On Safety

A Pennsylvania health care provider next year will not be allowing smoking on the job – or off the job.

The death of a camera assistant on a film set has led to penalties for the production company – and sparked a safety movement within the industry.

OSHA provides guidance for employers of temporary workers, and California has new patient-handling regulations. Read about these stories in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Every year, OSHA evaluates each of the 27 State Plan states and territories. Today, I’m looking at the federal agency’s review of Alaska.

The latest annual evaluations of OSHA State Plan states have been made available, and one state may have part of its program revoked. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

An employee defrauding the workers’ compensation system is rare, but it can happen. In a recent case, the allegations are a real beauty.

OSHA contemplates citing employers who discourage workers from reporting injuries or illnesses. Read about this story and others in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Transportation incidents are a leading cause of workplace-related deaths. Could robots be the answer?

Employers seeking federal contracts will soon have to disclose their OSHA violations, a new Executive Order declares. Read about this story and others in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

It’s not uncommon for workplaces to hold preparedness drills covering a number of different disaster scenarios, including fires, earthquakes and tornadoes. But what about drills simulating a gunman attack?