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10 Apr 2013, 12:44 pm
While the Occupational Safety & Health Administration might normally be tapped to look into a tragic work accident such as this, the agency does not have jurisdiction in this matter because, per federal law, it doesn't have jurisdiction over accidents involving public employees. [read post]
6 May 2013, 11:23 am
It is disturbing to hear that many of these workplace deaths are the result of the workplace and safety regulators not doing everything that can be done to protect workers, but unfortunately the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the agency in charge of monitoring workplace safety, has reported that they severely understaffed. [read post]
1 Jul 2014, 7:45 am
This summer, the United States Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a construction safety awareness and education campaign in the Mid-Atlantic to prevent construction accident injuries and deaths. [read post]
4 May 2009, 5:02 am
To combat this preventable problem, the Buildings Department and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) will provide a free construction safety training focusing on fall protection and the proper use of safety harnesses. [read post]
4 Feb 2021, 12:34 pm
On January 29, 2021, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published revised COVID-19 guidance to help employers identify risks and determine appropriate control measures to protect workers from COVID-19 exposure. [read post]
29 Oct 2016, 5:00 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and U.S. [read post]
6 Jun 2010, 10:00 pm
The head of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Thursday said workers hired by BP PLC to clean up spilled oil don't need respirators, despite complaints from employees about side effects from repeated exposure to toxic fumes. [read post]
28 Aug 2015, 10:46 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (“OSHA”) recently intensified its scrutiny of the health care and nursing care industries. [read post]
1 Sep 2015, 8:06 am
In 2013, according to the Occupational Safety & Health Administration [OSHA], 4,585 workers were killed on the job. [read post]
29 Aug 2014, 5:00 am
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) revealed that more than four million employees suffer from severe work-related illnesses or injuries across the United States every year. [read post]
26 Oct 2012, 7:55 am
According to officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), carbon monoxide is an odorless, tasteless and colorless gas that can is frequently linked to accidental death -- both at home and in the workplace. [read post]
2 Mar 2020, 7:53 am
Under the federal and California Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA), an employer has an obligation to provide a safe and healthy work environment. [read post]
9 Aug 2010, 2:59 am
Food and Drug Administration and then learned it faces a $247,000 fine from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) largely for failure to correct hazards inside its Mount Vernon facility.FDA said Sally Sherman's refrigerated ready-to-eat fishery products packed in oxygen-limiting containers including tuna salad, seafood salad, and cream cheese and lox "are adulterated in that they have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby… [read post]
12 May 2011, 10:58 am
In the wake of a horrific accident where two teenage boys were killed in a grain elevator last summer, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has won a key battle against an insurance company in investigating what happened. [read post]
21 May 2012, 5:00 pm
A recent decision, R v The Corporation of the City of Guelph et al.[1] provides a narrow interpretation of limitation periods in the Occupational Health and Safety Act (the “OHSA”) for negligent or incompetent work by architects and engineers, limiting the time frame of potential liability. [read post]
26 Jan 2022, 3:25 am
This blog was authored by: Michael Balie, associate On 11 June 2021, South Africa’s landscape regarding mandatory vaccination in the workplace changed with the publishing of the Consolidated Directions on Occupational Health and Safety in certain workplaces (the Directive). [read post]
10 Oct 2011, 8:53 am
The Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has released a new edition of its Whistleblower Investigations Manual, one of a series of measures to improve OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program.. [read post]
2 Feb 2018, 11:26 am
The Occupational Health and Safety Act (“OHSA”), the Broader Public Sector Executive Compensation Act (“BPSECA”), the Pension Benefits Act (“PBA”) and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, 1997 (“WSIA”) are all amended as a result of Bill 177. [read post]
20 Sep 2011, 12:18 pm
Recently, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued an alert cautioning employers and workers about the dangers of certain molded-case rebuilt circuit breakers from Eaton/Cutler-Hammer. [read post]
18 Jun 2012, 7:00 am
The briefing will cover actions that employers should take now to prepare their workplaces and workforce for unexpected visits from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), review employers’ and employees’ rights during an OSHA inspection, and discuss inspection strategies to ensure the best possible outcome from an inspection. [read post]
