Two weeks ago, OSHA gained new political leadership in Deputy Assistant Secretary Loren Sweatt. And now we’re seeing the first impact of the Trump-Acosta-Sweatt regime at OSHA: A brazen attempt to hide from the American public the extent of workplace fatalities in this country.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) has announced more than $4 million in FY 2017 Hazardous Materials Instructor Training (HMIT) and Supplemental Public Sector Training (SPST) grants.
The Trump administration has overturned a ban on selling bottled water at national parks that was intended to reduce both plastic pollution and the costs to taxpayers of waste removal.
The newly appointed Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health has no background in mine safety and health – something which a union representing thousands of U.S. miners finds “troubling.”
With tropical Storm Harvey making its way toward the Texas coastline, the Electrical Safety Foundation International (ESFI) is offering up some hurricane safety tips.
A type of employment agreement primarily used in Great Britain may have a negative effect on both the mental and physical health of workers, according to a new study.
Occupational health experts are criticizing the U.S. Department of Transportation’s decision to withdraw a rule that would have required workers in safety sensitive jobs to be screened for a sleep disorder that could affect their work performance.
Small- to mid-size employers participating in a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program increased their investment in evidence-based interventions to improve worker health, according to a study in the July Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Nearly half of U.S. workers surveyed in a recently released Rand Corporation report say they are exposed to unpleasant and potentially hazardous working conditions.
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