory protection, asbestos

🛡️Proposed Amendments to OSHA Asbestos Standards Impacting Businesses

This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Asbestos standards and better aligns these standards with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.

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Proposed Rule 1 Jul 2025 compliance, regulations, health, osha, workplace safety, occupational safety and health, respirators, methylenedianiline

🦺OSHA Proposes Revisions to Methylenedianiline Respirator Standards

This proposed rule revises some substance-specific respirator requirements to allow different types of respirators to be used under OSHA's Methylenedianiline standards and better aligns these standards with OSHA's Respiratory Protection standard.

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