Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) and worker safety during the COVID-19 pandemic

D Michaels, GR Wagner - Jama, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
With the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the US is facing an
unprecedented, massive worker safety crisis. Thousands of workers are at risk for workplace …

COVID‐19 deaths by occupation, Massachusetts, March 1–July 31, 2020

D Hawkins, L Davis, D Kriebel - American journal of industrial …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Exposure to COVID‐19 is more likely among certain occupations compared
with others. This descriptive study seeks to explore occupational differences in mortality due …

[HTML][HTML] Protecting health care workers against COVID-19—and being prepared for future pandemics

DJ Mason, CR Friese - JAMA Health Forum, 2020 - jamanetwork.com
As the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) spreads globally,
signs are emerging that countries, including the United States, were woefully unprepared to …

Navigating attacks against health care workers in the COVID-19 era

H Larkin - JAMA, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Aweek and a half after Chicago's COVID-19 lockdown began in 2020, a nurse on a bus ride
home from her hospital shift felt the brunt of the pandemic. But it didn't come in the form of …

[HTML][HTML] Estimating the burden of United States workers exposed to infection or disease: a key factor in containing risk of COVID-19 infection

MG Baker, TK Peckham, NS Seixas - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Introduction With the global spread of COVID-19, there is a compelling public health interest
in quantifying who is at increased risk of contracting disease. Occupational characteristics …

Covid-19: protecting worker health

S Semple, JW Cherrie - Annals of work exposures and health, 2020 - academic.oup.com
At the time of writing (5 March 2020) Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) has spread to 76
countries with over 93 000 cases (WHO, 2020a) around the world since it was first identified …

Quantification of occupational and community risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity among health care workers in a large US health care system

JM Baker, KN Nelson, E Overton… - Annals of internal …, 2021 - acpjournals.org
Background: Identifying occupational risk factors for severe acute respiratory syndrome
coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection among health care workers (HCWs) can improve …

Health and safety considerations for hotel cleaners during Covid-19

MAS Rosemberg - Occupational Medicine, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Hotel housekeepers are the largest group of workers in the hospitality industry and
experience the highest health inequalities compared to other workers in the industry [1–3]. In …

How to protect essential workers during COVID-19

A Tomer, JW Kane - 2020 - policycommons.net
Even with COVID-19 requiring social distancing for the weeks or months to come, the United
States still requires an enormous class of workers to keep essential services online. The …

The COVID-19 pandemic: major risks to healthcare and other workers on the front line

MR Sim - Occupational and environmental medicine, 2020 - oem.bmj.com
Since the first cluster of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infection was
reported in Wuhan, China at the end of December 2019, reporting of cases has spread …