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Addressing workplace safety disparities: Protecting all workers in a changing labor force

Black and Latino workers are dying of work-related injuries and illnesses at higher rates than all other workers.

USW on Black History Month: It is our duty to fight injustice everywhere

The USW Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) stands with our union’s statement honoring Black History Month.

USW health care workers face array of hazards, training helps

Nurses, nurse aides, EMTs and paramedics, pharmacists, dietary, environmental services, maintenance, lab assistants, office support, x-ray technicians, and others. All of these essential workers are Steelworkers.

Congratulations to RCT graduates in Portsmouth

Congrats to 15 RCT training program graduates at the Portmouth, Ohio, DOE site.

Happy 2024! The TMC welcomes a new year of training

Happy 2024! The United Steelworkers Tony Mazzocchi Center is kicking off another calendar year of training.

National Preparedness Month

Take Control in 1, 2, 3

Effective immediately: Voluntary rescission of one Merilogy Inc. approval

NIOSH honored a request by Merilogy to voluntarily rescind one NIOSH respirator approval issued to them. Read more here.

Radiological Control Technician training in Paducah

Check out the video about the RCT program in collaboration with USW Local Union 8-550 and Paducah Gaseaous Diffusion Plant.

USW Specialized Emergency Response Trainers visit southern California

Twelve Specialized Emergency Response Trainers (SERTs), along with Tony Mazzocchi Center (TMC) and Labor Institute consortium partner staff, met in Pasadena, Calif., in late spring 2023.

Heat stress in the workplace

Heat kills. In 2021, 36 workers died from heat on the job. In the last decade alone, nearly 400 workers died from heat-related illness.

Effective immediately: Voluntary rescission of Honeywell International Inc. approval

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NIOSH

NIOSH honored a request by Honeywell to voluntarily rescind the NIOSH respirator approval issued to them. Read more here.

From the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH):

NIOSH CA 2023-1060
June 2023

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has honored a request by Honeywell International Inc. to voluntarily rescind the NIOSH respirator approval issued to Honeywell International Inc.