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OSHA is hurt by EPA blowback

November 7, 2012

OSHA might be the only federal regulatory agency that has attempted to keep its activity within the rules mandated by Congress. The US EPA is quite different in that aspect.

Report: No evidence for charges of excessive regulations

October 2, 2012

A new report issued by a government watchdog group says there is little difference between the Obama administration and past administrations in their overall level of regulatory activity, nor is there evidence that a "flood" of new rules will be unleashed after the November elections.

3E Company introduces new Safety Card Module for 3E Online SDS management platform

Module automates creation of employee safety cards for increased accuracy and validity

September 11, 2012

3E Company, a leading provider of environmental health and safety (EH&S) compliance and information management services, today announced the availability of a new Safety Card module for its 3E Online®-MSDS Safety Data Sheet (SDS) management platform.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

The value of integrating risk management and safety management

August 21, 2012

Executive Summary: In many organizations, risk management receives most of the focus and resources; safety management, meanwhile, is often perceived as less important.

Fed agencies to meet on oil and gas industry safety and health

August 16, 2012

OSHA, the EPA, the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE), United States Coast Guard (USCG) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) are inviting the public to participate in an upcoming stakeholder meeting on the use and implementation of performance-based regulatory models for enhanced safety and environmental performance in the United States oil and gas industry.

Obama’s “Regulatory Czar” leaves post, heads back to Harvard

August 7, 2012

Cass Sunstein, administrator of the powerful Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs in the White House Office of Management and Budget, will return later this month to the post he held previously at Harvard Law School, the White House has announced.

Republican lawmaker warns that GOP reg measure would disable government

July 23, 2012

A former Republican lawmaker is warning that a GOP-sponsored bill coming under consideration would shut down the entire regulatory system, if its backers succeed in getting it passed.

OSHA orders whistleblower reinstated

Company accused employee of sabotaging water supply

June 13, 2012

OSHA has ordered Anchorage-based North Star Behavioral Health System to reinstate an employee who was fired after reporting safety concerns about compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act at the company's residential youth facility outside of Anchorage.

Obama election-year pullbacks on safety, environment dismay advocates

Lilly Fowler

May 22, 2012

Two summers ago, Wyatt Whitebread drowned in corn at the age of 14. It happened on a hot July morning, while he was working at a grain handling operation in Mount Carroll, Ill. Soon after Whitebread climbed inside a storage bin to help empty it, equipment whirring nearby created a downward force, essentially turning the corn beneath the boy’s feet into quicksand.