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New Workers
2 OSHA and HazCom articles tagged "New Workers" — practical, CFR-cited guidance verified against primary sources.
Trained Too Late: The Data on New-Worker Injuries and OSHA's Only Top-10 Training Standard
The most dangerous stretch of a job is often the first few months. In the US, workers with a year or less on the job are about a quarter of the workforce but a third of the injuries that cost days away from work — and the one standard in OSHA's Top 10 whose entire subject is training gets cited thousands of times a year. This is the data on the training gap, and what OSHA actually requires to close it.
Worker Acclimatization to Heat: OSHA's 7-14 Day Protocol & the 'First Day' Risk
New and returning workers face the highest heat-illness risk on day one. OSHA's guidance ramps them up over their first one to two weeks with the Rule of 20 percent. The schedule, the data behind it, and what the proposed rule would add.