Glutaraldehyde is widely used as a disinfectant for a variety of heat-sensitive instruments, such as endoscopes, bronchoscopes, and dialysis equipment.  Health care employees may be exposed to glutaraldehyde in its uses as a hardener in x-ray development and as a tissue fixative in hi

How common are work-related eye injuries? 2000 eye injuries occur every day at work in the US. Construction workers have one of the highest eye injury rates. Particles of dust, metal, wood, slag, drywall, cement etc. are the most common source of eye injury to carpenters. Even “minor”

Ten percent of all manufacturing jobs in America are welding related.  700,000 workers employed in the United States have been exposed to dangerous welding fumes.  In welding fumes alone there are seventeen different chemicals or agents that can directly affect a person’s daily life o