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The Republicans now have a majority in Congress. But will things be any different than with the previous Congress?

The lone genius is a nice idea, but it isn’t real life. In real life, great visionaries are supported by a wide variety of people who help shape the ideas, build the processes, generate demand and deliver the outcomes.

When power lines go down after storms, we wait impatiently for electricity to be restored – often without much thought for the men and women out in the bucket trucks, braving the elements when almost everyone else is being told to stay home. They deserve far more recognition than they receive.

OSHA’s budget for fiscal year 2015 is now set. Find out where the money is going.

Read about the 2014 CEOs Who "Get It" in the February issue of Safety+Health. Add a comment below. (Anonymous comments are welcome; merely skip the “name”...

How far away is an update to OSHA’s Process Safety Management Standard? Find out in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

OSHA employees who participated in a recent survey scored the agency on its performance in several categories, including pay and leadership.

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health’s acting chief is appointed to the full position, and federal OSHA offers new Ebola guidance. Read about these stories and more in this week’s OSHA Roundup.

Occasionally, someone says something about safety that I find noteworthy. In today’s post, Chemical Safety Board Chairman Rafael Moure-Eraso explains why more emphasis on preventing chemical incidents is necessary.

A new OSHA rule going into effect Jan. 1 will require employers to report to the agency all work-related amputations and inpatient hospitalizations. So what exactly is an amputation or inpatient hospitalization?