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 ...

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, employers must provide their employees with a hazard-free work environment. The act includes a comprehensive set of standards that employers must ...

The following list sets out the typical OSHA standards and the General Duty Clause that may require an employer to create, retain, and produce certain documents during the course of an inspection, if ...

OSHA issues new letters of interpretation to clarify how employers must apply key safety standards, from confined spaces to recordkeeping and audiometric testing. OSHA has issued seven new letters of ...

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 ...

When it comes to chemical exposure protection for employees and downstream users, companies must be compliant with Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations. In 1970, OSHA ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was established by the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act) of 1970, which took effect in 1971. OSHA’s mission is to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Edward Segal covers crisis-related news, topics, and issues. OSHA's proposed rules would limit its ability to cite for "inherent" ...

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, ...

A bill to abolish the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has been introduced in the House for the third time. The bill’s sponsor opposes federal efforts to regulate private workplace ...