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NIOSH Video Shows How to Tell if Your N95 Respirator is NIOSH Approved

March 15, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) published a video designed to help businesses tell if the respirators they use are approved by the regulator. The video, embedded below, explains how to determine if an N95 filtering facepiece respirator is NIOSH approved, including required labeling and where to look to confirm an approval number. […]

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OSHA Poster on Proper Workplace Use of Respirators Now Available in 16 Languages

June 17, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

OSHA Respirator Poster

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has published the Seven Steps to Correctly Wear a Respirator at Work poster in 14 additional languages. Initially available in English and Spanish, the poster demonstrates and describes seven steps every worker should follow when putting on and taking off an N95 respirator. The […]

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3M Awarded Department of Defense Contracts to Expand U.S. Production of N95 Respirators

May 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M announced it has been awarded two contracts through the U.S. Department of Defense in recent weeks that will help the company expand U.S. production of N95 respirators from 35 million per month to more than 95 million per month by October. Beginning in January, 3M ramped up production of respirators and doubled its global […]

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3M and the Trump Administration Announce Plan to Import 166.5 Million Additional Respirators from China

April 7, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Agreement allows for continued exports of U.S. produced respirators to Canada and Latin America. 3M and the Trump Administration announced a plan to import 166.5 million respirators from China over the next three months to support healthcare workers in the United States. 3M and the Administration worked together to ensure that this plan does not […]

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OSHA Issues Guidance for Respiratory Protection During N95 Shortage Due to COVID-19 Pandemic

April 6, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

Safety regulator provides business with guidance on reuse of N95 masks and alternatives. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) on April 3 issued interim enforcement guidance to help combat supply shortages of disposable N95 filtering face piece respirators (N95 FFRs). The guidance provides for the use of equal or higher […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Coronavirus, N95 Respirators, OSHA

3M Responds to Defense Production Act Order on N95 Masks

April 6, 2020 By CollisionWeek Editor

3M came under fire by the White House and President Trump over exports of N95 masks to Canada and Latina America. The White House announced Thursday night that the Administration was invoking the Defense Production Act to compel 3M to supply N95 respirators. 3M has doubled its production of N95 masks in response to the […]

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