Reshoring is gaining momentum as tariffs and supply chain risks push U.S. manufacturers to localize. But high build costs, labor shortages and global input reliance demand smarter strategies.
It is the employer’s responsibility to identify workplace hazards, establish a written respiratory program and provide employees with appropriate respiratory protection.
The California Department of Industrial Relations’ Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board (Cal/OSHA) has adopted a regulation requiring employers to provide respiratory protection to all employees working outside for longer than one hour when the air quality index (AQI) reaches 151 or greater.
The skills gap challenge requires that we begin to think differently about our existing talented workforce, the vast and engaged community of like-minded manufacturing industry professionals, and the recent boom in manufacturing technology.
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