The American Industrial Hygiene Association® (AIHA) today offered its support for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) final
rule updating the OSHA Hazard Communication Standard (HCS).
With Office of Management and Budget (OMB) finally finished reviewing OSHA's revised hazard communication standard, the agency is on the verge of publishing it in the Federal Register - the last stage of the rulemaking processand the one that sets the effective date for the transition period.
OSHA has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. for one willful and 11 serious violations following a health inspection that found workers exposed to excessive noise levels and other hazards at the company's Houston facility.
OSHA is suing Renaissance Arts and Education Inc., doing business as Manatee School for the Arts in Palmetto, to reinstate a former employee with full back wages and benefits.
You might have missed this bizarre bit of news at the beginning of the year because it came from across the “pond,” in the United Kingdom. Prime Minister David Cameron issued a New Year’s resolution pledging, among other promises, to “kill off the health and safety culture for good.”
A worker at an Ohio company was injured after his clothing became caught in a conveyer belt -- an incident which prompted an OSHA investigation and resulted in citations for 13 safety violations.
In a statement released today, CSB Chairperson Rafael Moure-Eraso used the ninth anniversary of a deadly Corbin, Kentucky plant explosion to criticize OSHA for the agency's failure to issue combustible dust regulations.
