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Health happens where we live. It happens where we work, and in our communities. Age, gender and hereditary factors do impact health, but only a small amount. Individual lifestyle factors – the behaviors we engage in every day – have a much greater impact.

As the Obama administration prepares to enter its final year, the most recent regulatory agenda shows what loose ends OSHA is hoping to tie up.

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One state intends to update permissible exposure limits for as many as six chemicals. Find out more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA’s latest regulatory agenda was released, and it includes expected publication dates for several final rules. Find out when those rules may be published in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA officials are fond of pointing to studies that find agency inspections lead to improved safety and health, but a new report suggests OSHA needs to do more.

What might an emergency response and preparedness rule from OSHA look like? An agency advisory committee will meet to find out. Find out more about this story and others in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

A government report calls out OSHA on the agency’s lack of measurements for evaluating programs. Learn the details in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Who’s keeping track of the number of inspections OSHA conducts each year? Not OSHA – not anymore.