OSHA on Friday announced that it will host a conference in Illinois to address workplace safety and health concerns for temporary worker.
New OSHA guidelines for occupational safety and health management programs and industry-led OSH standards will be the topic of discussion at OSHA and industry events this week.
The American Society of Safety Engineers, an occupational safety and health industry group, and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health have released a new Spanish-language guide to help construction workers better understand how to protect themselves on the job.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and OSHA have released new resources to help employers better prevent fall injury and death when aerial lifts are being used.
OSHA is requesting public comments on information collection requirements contained in its Walking and Working Surfaces Standard for General Industry.
An OSHA hearing originally scheduled for this week on a proposed rule on occupational exposure to the chemical beryllium has been pushed back to March 21, according to the agency.
OSHA will seek public input on a proposed chemical exposure rule this week, while industry will outline standards for hazard communication and methods to implement new OSHA requirements.
A new report by Underwriters Laboratories offers an assessment of workplace safety and health on a state-by-state basis, aiding businesses in identifying issues that can be managed through health and safety frameworks and prevent workplace injury, illness and death.
The American Society of Safety Engineers is “disappointed” OSHA has not completed a rulemaking that requires employers to adopt safety and health management programs, but sees updated guidelines on such programs as a positive step forward.
The bar has dropped for OSHA investigators to determine whether a workplace retaliation complaint has merit, according to an assessment by occupational safety and health attorneys, leaving employers more vulnerable to whistleblower investigations.
Labor Secretary Thomas Perez has reauthorized a committee charged with advising OSHA and Labor Department leaders on occupational safety and health in the maritime industry.
Monday is the final day for the public to submit comments on OSHA’s new Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines, which offer a “proactive approach” to finding and fixing hazards within the workplace and improving communication with employees.
OSHA announced Thursday that its National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health will convene on March 4 for a special session to consider and make recommendations on OSHA’s draft Safety and Health Program Management Guidelines.
OSHA today announced that it is seeking comment on potential changes to the way it handles cases of workplace retaliation for whistleblowers.
OSHA and the National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health have released a new hazard alert for oil and gas industry workers who manually gauge or sample fluids on production and flowback tanks, following what OSHA has identified as a series of preventable deaths on the job.
OSHA has announced that it will seek public input on a new guide aimed at protecting workers from hazardous chemicals in the workplace.
An OSHA committee meets the week of Feb. 15 to discuss a number of occupational safety and health issues, while an industry-led webcast will focus on preventing workplace injury with protective clothing.
OSHA is starting to use “poster child” enforcement to inform industry about new reporting and recordkeeping requirements, assessing big-dollar penalties to address perceived under-reporting by companies, according to occupational safety and health attorneys.
OSHA this week launched a new webpage aimed at helping employers provide sanitary and “immediately available” restroom facilities to employees.
OSHA has approved a state plan for occupational safety and health covering state and local government employees in Maine, the agency has announced.