On July 20, 2001, OSHA announced the start of a National Emphasis Program to reduce occupational exposures to lead. According to OSHA, lead exposure is a leading cause of workplace illness and can ...

OSHA has announced a national emphasis program aimed at reducing occupational exposure to lead, one of the leading causes of workplace illnesses. "Occupational exposure to lead is still one of the ...

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) issued a February 4th news release stating that it had cited Tap Rack Bang Indoor Shooting Range LLC, (operating as The Gun Range) (“ISR”) ...

OSHA announced the outcome of its Lead in Construction Standard lookback review in yesterday's Federal Register, and Assistant Secretary of Labor Edwin G. Foulke Jr. said employers and employees in ...

The Agriculture Department violated employee safety laws when conducting lead abatement activities at its headquarters offices last spring, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently ...

In response to requests from interested parties, federal labor officials have extended the deadline to comment on its proposed revisions for the workplace lead-exposure standard by two months. It is ...

The Gopher Resource lead smelting facility in Tampa, Florida. Federal regulators on Sept. 30, 2021 gave Gopher Resource a “willful violation” for exposing workers to inhalation hazards. Gopher ...

Though the Gopher Resource website says it “provides advanced battery recycling services and hundreds of green jobs for citizens throughout the Tampa region,” OSHA says the company willfully put the ...

Cal/OSHA has issued updated guidance clarifying how construction employers must protect workers performing dry abrasive blasting under California’s recently amended lead standards. The revised ...

Firearms safety is key for people who use weapons at work or for recreational shooting. But one risk has been little acknowledged: Lead dust exposure. In a standard bullet, a solid lead core wrapped ...