In November 2023, OSHA investigators opened a complaint inspection after they observed employees not wearing protective equipment during structural demolition of a former hospital in Illinois.

OSHA cited the employer for a repeat violation for again not ensuring a worker used fall protection as they walked along a roof frame. 

Two regions to reflect changing demographics, population, areas of need. As part of the changes, the agency will also rename its regions to associate them by geography, rather than its current practice of assigning numbers to regions

As part of the rulemaking process, the agency will seek and consider input from a ride range of stakeholders and the public at-large as it works to propose and finalize its rule.

Nobody in manufacturing deliberately violates regulations or stirs an unplanned shutdown yet machinery-related injuries consistently make the top 10 list of OSHA violations.

11th annual National Stand-Down to Prevent Falls in Construction takes place from May 6-10. The event focuses attention on preventing the industry’s leading cause of worker deaths.

The data include specific information submitted by more than 375,000 establishments on OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses.

OSHA says South Florida contractor lacked heat illness prevention program after 26-year-old worker dies due to heat stroke.

Ohio's Faurecia Emissions Control Systems faces more than $300K in proposed penalties.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced a final rule clarifying the rights of employees to authorize a representative to accompany an OSHA compliance officer during an inspection of their workplace will be published in the Federal Register on April 1.