CDMCS thanks 3M’s Shari Franklin Smith, CIH, CSP and Jessica Hauge CIH, CSP for sharing with CDMCS members 3M’s suite of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE). Their recent presentation covered an in-depth comparison between respirators and masks, new hearing protection and communication headsets for social distancing, protective eyewear, decontamination methods for respirators and other critical PPE, […]
Like other sectors of the maritime industry, dredging is considered “essential” by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the division of the Department of Homeland Security tasked with identifying critical infrastructure and essential workers during the response to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. That means, even during the fight to slow […]
Today, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its “Guidance on the Essential Critical Infrastructure Workforce: Ensuring Community & National Resilience in COVID-19 Response.” This list of “essential critical infrastructure workforce” gives guidance to state and local jurisdictions and the private sector in considering how to […]
OSHA recordkeeping requirements at 29 CFR Part 1904 mandate covered employers record certain work-related injuries and illnesses on their OSHA 300 log. COVID-19 can be a recordable illness if a worker is infected as a result of performing their work-related duties. However, employers are only responsible for recording cases of COVID-19 if all of the […]
Today, the Council for Dredging and Marine Construction Safety (CDMCS) released Pipeline Incident Prevention, a recommended best practices guide for safe dredging near underwater gas and hazardous liquid pipelines located in U.S. Army Corps of Engineers federal navigation channels. This completes a milestone project for the dredging and pipeline industries that will raise awareness and ultimately […]
