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OSHA requires State Plan programs to be “at least as effective” as federal OSHA. Recently, one state allegedly failed to meet that criterion, and it raises an important question that – shockingly – still has no good answer: What is OSHA’s definition of “effectiveness”?
Is Arizona’s State Plan program meeting federal standards? The state responds to federal OSHA threatening to take over construction safety oversight. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
An OSHA workgroup offers input on temporary worker safety, and a union publishes its annual injury report. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
Occasionally, someone says something about safety I find noteworthy. In today’s post, OSHA administrator David Michaels explains why certain legislative changes need to be made to his agency’s whistleblower statute.
Workers’ Memorial Day prompted a congressional hearing on whistleblower protections and a call for better protecting workers from chemicals. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
With today being Workers Memorial Day, we look back to remember and honor workers hurt or killed on the job, and strive to make a better workplace to ensure all workers stay safe. In today’s OSHA Roundup, learn what safety events are occurring this week across the country.
The Center for Public Integrity recently was honored with its first Pulitzer Prize for its reporting on the scourge of black lung disease in miners. And just this week, steps were taken to end the deadly disease.
Indiana’s OSHA program responds to the results of a federal investigation into the state program, and federal OSHA takes an important step to update its permissible exposure limits. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.
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