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CONFINED SPACES
OSHA Publishes Final Rule on Confined Spaces in Construction

CONSTRUCTION
OSHA Issues Publication on Protecting Roofing Workers

TOWER WORKERS
OSHA to Gather Information to Help Protect Tower Workers

DERMAL EXPOSURES
NIOSH Requests Technical Review of Draft Skin Notation Profiles

MINING
MSHA’s Main Highlights “Highly Achievable” Requirements of Coal Dust Rule

INHALATION HAZARD
NIOSH Evaluates Exposures to Aerogel Insulation Particulate

AGRICULTURE
OSHA, NIOSH Bulletin Highlights Tobacco Worker Exposures

RESEARCH
June and July JOEH Lineup

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS
AEGLs for Six More Chemicals Are Now Available

ACUTE EXPOSURES
NIOSH Requests Technical Review of Draft IDLH Value Profiles

ANTHROPOMETRICS
NIOSH Publishes First Federal Anthropometric Study of U.S. Truck Drivers

MANUFACTURING
CDC Reports on Work-related Asthma at a Syntactic Foam Manufacturing Facility

INFECTIOUS DISEASES
WHO’s “Ebola Diaries” Series Recounts 2014 Outbreak