On Safety

Occasionally, someone says something about safety I find noteworthy. In today’s post, a West Virginia native sounds off about industrial safety in light of a devastating chemical release near Charleston, his city of birth.

Watching snow fall can be a beautiful sight. But for outdoor workers or commuters, it’s a sign of danger.

With President Barack Obama signing the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 into law on Jan. 17, OSHA’s budget is now set for the rest of the current fiscal year. Let’s take a closer look.

Appropriation committees agree on OSHA’s budget, and the agency moves forward on safety initiatives for hospital workers and workers that encounter silica. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

A recent bipartisan appropriations would give OSHA’s budget a $17 million boost. Or is it an $11 million cut? It depends on how you look at it.

Two OSHA rules move forward in the regulatory process, and the agency’s effectiveness is brought into question. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

New, separate reports shed light on faults in OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs and suggest the federal government contracts with less-than-safe employers. Read about these stories and more in the first OSHA Roundup of 2014.

OSHA’s pursuit of an updated Process Safety Management Standard moves forward. Read this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA continues its efforts in fleshing out an update to its Process Safety Management Standard by calling for public comments. Read about this story and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Because of the government shutdown, Safety+Health’s annual article on the top 10 for fiscal year 2013 had to use preliminary data. I’ve since been in...