Rule changes in 2026, include heat illness prevention and silica exposure; early preparation can mitigate operational ...

AJC reporter J. Scott Trubey learned about Thursday’s scheduled Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) hearing and the board’s push for a national standard for combustible dust, the ...

Construction remains one of the most hazardous industries in the U.S., and OSHA’s new 2025 regulations raise the bar for compliance. With the industry still accounting for more than one in five ...

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 335 construction workers died from job-related falls in 1995. That was the year the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) "Safety ...

Get the latest federal technology news delivered to your inbox. For most of the pandemic, workplace safety rules—and enforcement of those standards—have varied widely from state to state. Now, ...

Powder-actuated cartridges are used in tools that function just like guns. The cartridge contains a powdered propellant that shoots a nail or pin from a gun. Properly used, the nail or pin is shot ...

UPDATE: July 12, 2021: The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it will extend the comment period on the emergency temporary standard from July 21 to Aug. 20, though the ETS is effective ...

Two years into this pandemic, there are no binding national workplace safety rules for COVID-19. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate was blocked by the Supreme ...

After months of discussion, California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health will move forward with emergency statewide standards to address what worker advocates have been calling “an ...