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As the United States remains in the grip of the COVID-19 pandemic, significant attention has been placed on the Occupational Safety and Health Administration ('OSHA' or the 'Agency') and the [...]

OSHA's fall protection standard was the number one most-frequently cited agency standard in fiscal year 2018. Enforcement citations FY 2018: 6,479 Number of inspections: 6,298 Proposed penalties: $31,266,844 Most frequently [...]

Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, OSHA is authorized and mandated to conduct scheduled and random workplace inspections to determine employer compliance to the industrial and construction [...]

IQ may be a predictor of who suffers an injury or illness at work. A 68-year population study published in 2017 (1) found that IQ is inversely associated with all [...]

One of the largest safety risks for the North American manufacturing industry is occupational hearing loss, which accounts for roughly one in every nine illnesses reported through Occupational Safety and [...]

There are several definitions for the word 'educate,' but one that applies to our case is: to train by formal instruction and supervised practice especially in a skill, trade or [...]

Heating, ventilation, air conditioning (HVAC) contractors and wholesalers are required to comply with the standards and regulations of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, and failure to comply can result in serious consequences. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) oversees compliance and administers penalties for failure to comply. HVAC businesses are heavily impacted by the act and should foster employer/employee cooperation to successfully meet requirements., With few (if any) exceptions, all hvac operations are subject to the Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSH Act), regulated by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). But do [...]

Here's a common-sense question: Why are we outraged by products made in China that could pose safety and health risks to adults, children, cats and dogs, but not about the [...]

OSHA formed a new directorate in June to increase the effectiveness of the agency's in-house and distributed training programs. The new Directorate of Training and Education will provide leadership and [...]

Four bills introduced in February by Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-Ga.) would improve the enforcement of OSHA rules and regulations among small business owners, says the National Association of Home Builders [...]

A bill that would make it much harder for inspectors to cite a 'willful' violation of OSHA regulations was the subject of a June hearing in the House Workforce Protections [...]

The Supreme Court must clarify the extent to which federal law can preempt the rights of citizens to sue manufacturers with products that conform to government standards. The US Court of Appeals was faced with two identical cases which resulted in two different decisions. The first case of preemption involved Shell Oil Co and an employee exposed to epichlorohydrin, which ended in favor of the employee. The second case involved Builder's Square Inc and a woman who died from overexposure to formaldehyde in plywood paneling for mobile homes. The case was dismissed.

Proposed reforms to the Occupational Safety and Health Act are aimed at giving equal authority to employees and management. Employers are concerned because the responsibility and liability for health and safety programs rests solely with management. Some of the changes in reform bills H.R. 3160 and S 1622 include health and safety committees for businesses employing 11 or more people, authorized Occupational Safety and Health Administration standards, increased employee participation in health and safety programs and government employee and Department of Energy nuclear plant inclusion under the law.