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New research explores the possible link between OSHA-approved training and improved workplace safety, and newly passed legislation could limit OSHA’s ability to pursue regulations. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
Mourners gathered July 27 along the main stretch of road just outside of Whitesville, WV, to dedicate the official memorial of the workers killed in the April 2010 explosion at Upper Big Branch mine.
This week’s OSHA Roundup includes Hawaii seeking help from federal OSHA with enforcing regulations and two separate companies getting hit with significant fines for lockout/tagout violations.
Legislation in the House has the potential to bring the rulemaking process to a virtual standstill, and its effects on occupational safety and health could be huge.
Read about a House bill that could block the development of OSHA’s I2P2 standard and the lessons the agency learns from Europeans in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
A recent House draft appropriations bill that would fund OSHA and the Mine Safety and Health Administration proposes several provisions limiting the agencies’ actions, prompting one congresswoman to ask why.
Although people likely always will disagree about certain DOL practices and regulatory actions, the positive impact the department has had on the country’s workforce is hard to deny.
This week’s OSHA Roundup includes news of BP resolving more than 400 OSHA citations and agreeing to pay $13 million in penalties, and worksites being accused of having crushing hazards and dangerous chemical exposures.
What’s one of the lessons to glean from OSHA action against BP in recent years? According to assistant OSHA administrator Jordan Barab, it’s that “enforcement works.” But does it?
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