In 1970, Congress passed the Occupational Safety and Health Act. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, whose primary mission is to ensure that employees carry out ...

WASHINGTON — Large private companies, for now, will be able to set their own work force vaccination and testing requirements voluntarily, following a U.S. Supreme Court decision last week that blocked ...

A personal boom lift allows your employees to work at heights well above their normal reach. While this machine promotes safety and helps you avoid spending the profits from your small business on ...

It is well-known that airborne carcinogens cause various lung and kidney diseases and liver problems, and prolonged exposure can even result in various cancers. Silica exposure remains a serious ...

The Obama Administration on Tuesday rolled out new safety standards for workers on the nation’s power lines. A final rule issued by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reflects ...

OSHA inspectors are spread thin, and many companies avoid citations and fines purely by luck. That luck continues until an accident happens and a report is filed or until an accident almost happens ...

The regulations include requirements to adopt inherently safer designs and systems to the greatest extent feasible and also require periodic workplace safety culture assessments to evaluate whether ...

Construction remains one of the most hazardous industries in the U.S., and OSHA’s new 2025 regulations raise the bar for compliance. With the industry still accounting for more than one in five ...

Conscientious safety professionals typically devote a great deal of time over the course of their careers learning when particular instances of physical injury suffered by employees, such as back, ...

Now that the dust has settled from the 2024 elections, it is time to assess what impact the Trump administration will have on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). OSHA regulations ...

The Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration is ordering NFI Interactive Logistics to reinstate and compensate a driver who was fired for refusing to violate hours of ...