October 2021
New Jersey Work Environment Council Congratulates Doug Parker, Confirmed Today as New Chief of U.S. OSHA
For immediate release –October 25, 2021 Contact: Debra Coyle 609/707-1320 or dcoyle@njwec.org The following statement is from Debra Coyle McFadden, executive director of the New Jersey Work Environment Council (WEC). “We’re glad to see Doug [...]
October 19: OSHA’s ETS and State Government Infectious Disease Prevention Policies
We were joined this week by Debbie Berkowitz, former Program Director of Worker Health and Safety of the National Employment Law Project and Marina Jabsky, Industrial Hygienist for NYCOSH. Debbie discussed what the OSHA Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on [...]
October 12: Building Equity and Resilience in Vulnerable Communities – Community Engagement Across New Jersey
Dr. Rick Marlink, Director of the Rutgers Global Health Institute, shared details of their initiatives in Newark, New Brunswick, and Trenton on advancing health equity and an equitable recovery for women and minority owned small and micro businesses throughout [...]
October 5: Building Ventilation and Minimizing Exposure to COVID-19
This episode we hosted industrial hygienist Allen Barkkume, MS, who informed us about the importance of good building ventilation to help mitigate COVID-19 transmission. Allen explained the hierarchy of controls and the top priority for proper building ventilation is to [...]
September 2021
September 28: OSHA’s ETS & Guidance for Mitigating & Preventing Spread of COVID-19
This episode we hosted OSHA's Region 2 Steve Kaplan, Deputy Regional Administrator, Laura Kenny, Assistant Regional Administrator for Technical Support, and Warren Simpson, Assistant Regional Administrator for Enforcement Programs who gave us insight into the updated COVID-19 [...]
September 21: The Latest Science on the Virus and Vaccines with NJ Department of Health Expert
After a 5-month hiatus, the COVID-19 Weekly Update returned on September 21 in response to the rise of the Delta variant, the emergence of breakthrough cases, and the increasing number of cases in children which [...]