It’s Not Too Late!Safe + Sound Week starts on Monday, August 10th.    Join thousands of businesses across the country who are highlighting improvements in workplace safety and health and raising awareness of the importance of safety in the workplace. It’s not too late to sign up!Be sure to check out public events and trainings happening in your state and nationwide for more ways to participate. https://www.osha.gov/safeandsoundweek/#register Recognize Your ParticipationDuring Safe + Sound Week, share your activities on social media and other platforms using #SafeAndSoundAtWork.After Safe + Sound Week, return to the website to record your activities, and download your certificate of participation and challenge coin. Suggestions, Comments or Questions? Email us at safeandsoundcampaign@dol.gov. Safe + Sound is a year round campaign to encourage every workplace to have a safety and health program. Sign up on the Safe + Sound website. www.osha.gov/safeandsound

COVID-19 CONTACT TRACING:
A COURSE FROM JOHNS HOPKINS

The COVID-19 crisis has created an unprecedented need for contact tracing across the country, requiring thousands of people to learn key skills quickly. A free, six-hour Coursera class developed by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies is now available to train contact tracers about how to do this work effectively—and help cities and states across the nation undertake these critical efforts.

See the course information here.

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently issued a compliance directive designed to ensure uniformity in inspection and enforcement procedures when addressing respirable crystalline silica exposures in general industry, maritime, and construction. Read the full version here.